Does a WiFi access point impact RSSI of Estimotes

BLE was specifically designed to co-exist well, so no need to worry here (:

For a more visual explanation, this page has a very nice illustration:

http://www.argenox.com/a-ble-advertising-primer/

Note how the BLE advertisement channels (i.e., the ones that beacon broadcasting uses) are positioned between the WiFi channels, and also spread out quite a bit, so that even if there’s a microwave introducing lots of noise on one end of the spectrum :slight_smile: , the other should work fine.

RSSI is usually more affected by environmental factors—radio waves bouncing off of objects, or being blocked by them, etc.

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