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A study on the effect of temperature on cellular signal strength quality


Abstract:

As the world is getting more connected through cell phones, Cellular Signal Strength metrics demand more attention as parameters linked to everyday life. This paper focus...Show More

Abstract:

As the world is getting more connected through cell phones, Cellular Signal Strength metrics demand more attention as parameters linked to everyday life. This paper focuses on the effects of temperature on cellular signal strength quality. In telecommunications, Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) is a measure of the power present in a received radio signal. This work looks into the variation of RSSI values over temperature and its effects on cellular communication networks. The study on the effect of temperature on RSSI is performed by measuring the temperature and signal strength over a region simultaneously. Signal strength values is collected using Android Packaging Index (API) of Android smartphones and temperature using a custom made weather station.
Date of Conference: 23-25 March 2017
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 16 October 2017
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Conference Location: Chennai, India

I. Introduction

Temperature is a major parameter that affects the global weather patterns. Weather change is an important matter of human concern as they affect man's daily life in many ways. These changes are generally measurable using simple gauging instruments or by observing subsequent changes in a parameter dependent on the weather metric being monitored. One way to do this is by measuring the radio link quality [1]. Major telecommunication network providers have deployed cellular voice and data networks over most of the inhabited areas of earth. Cellular telecommunication transmission facilities [2] are the physical means of communicating large amounts of information over distance in developing countries. Thus any effect on Cellular Communication Network is crucial. In this paper an analysis on the effect of temperature on Cellular Signal Strength Quality is performed [1], [3]. In telecommunications, Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) is a metric of the power present in a received radio signal [4]. We use Signal Strength Android API to get real-time RSSI readings from a smartphone [5]. This helps us to get an awareness of signal strength measurement values at the user end varying over atmospheric conditions [5].

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