Approach for performance investigation of different Bluetooth modules and communication modes

The performance investigation of different Bluetooth modules needs a module independent approach, which can be used in real time and which allows to consider different Bluetooth modules and communication modes. This paper will give a description of a special measurement approach that was developed and implemented. The performance-parameters Bluetooth-Packet-Delay, Bit Error Rate (BER) and Packet Loss Rate (PLR) are evaluated. A series of first investigations was conducted using the implemented measurement approach to show the evaluation possibilities. Two different Bluetooth modules for different packet types and packet sizes were used.