Title : 
Performance Study of Non-beaconed and Beacon-Enabled Modes in IEEE 802.15.4 under Bluetooth Interference
         
        
            Author : 
Herrera, M.M. ; Bonastre, Alberto ; Capella, Juan V.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Syst. Eng. & Control, Polytech. Univ. of Valencia, Valencia
         
        
        
            fDate : 
Sept. 29 2008-Oct. 4 2008
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The IEEE 802.15.4 protocol is a flexible technology with great potential for wireless sensor networks applications. The standard distinguishes two network modes; beacon-enabled and nonbeacon-enabled. In this paper, the performance study of beaconed and non-beaconed modes of IEEE 802.15.4 is evaluated using on site PER measurements. The tests are carryout in an urban outdoor environment with commercial available equipment. Likewise, the impact of Bluetooth interference over IEEE 802.15.4 modes is evaluated. The results show that Bluetooth interference and the mode selected have effects over the PER. Furthermore, for distances between 3 to 10 meters the PER doesn´t show significance distance dependency.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Bluetooth; protocols; radiofrequency interference; wireless sensor networks; Bluetooth interference; IEEE 802.15.4 protocol; site PER measurements; wireless personal area network; wireless sensor networks; Bismuth; Bluetooth; Frequency shift keying; Interference; Mobile computing; Performance analysis; Spread spectrum communication; Ubiquitous computing; Wireless application protocol; Wireless sensor networks; Bluetooth; IEEE 802.15.4; IEEE802.15.1; LR-WPAN; PER; WPAN; WSN; Wireless Personal Area Network; Wireless Sensor Networks; ZigBee; coexistence; interference; packet error rate; performance evaluation;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, 2008. UBICOMM '08. The Second International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Valencia
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-0-7695-3367-4
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-0-7695-3367-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/UBICOMM.2008.22