Title :
EVM and RSSI link quality measurements in frequency selective fading channels
Author :
Nitsche, Thomas ; Widmer, James ; Loch, Adrian ; Hollick, M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. IMDEA Networks, Univ. Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Spain
Abstract :
In this paper, we discuss the suitability of error vector magnitude (EVM) and received signal strength indicator (RSSI) as wireless quality metrics. We evaluate these metrics in a software defined radio testbed and provide detailed measurement results for frequency selective fading channels. We show that EVM is well suited as a packet loss estimator and discuss a case where receiver implementation inefficiencies show up in the EVM.
Keywords :
fading channels; frequency selective surfaces; radio receivers; software radio; EVM; RSSI link quality measurements; error vector magnitude; frequency selective fading channels; packet loss estimator; received signal strength indicator; receiver implementation; software defined radio testbed; wireless quality metrics; Loss measurement; Modulation; OFDM; Payloads; Signal to noise ratio; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), 2013 IEEE 14th Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Darmstadt
DOI :
10.1109/SPAWC.2013.6612105
