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PUBLICATIONS

NIST Report based on the University of Michigan Final Grant Report (70NANB14H316)

Published

Author(s)

Richard Candell, Nader Moayeri

Abstract

The report does not have an abstract, but the following is the Introduction: The pervasive application of wireless communications is well known. One such application is to an indoor factory environment. This environment creates challenges for reliable communications. One potential communication system that could be used to provide wireless communication in this environment is a Zigbee radio. Zigbee radios use about 2MHz of bandwidth in the 2.4GHz ISM band. To understand the performance of a Zigbee radio (or any other radio) in this environment the first task is to understand the propagation effects of such an environment. NIST has carried out a measurement campaign at various factory environments, including their own machine shop. We have used these measurements to develop channel models that are suitable for evaluating the performance of a Zigbee radio or any radios with bandwidth up to about 20MHz such as a WiFi based system. This report documents the results of processing the measurements to obtain channel models. Typical results for measurements made in the NIST machine shop for a 2.4GHz frequency are shown in the body of this document. Results for other frequencies and at other locations are shown in the appendicies.
Citation
Technical Note (NIST TN) - 1941
Report Number
1941
NIST Pub Series
Technical Note (NIST TN)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.1941
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Wireless (RF), Manufacturing and Factory communications

Citation

Candell, R. and Moayeri, N. (2016), NIST Report based on the University of Michigan Final Grant Report (70NANB14H316), Technical Note (NIST TN), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.1941 (Accessed October 14, 2025)

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Created December 16, 2016, Updated May 1, 2020
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