
R305 AT Commands
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AT Command Manual (Rev 3.05)
8 Notes on Energy Levels and LQI
8.1 Interpreting LQI
On the EM250 as well as the EM35x, the LQI is closely related to the SNR (signal noise ratio).
The graph below shows the relation between the SNR and the LQI reading on the EM250, which is
the basis of the ETRX2 series of modules.
Figure 1: LQI vs. SNR (source: Ember)
From the LQI the stack calculates the cost for a particular link based on the following table:
Cost
LQI
1
254 - 255
3
247 - 253
5
200 - 246
7
0 - 199
Table 11: LQI/Cost relationship
EM250 SNR vs LQI