Analysis of the impact of electromagnetic interference on the performance of a household wireless network

Abstract

Today, more than 90% of households in the EU have internet access and use wireless network technologies to a large extent. With the increasing penetration of the Internet of Things (IoT), access to the Local area wireless network is under increasing load. In this paper, an analysis of the living space of a typical multi-member family in an urban environment in Croatia and the impact of different sources of electromagnetic radiation on the performance of a local wireless network is made. Primarily 2.4 GHz frequency spectrum was analyzed, and the influence of different individual sources of electromagnetic radiation on the quality of communication via a local wireless network was determined using different communication analysis tools. The contribution of this paper is to bring into focus common, invisible to us humans, communication problems due to the overcrowded 2.4 GHz space of a typical urban household, which can certainly affect the performance of the Internet of Things environment in new more modern homes. As a result of this research are recommendations and guidelines on how to distribute and use sources of electromagnetic radiation in the household to avoid major interference to the wireless network communication signal.