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Radio propagation patterns in wireless sensor networks: new experimental results

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Tereus Scott,

Kui Wu,

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IWCMC '06: Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Wireless communications and mobile computing

Pages 857 - 862

https://doi.org/10.1145/1143549.1143721

Published: 03 July 2006 Publication History

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IWCMC '06: Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Wireless communications and mobile computing

Radio propagation patterns in wireless sensor networks: new experimental results

Pages 857 - 862

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Wireless sensors use low power radio transceivers due to the stringent constraints on battery capacity. As a result, radio transmission with wireless sensors is unreliable. Further, propagation patterns are irregular, causing some links to be asymmetric. Accurate models of radio propagation patterns are important for protocol design and simulation. Thus far, measurements of radio propagation patterns have been carried out using the motes themselves for test measurement. We have carried out experiments using RF test equipment to precisely measure mote transmit and receive signal strength and to accurately determine propagation patterns. Our tests have produced new radio propagation patterns and a new propagation model. Our model is more accurate than previous models and can be used for building both analytical and simulation models for wireless sensor networks.

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