> Hi all I use xlating filter to retrieve the baseband signal and I use
> such way the compute the samples
> signal strengh like this: a = sqrt(i * i + q * q) (i and q means the
> complex signal's real part and image part)
> then compute the average signal strengh: rssi = (sum of all sample
> strengh) / (sample count). With this way
> all the channel's rssi result are the same(very close consider the
> same) but actually they are not the same.
> Is there any wrong in my method? I do not need the actual rssi value
> but just need a way to distinguish the
> channels' signal strengh.
>
RSSI = AVG(I*I + Q*Q) there shouldn't be a sqrt() term in there.
Remember that the ADCs are
sampling *voltage*, and power is proportional to the square of the
voltage.
source---->complex-to-mag-squared---->single-pole-iir-filter
Should do the trick
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