A “Wiimote”-based spatio-temporal wireless channel sounder (non-refereed)

Guaranteeing reliable and ubiquitous signal reception is one of the current challenges faced by wireless communications systems. Ideally, wireless transmissions suffer only from propagation losses. In reality, the landscape through which wireless information travels often contains structures that contribute to significant losses in signal reception. While increasing broadcast power will boost signal integrity, it will invariably contribute to increased co-channel interference. The high demand for ubiquitous signal reception, coupled with the aforementioned challenges, has motivated research into the development of propagation prediction models based upon extensive spatio-temporal wireless channel measurements.