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Preamble Detection Method for RSS Data Synchronization in WLAN Monitoring

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Received signal strength (RSS) data is one of the useful data types for understanding wireless link quality. To perform WLAN monitoring over a wide area of the target environment, it is necessary to use multiple sensor nodes to observe RSS data at various positions. In this situation, achieving synchronization among sensor nodes is challenging. In this paper, we propose a synchronization method for different sets of RSS data. In our method, by analyzing In-phase and Quadrature (IQ) samples, the preamble, which is part of a wireless frame, is detected, and the reception start timing of each preamble is used as a synchronization timing point. Through experiments in an actual indoor environment, we confirmed that our method can achieve the synchronization accuracy of less than 1 µs between different sets of RSS data.

Source: IEICE Communications Express

DOI: 10.23919/comex.2024xbl0134

Authors: Morihiko Tamai, Akio Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Yokoyama

Institution: Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International

Language: English

Topic: Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies

Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

Award: G1613875913