PENGARUH KEBERADAAN OBJEK MANUSIA TERHADAP STABILITAS RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATOR (RSSI) PADA BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY 4.0 (BLE)

Abstract

There are many systems with diverse technologies such as GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, Ultra Wide Band, Ultrasound, Infrared can be used for location-based services. Of these technologies can be developed several applications for positioning purposes such as monitoring patients in hospitals or elderly people who are undergoing treatment at home. This paper proposes a simple method to estimate the presence of the object / user in a fixed area using parameter Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) on Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy (BLE). To determine the performance of the RSSI, conducted two experiments in a room scenario dimensions 3 x 2.80 x 2.5 m (present and not present). Two experiments were conducted to test the performance of the RSSI signal. The first experiments with conditions not present showed a good performance. However, in the second experiment (present) with the status of various objects that are in the same room, resulting in poor performance of RSSI, where there is a shift in the RSSI value at the first measurement was obtained average RSSI -73 dBm with a range distance of 2 m, the second measurement obtained an average RSSI value of -85 dBm at a distance of 3 m range. With these results it can be concluded that the human presence in the area of research is very influential on the performance positioning signal strength (RSSI) and the significant impact that the shift distance of up to 1 m.