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RE: [DNA] Review of link-information from Pekka Savola




> I would be very careful when drawing conclusions from the signal 
> strength. It is not that uncommon to experience rapid (dramatic) changes 
> in the signal strength when using, for example, an 802.11 device. 
> However, a careless interpretation of the signal strength can easily 
> lead to a ping-pong effect, but I'm not still saying that such 
> information is useless.

I agree with Tero on this. Note that there are number of radios
that actually use the same spectrum and cause interference, which
could affect the signal strength reading.  Watching signaling
strength here during meetings show me that this is a fairly unreliable
mechanism.

John