The signal propagation effects on IEEE 802.15.4 radio link in fire environment

Author

Dissanayake, Chinthaka M ; Halgamuge, Malka N. ; Ramamohanarao, Kotagiri ; Moran, Bill ; Farrell, Peter

Author_Institution

Dept. of Civil & Environ. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia

fYear

2010

fDate

17-19 Dec. 2010

Firstpage

411

Lastpage

414

Abstract

Radio communication systems play a major role in supporting wildfire suppression crews in firegrounds. In this paper, we consider the effect of fire upon 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 radio link and propagation characteristics variation over the distance. Observations revealed that the considered bandwidth has perceptible degradation in signal strength and link quality in the presence of fire. Moreover, consistent results were observed in deterioration in signal strength and link quality parameters over the distance for the considered small fire environment.

Keywords

Zigbee; radio links; radiowave propagation; IEEE 802.15.4 radio link; fire environment; firegrounds; frequency 2.4 GHz; link quality parameters; radio communication systems; signal propagation effects; signal strength; wildfire suppression crews; Absorption; Atmospheric waves; Attenuation; Australia; Fires; Plasma temperature; RSSI; bushfire; fire; link quality; radio propagation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAFs), 2010 5th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Colombo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8549-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIAFS.2010.5715696

Filename

5715696