Impacts of Temperature and Humidity variations on RSSI in indoor Wireless Sensor Networks

摘要

Many Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) protocols such as lot of localization protocols rely on the accuracy of the Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI). This RSSI metric is sensitive to different factors which lead to its disturbance. Other works have already proved that temperature and humidity have important impact on RSSI in outdoor environment. It is evident that temperature and humidity vary more importantly on outdoor than on indoor. In this paper, we aim to answer at this question: Does the slight modification of temperature and humidity in indoor environment have a significant impact on RSSI value? We have conducted various experiments to study this impact.