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1.0
INTRODUCTION
2.0
Incoming Signal
Reflected Signal
SCATTERED WAVEFRONTS
I-BEAM
DIFFRACTED SIGNAL
2.2
-55
-65
-75
-85
NORMALIZED -95
PATH LOSS -105
(dB)
-115
-125
-135
-145
-155
-165
-175
-185
10
d
point
source
20dB/Decade
40dB/Decade
60dB/Decade
100
1000
Tx - Rx DISTANCE (ft)
10000
(1)
(2)
(4)
(3)
4
5
6
7
8
NUMBER OF FLOORS
10
11
12
-30
-35
-40
RECEIVED
SIGNAL -45
POWER -50
(dBm)
-55
-60
-65
-70
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Tx - Rx DISTANCE (m)
3.1
3.2
Building Layout
NORTH
0 Feet
11
10
Hallway 3
Lab 2
Open
Area
RX
0 TX
A
Hallway 2
B
C
Hallway 5
13
Hallway 4
14
Lab 1
Hallway 1
200 Feet
D
E
WEST
Hallway 6
EAST
F
G
Hallway 7
H
I
Hallway 9
Hallway 8
J
140 Ft.
Concrete Inside Wall
SOUTH
3.3
Test Setup
Data Analysis
The collected data for each receiver/transmitter
pair is logged and entered into Microsoft Excel
spreadsheet and graphed. The graph in Fig. 11 is
the averaged PER for the printed circuit antenna
with an output power of +16 dBm.
Rx
4
Rx
5
Rx
3
Rx
1
Rx
2
Fig. 10 Locations
Receiver
Measurement
100.00
90.00
80.00
70.00
69.14
60.00
Average Distance PER
50.00
40.00
30.00
21.60
20.00
3.91
180
160
105
65
55
54
50
3.35
135.2
3.27
103
1.14 3.96
100
0.00
0.00
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
14.17
12.57
10.00
Distance (ft)
80.00
70.00
60.00
Average PER
50.00
40.00
30.00
20.00
10.00
0.00
0
50
100
150
200
250
Distance (ft)
REFERENCES
[1] IEEE 802.11 Standard for Wireless LAN,
Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and
Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications, Jan. 1997
[2]
Theodore
S.
Rappaport,
Wireless
Communications Principles and Practice, IEEE
Press/Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River,
New Jersey, 1996
[3] 1996 Wireless Communications Design
Seminar Handbook, Harris Semiconductor
[4] A. Santamaria Lopez-Hernandez (Editors),
Wireless LAN Systems, Artech House, 685
Canton Street, Norwood, MA 02062
[5] Jean-Paul M.G. Linnartz,
Communication, 1993,1995
Wireless