Mitigation of multipath fading effects to improve indoor RSSI performance

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1884-1886

  Pu, Chuan Chin ^a   Chung, Wan Young ^b  

^a Dongseo University   (South Korea)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Filtering; Multipath fading; Received signal strength indicator (RSSI); Wireless systems

Indexed keywords

FILTERING; INDOOR APPLICATIONS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; MULTIPATH FADING EFFECTS; OUTPUT PERFORMANCE; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATOR (RSSI); RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATORS; WIRELESS SYSTEMS;

SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

MULTIPATH FADING;

EID: 67650309025     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.2006453     Document Type: Article

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