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Low-power wireless networks, especially in outdoor deployments, are exposed to a wide range of temperatures. The detrimental effect of high temperatures on communication quality is well known. In this paper, we use a testbed with self-made temperature control devices to investigate the effects of temperature on several communication-relevant metrics. The analyses both confirm some previously published results and demonstrate deviations from others. Based on these results, we propose a Reed–Solomon-based FEC scheme to mitigate the negative effects of temperature and provide results suggesting that such a scheme is both feasible and advantageous.
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Schmidt, F., Ceriotti, M., Hauser, N., Wehrle, K. (2015). If You Can’t Take the Heat: Temperature Effects on Low-Power Wireless Networks and How to Mitigate Them. In: Abdelzaher, T., Pereira, N., Tovar, E. (eds) Wireless Sensor Networks. EWSN 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8965. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15582-1_19
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