Techniques to improve Bluetooth performance in interference environments

Author

Golmie, Nada ; Chevrollier, Nicolas

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

581

Abstract

Bluetooth is a radio technology for wireless personal area networks operating in the 2.4 GHz ISM band. Since both Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11 devices use the same frequency band and may likely come together in a laptop or may be close together at a desktop, interference may lead to significant performance degradation. The main goal of this paper is to propose solutions to the interference problem consisting of power control adjustments and scheduling policies to be implemented by the Bluetooth device. Simulation results are given for selected scenarios and configurations of interest.

Keywords

personal communication networks; power control; radiofrequency interference; telecommunication control; Bluetooth performance; IEEE 802.11 devices; ISM band; frequency band; interference; interference environments; laptop; power control; radio technology; scheduling policies; simulation results; wireless personal area networks; Bluetooth; Degradation; Frequency; Interference; Power control; Power measurement; Protocols; Scheduling; Spread spectrum communication; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2001. MILCOM 2001. Communications for Network-Centric Operations: Creating the Information Force. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7225-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2001.985863

Filename

985863