Microwave Oven Signal Interference Mitigation For Wi-Fi Communication Systems

Author

Taher, T.M. ; Misurac, M.J. ; LoCicero, J.L. ; Ucci, D.R.

Author_Institution

Illinois Inst. of Technol., Chicago

fYear

2008

fDate

10-12 Jan. 2008

Firstpage

67

Lastpage

68

Abstract

The MicroWave Oven (MWO) is a popular appliance that acts as an unintentional interferer for 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi communication signals. An interference mitigation technique is developed that incorporates cognitive radio paradigms allowing Wi-Fi devices to reliably transmit information while a residential MWO is operating. This technique is applied in the experimental case where Barker spread Wi-Fi signals carry data in the presence of MWO emissions. Bit error rate is evaluated to provide a performance metric for the mitigation technique.

Keywords

cognitive radio; error statistics; interference suppression; microwave ovens; wireless LAN; Barker spread signals; IEEE 802.11; Wi-Fi communication systems; bit error rate; cognitive radio; cognitive radio paradigms; frequency 2.4 GHz; microwave oven; signal interference mitigation; Cognitive radio; Collision mitigation; Detectors; Frequency synchronization; Interference; Microwave communication; Microwave devices; Microwave ovens; Radio transmitters; Signal detection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, 2008. CCNC 2008. 5th IEEE

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1456-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1457-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ccnc08.2007.21

Filename

4446319