When doing radio transmission, your devices tries to emit data over the air with electricity.
When doing radio transmission, your devices tries to emit data over the air with electricity.
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As you can easily figure out, the air is a very poor electric conductor!
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As you can easily figure out, the air is a very poor electric conductor! That results a significant portion of the power is lost in the air.
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That results a significant portion of the power is lost in the air. '''The power lost is expressed in dBm''' (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBm dBm on wikipedia]).
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'''The power lost is expressed in dBm''' (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBm dBm on wikipedia]).
dBm provides a relatively intuitive way to express the power level/power lost of a signal.
dBm provides a relatively intuitive way to express the power level/power lost of a signal.