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

fYear

2008

fDate

Sept. 29 2008-Oct. 4 2008

Firstpage

144

Lastpage

149

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/UBICOMM.2008.22

Filename

4641327