Problem (sometimes) with home wifi iPhone 4S

Hi everyone, I have a problem with my wonderful iPhone 4S 16Gb. I have been experiencing this problem since the beginning and i heard it was going to be fixed with the iOS 5.1, but it didn't happen.
Now, my iPhone connects to the wifi without problems, and it works great. Then, if i lock it and leave it on the desk, after a while it disconnects. Then, sometimes it reconnects as soon as i unlock it, sometimes i have to reconnect manually (settings -> wifi and then i can choose my home connection) but sometimes, at this point, when i touch my connection it says "unable to connect". I have to wait roughly 5 minutes before it manages to connect again to the wifi network.
I looked for a solutions in this forum but i couldn't find a situation that was the same as mine.
ps: i have no problem with other wifi connections at my friends' house or at school.

Yeah from your description this definietly sounds like you have a router problem.  When you are able to connect at home do you get a full set of signal strength bars?  And do they stay full?  Of do they jump up and down with the phone sitting still on the desk? If you get signal strength bars goind up and down this points to a router issue.
You can start by restarting your internet modem and then your router to see if this helps, but if it stays the same, you either need to update your router's firmware or get a new router.  I would go the firmware update route first as this is very easy to do and usually free.

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