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Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

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290 <strong>Wireless</strong> <strong>Ad</strong> <strong>Hoc</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Sensor</strong> <strong>Networks</strong>Transmitter DAPCPower control<strong>Wireless</strong> channelwith uncertaintiesNextselectionFeedback of power selection<strong>Wireless</strong> channelwith uncertaintiesReceiver DAPCSNR measurementsChannel estimationPower selectionQuantization factorFIGURE 6.31 DAPC in control loop.At the transmitter side, DAPC must extract the power information fromthe MAC header <strong>and</strong> inform the baseb<strong>and</strong> to transmit P t for the nextoutgoing packet to the corresponding receiver. In hardware implementation,especially in digital systems, a quantization factor should be introducedbecause the hardware may not provide the precision for outputpower that the DAPC desires. The quantization factor is simply the ratiobetween the actual P t’ <strong>and</strong> desired transmission power P t . This ratio isdivided by the next power calculation to improve estimation accuracy<strong>and</strong> maintain system stability.6.11.3 Experimental ResultsIn this section, hardware implementation results for the DAPC are presented.Various experiments are executed to create channel interferencesto thoroughly evaluate the performance of the DAPC. Note that the experimentsare conducted under normal office environments where other ISMb<strong>and</strong> devices exist along with other channel uncertainties. Because ofrange <strong>and</strong> power limitations, the SNR for the test platform can reach amaximum of 80 dB. Therefore, the system control parameter kv <strong>and</strong> arevery small <strong>and</strong> selected as 1e15 <strong>and</strong> 0.01, respectively.In general, a paired connection between a transmitter <strong>and</strong> receiver isestablished. The transmitter sends a 100-byte packet to the receiver every500 msec. The receiver sends the reply with a 100-byte packet immediatelyafter reception. This also indicates that the power update rate is only 2times per second. Essentially, the nodes act as transmitters <strong>and</strong> receivers,<strong>and</strong> the DAPC is implemented on both of them. The working range forthe experiments is usually within 5 m.Example 6.11.1: Path Loss EffectIn this setup, a paired connection is established. The receiver was slowlymoved towards the transmitter <strong>and</strong> then taken away. The desired SNR

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