Multipath fading impacts all WIRELESS transmissions. Resulting radio signals reach the receiving antenna by several PATHS, leading to signal interference and phase shifts that can cause errors and affect the link quality. This phenomenon tends to be overlooked in MESH networks since data packets can travel through alternative routing paths in case of communication failure. While multipath fading may not be a concern for densely meshed ZigBee networks, it surely is for single point-to-point links.

Multipath fading impacts all wireless transmissions. Resulting radio signals reach the receiving antenna by several paths, leading to signal interference and phase shifts that can cause errors and affect the link quality. This phenomenon tends to be overlooked in mesh networks since data packets can travel through alternative routing paths in case of communication failure. While multipath fading may not be a concern for densely meshed ZigBee networks, it surely is for single point-to-point links.