Title :
A wireless LAN measurement method based on RSSI and FER
Author :
Yang, Sheng-Hua ; Lee, Yang-Han ; Yen, Rinfield Y. ; Zheng, Yu-Jie ; Sheu, Shiann-Tsong ; KO, Chih-Hui ; Chen, Meng-Hong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tamkang Univ., Hsien, Taiwan
Abstract :
The indoor radio environment is very complex, so it is very difficult to design a wireless LAN to provide both a good coverage region and a large number of wireless subscribers. Therefore, determining the good locations of users within the indoor wireless communication environment is very important. We propose a wireless LAN measurement method which uses the wireless LAN card instead of signal generator and two parameters (RSSI, FER) to survey the transmission quality within the indoor environment. We also discuss the performance degradation caused by an iron and a microwave oven.
Keywords :
error statistics; fading channels; indoor radio; microwave heating; multipath channels; ovens; radiofrequency interference; radiowave propagation; spread spectrum communication; wireless LAN; DS-SS baseband processor; FER; RSSI; coverage region; direct sequence spread spectrum; indoor path loss; indoor radio environment; indoor wireless communication environment; iron; microwave oven; multipath fading; performance degradation; transmission quality; wireless LAN card; wireless LAN measurement method; wireless indoor propagation measurements; Baseband; Fading; Frequency; Indoor environments; Indoor radio communication; Iron; Microwave devices; Microwave ovens; Spread spectrum communication; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1999. APCC/OECC '99. Fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on ... and Fourth Optoelectronics and Communications Conference
Conference_Location :
Beijing, China
Print_ISBN :
7-5635-0402-8
DOI :
10.1109/APCC.1999.825029
