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RF Propagation Analysis of MICAz Motes Antenna with Ground Effect

Networking and Internet Architecture 2012-12-19 v1

Abstract

In this paper we analyzed the Radio Frequency (RF) propagation characteristics of monopole antenna in MICAz mote. During the experimental analysis, two scenarios are considered. In Scenario-I, a pair of MICAz nodes (one transmitting and one receiving node) are placed on the ground and the RSSI is measured in presence of the ground effect. In Scenario-II, only the transmitting node is placed above the ground; however, the receiving node is placed on the ground. The RSSI is measured by changing the antenna orientation at different angles and distances between them. The results show that the ground effect, antenna orientation and distance between the sensor nodes drastically affect the RSSI.

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@article{arxiv.1212.4441,
  title  = {RF Propagation Analysis of MICAz Motes Antenna with Ground Effect},
  author = {Syed Hassan Ahmed and Safdar H. Bouk and Nadeem Javaid and Iwao Sasase},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.4441},
  year   = {2012}
}

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15th IEEE International Multi Topic Conference (INMIC12), 2012