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Collection Methods for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth I/Q Recordings in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Bands with Low-Cost Software Defined Radios
Published
Author(s)
Stefan Tschimben, Siddhartha Subray, Aric Sanders, Adam Wunderlich
Abstract
This report documents collection methods for radio frequency in-phase/quadrature (I/Q) recordings of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth emissions in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz unlicensed bands using low-cost software defined radios. The aim of this effort was to acquire datasets that could be used to aid the development of computational models for emissions from real-world communication hardware. The complete datasets are publicly available at https://doi.org/10.18434/mds2-2731.
Tschimben, S.
, Subray, S.
, Sanders, A.
and Wunderlich, A.
(2022),
Collection Methods for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth I/Q Recordings in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Bands with Low-Cost Software Defined Radios, Technical Note (NIST TN), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2237, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=935307
(Accessed October 10, 2025)