Impact of Household Construction Materials on 4G Signal

Different household construction materials cause significant losses when subjected to wireless signals along propagation path. A change in signal strength and losses occur as a result of the complex composition of the materials. This paper investigates the impact of construction materials on fourth generation (4G) signal in terms of Received Signal Strength (RSS), upload and download speed and jitter. The steps taken involve finding the penetration loss from the RSS with their respective data representation and drawing fact from the represented data. The results show that Material B (agba gosswei lerodendrin balsamic ferum) and Material D (concrete) have 12.9% decrease in indoor signal strength. Also, for indoor received signal strength, Material E (reflective glass) has 20.6% decrease, Material C (iroko - chlorophora excels) has 18.7% decrease while Material A (apa- afzelia Africans) has 43.8% decrease. The results from Quality of Service (QoS) parameter (jitter) are compared with outdoor and indoor. Relatively, it shows that materials B, D, C and E provide improved experience to the users.