An Empirical Evaluation of Embedded Link Quality

Author

Wahba, Sally K. ; LaForce, Keith D. ; Fisher, John L. ; Hallstrom, Jason O.

Author_Institution

Clemson Univ., Clemson

fYear

2007

fDate

14-20 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

430

Lastpage

435

Abstract

We present the results of extensive field experiments designed to evaluate the precise relationship between wireless link quality, radio power level, and transmission distance in outdoor embedded deployments. We focus on ZigBee networks, using Tmote Sky nodes, a popular commercial hardware platform for wireless sensor systems. The results are used to develop a piece-wise regression model suitable for pre-deployment link quality prediction. We characterize the contexts in which the model provides high accuracy, and discuss potential threats to validity.

Keywords

radio links; regression analysis; wireless sensor networks; Tmote Sky nodes; ZigBee networks; embedded link quality; link quality prediction; outdoor embedded deployments; piecewise regression model; radio power level; transmission distance; wireless link quality; wireless sensor systems; Embedded computing; Hardware; Interference; Peer to peer computing; Power system modeling; Predictive models; Sensor systems; Testing; Wireless sensor networks; ZigBee;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensor Technologies and Applications, 2007. SensorComm 2007. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Valencia

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-2988-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.4394959

Filename

4394959