Radio link: communication range

• Tradeoff between battery life & the cost of the overall system

transmit power

dn

d

battery life

1

dn

_

access points (N)

1

d2

_

battery life

N n/2

for n = 4

4x

2x

Our design

- short range radio

- make access point

as cheap as ethernet

hubs

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