[Tinyos-help] CC2420 RSSI Question

[davivale at nmsu.edu]

Platform:  TelosB
TinyOS version:  2.x

I understand that a receiving node upon reception of a packet can compute the
RSSI of the transmitting node.  My question is, can the CC2420's RSSI register
be polled in order to capture the amount of background energy present in the
channel?    (i.e. when a packet is sent from the transmitting node to the
basestation and it is not received at the basestation, is it possible to sample
the RSSI register in order to get the radio energy present in the channel.  I am
interested in determining what is causing that interference at that particular
time).  Thanks.

Dave