Re: Measure RSSI in adhoc networks

[Kai Timmer <email@kait.de>]

2009/4/23 Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>:
> You can only get an RSSI if there are other nodes in the network, and
> then you get the RSSI of *that* node, as received by your node. =C2=A0=
You
> can't measure your own RSSI, because RSSI =3D *Received* Signal Stren=
gth
> Indicator, and you can't really receive your own traffic since you're
> radiating tons of power on TX and that completely deafens the RX chai=
n.

Ok, that was clear to me. I don't know where you read that i want my
own RSSI? That would just make no sense.

> Not all drivers report RSSI in adhoc mode at this time. =C2=A0But eve=
n if
> they did, they could only report RSSI when they receive a beacon or
> traffic from some other node in the adhoc network, and that's pretty
> useless because it doesn't give you a general quality of the "network=
",
> it gives you a specific quality of the radio path between two points =
in
> the network.

Maybe i should point out, what i am trying to do :)
I need the RSSI values for distance measurements between the nodes. So
what i need is not a "quality value" for the whole network, but the
recieved mW from every reachable point in the network. So i think the
RSSI value for every network node (if i can print them out seperatly)
should do the job.

Greets,
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Kai Timmer
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