Transmission Distance Estimation and Testing for 2.4GHz ZigBee Applications

Author

Lei Gao ; Yuan-Dong Lan

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. Dept., HuiZhou Univ., Huizhou, China

fYear

2013

fDate

9-11 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

27

Lastpage

32

Abstract

On the basis of the theory of radio wave propagation, the author specifically discussed the 2.4GHz band radio wave propagation characteristics, and based the Zigbee RF module specific circuit designed, analyzed the impact of the transmission distance circuit factors, reference IEEE 802.15.4a channel loss model, derived the estimation formula for the maximum transmission distance. The author also do the actual estimation and validation testing of ZigBee short-range wireless device path loss and transmission distance in open communication environment. The results illustrate that this calculation method allow system designers to have a more precise estimate of the transmission distance for 2.4GHz ZigBee applications.

Keywords

Zigbee; channel estimation; radiowave propagation; IEEE 802.15.4a channel loss model; RF module specific circuit; ZigBee application; bandwidth 2.4 GHz; maximum transmission distance; open communication environment; radio wave propagation; short-range wireless device path loss estimation; transmission distance circuit factor; transmission distance estimation; Attenuation; Loss measurement; Propagation losses; Receiving antennas; Transceivers; Transmitting antennas; Zigbee; Channel loss; ZigBee; correction factor; transmission distance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Intelligent Data and Web Technologies (EIDWT), 2013 Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Xi´an

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2140-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EIDWT.2013.10

Filename

6631587