Modeling the Maximum Throughput of Bluetooth Low Energy in an Error-Prone Link

Author

Gomez, Carles ; Demirkol, Ilker ; Paradells, Josep

Author_Institution

Dept. of Telematics Eng., Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Volume

15

Issue

11

fYear

2011

fDate

11/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1187

Lastpage

1189

Abstract

We present an analytical model for the maximum throughput of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), considering the presence of uncorrelated bit errors and the impact of a key BLE parameter that defines the time between the start of two consecutive connection events. The derived analysis models the generic application of master-to-slave unidirectional data transmission, which also forms an upper bound for bidirectional data transmission throughput. Simulation results show that our model accurately predicts the maximum BLE throughput for all bit error rates and BLE parameter settings evaluated.

Keywords

Bluetooth; error statistics; Bluetooth low energy maximum throughput; bidirectional data transmission throughput; bit error rates; derived analysis models; error-prone link; key BLE parameter; master-to-slave unidirectional data transmission; uncorrelated bit errors; upper bound; Analytical models; Bit error rate; Bluetooth; Data communication; Payloads; Protocols; Throughput; Bluetooth Low Energy; maximum throughput; performance evaluation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LCOMM.2011.092011.111314

Filename

6029943