Simulation of interference between Bluetooth and 802.11b systems

Author

Sakal, Ivancica ; Simunic, Dina

Author_Institution

Dept. for Radiocommun., Croatian Inst. of Telecommun., Zagreb, Croatia

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

11-16 May 2003

Firstpage

1321

Abstract

WLAN and Bluetooth both operate in the 2.4 GHz band and are seen as sharing the same environment. Due to their similar purposes, an interference issue has to be taken into account when planning collocation for these systems. SEAMCAT (spectrum engineering advanced Monte Carlo analysis tool) is the software implementation of a Monte Carlo radio simulation methodology. This paper gives an insight on previous work done on simulating interference, a description of used software and results of simulation of interference between Bluetooth and WLAN systems. Results show that interference almost certainly occur and therefore certain techniques for avoiding the interference was applied.

Keywords

Bluetooth; Monte Carlo methods; radiofrequency interference; wireless LAN; 2.4 GHz; Bluetooth systems; Monte Carlo radio simulation; SEAMCAT software; WLAN systems; interference simulation; software implementation; spectrum engineering advanced Monte Carlo analysis tool; Bluetooth; Computational modeling; Degradation; Frequency; Interference; Monte Carlo methods; Spread spectrum communication; Systems engineering and theory; Throughput; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2003. EMC '03. 2003 IEEE International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7779-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC2.2003.1429164

Filename

1429164