Assessing the performance of ZigBee in a reverberant environment using a mode stirred chamber
The application of ZigBee networks to highly reverberant environments has been investigated using a reverberation chamber. Different Q-factors were set up, by loading the reverberation chamber, and the performance of a COTS ZigBee system was recorded . It has been found that the ZigBee system tested...
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Published in | 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility pp. 1 - 6 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Conference Proceeding |
Language | English |
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IEEE
01.08.2008
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Summary: | The application of ZigBee networks to highly reverberant environments has been investigated using a reverberation chamber. Different Q-factors were set up, by loading the reverberation chamber, and the performance of a COTS ZigBee system was recorded . It has been found that the ZigBee system tested is capable of working in highly reverberant environments and is only seriously limited for a value of Q-factor above 5000, which is greater than that which would typically be encountered outside of a laboratory. The packet error rate (PER) was generally found to be very low for Q-factors between 1000 and 5000, with the possibility a high PER for some combinations of stirrer and antenna positions. With a Q of below 1000 the transceivers were found to work with a PER below 1% regardless of antenna and stirrer positions and the corresponding fading is nearly flat over a data symbolpsilas bandwidth. Radio performance is presented in terms of the packet error rate and this is related to the measured and simulated channel impulse response. |
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ISBN: | 9781424416998 142441699X |
ISSN: | 2158-110X 2158-1118 |
DOI: | 10.1109/ISEMC.2008.4652116 |