An experimental study of interference impacts on ZigBee-based wireless communication inside buildings

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

11-29-2010

Abstract

ZigBee is a wireless technology developed as an open global standard to address the unique needs of low-cost, low-power wireless sensor networks. This standard takes full advantages of the IEEE 802.15.4 physical radio specification and operates in unlicensed bands (e.g., 2.4 GHz) worldwide at different frequencies. As more and more companies make products that use the 2.4 GHz portion of the radio spectrum, network designers have had to deal with increased signals from collocated networks operating over the same frequency range. This paper aims to highlight the issues affecting co-existence of ZigBee systems in the presence of different interferences. We present an experimental study of ZigBee-based wireless communication over a period of time with WiFi, BlueTooth and microwave ovens. Results are presented for several different link configurations. Based on observations of the Packet Error Rate, we propose interference prediction algorithms to explore the impacts of WiFi/microwave oven on ZigBee communications. © 2010 IEEE.

Identifier

78649253619 (Scopus)

ISBN

[9781424451418]

Publication Title

2010 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation Icma 2010

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2010.5589256

First Page

1982

Last Page

1987

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