How to made radio measurement?

RSSI measurements will vary from 0 to 255 depending on the vendor. It consists of a one byte integer value. A value of 1 will indicate the minimum signal strength detectable by the wireless card, while 0 indicates no signal. The value has a maximum of RSSI_Max. For example, Cisco Systems cards will return a RSSI of 0 to 100. In this case, the RSSI_Max is 100. The Cisco card can report 101 distinct power levels. Another popular Wi-Fi chipset is made by Atheros. An Atheros based card will return a RSSI value of 0 to 60.