Analysis of the interference between IEEE 802.11b and Bluetooth systems

Author

Fainberg, Michael ; Goodman, David

Author_Institution

Pennie & Edmonds LLP, New York, NY, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

967

Abstract

The number of wireless Ethernet products based on the IEEE 802.11b technology has been growing rapidly for the past few years. Bluetooth is an emerging technology with the potential to equal the popularity of wireless local area networks (WLAN). Even though the systems are designed for different purposes, it is very likely for them to operate in the vicinity of each other. Since both systems operate in the same frequency band, this will cause interference between them. A model is developed that captures the performance impact of Bluetooth interference on the collocated IEEE 802.11b, parameterized by the data rate and packet size of 802.11b, the number of Bluetooth piconets, the piconet utilization, and the distance between the 802.11b and the Bluetooth radios. The analysis comprises interference at both physical and medium access control layers of the 802.11b systems

Keywords

frequency hop communication; indoor radio; packet radio networks; radiofrequency interference; spread spectrum communication; time-varying channels; wireless LAN; 1 Mbit/s; 11 Mbit/s; 2 Mbit/s; 2.4 GHz; 5.5 Mbit/s; Bluetooth systems; IEEE 802.11b systems; WLAN; direct sequence spread spectrum system; frequency hopping spread spectrum system; indoor environment; interference; medium access control layer; physical layer; piconet utilization; space varying channel; statistical analysis; time varying channel; wireless Ethernet products; wireless local area networks; wireless personal area network; Bluetooth; Data communication; Frequency; Interference; Media Access Protocol; Modulation coding; Personal area networks; Physical layer; Spread spectrum communication; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2001. VTC 2001 Fall. IEEE VTS 54th

Conference_Location

Atlantic City, NJ

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7005-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VTC.2001.956918

Filename

956918