I am working on a project with an RSL10 2.4 GHz radio. I'm far from an RF or antenna expert, but I have worked with radios in the past (both 2.4 and 1 GHz). The RSL10 is definitely the worst of the bunch as far as support, documentation, and functionality goes, so I'm kind of groping around in the dark. I'm sending raw data from one radio to another on a not very popular channel. Everything was working OK except I was only receiving about 90-95% of the packets I transmitted, which is pretty low in my experience since the radios are sitting right next to each other on a bench. After much messing around, I discovered that if I sent a dummy packet, or even just one byte, very shortly before I send the packet, my successful packet transmission rate goes up over 99%. What I can't figure out is whether this is some strange issue with the RSL10 (which wouldn't be hard to believe), or is there some physical reason related to RF communication that would improve communication after sending a byte or two. Like maybe it drives nearby frequency hopping devices off that channel. Or something to do with the carrier frequency maybe.
Is there some physical, RF-related reason why sending a short amount of data immediately before transmitting a packet would make the packet more likely to be received?
Edit: Sorry, the title of the post should say "throughput" not "throughout." Unfortunately, it doesn't look like I can edit the title, or delete the post. Moderator, can you help me out?
Moderators note : changed title.
Is there some physical, RF-related reason why sending a short amount of data immediately before transmitting a packet would make the packet more likely to be received?
Edit: Sorry, the title of the post should say "throughput" not "throughout." Unfortunately, it doesn't look like I can edit the title, or delete the post. Moderator, can you help me out?
Moderators note : changed title.
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