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Table 5 PER (%) and average RSSI (in dBm) for different links and transmission power levels (NR corresponds to no reception)

From: A residential maintenance-free long-term activity monitoring system for healthcare applications

ID

Room

Walls

+4 dBm

0 dBm

−4 dBm

−8dBm

−12 dBm

−16 dBm

−20 dBm

W2

Study

0

0.0 (−51)

0.0 (−52)

0.0 (−58)

0.2 (−61)

0.0 (−65)

0.2 (−70)

0.4 (−71)

W5

Bedroom 1

1

0.3 (−70)

0.7 (−73)

0.2 (−75)

3.9 (−83)

5.8 (−84)

4.6 (−90)

7.4 (−95)

W1

Lounge

1

0.0 (−74)

0.5 (−77)

0.4 (−83)

1.1 (−85)

6.1 (−87)

15.7 (−94)

NR

W4

Bathroom

2

0.0 (−80)

1.2 (−85)

21.4 (−93)

NR

NR

NR

NR

W3

Kitchen

2

0.8 (−82)

2.3 (−84)

15.8 (−93)

NR

NR

NR

NR

W6

Bedroom 2

2

4.5 (−88)

4.5 (−88)

69.6 (−95)

58.0 (−92)

NR

NR

NR

W7

Toilet

3

31.4 (−96)

64.0 (−99)

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR