Ad-hoc formation of Bluetooth piconet and IP allocation in PAN

Author

Jonvik, T.E. ; Engelstad, Paal ; van Tanh, D.

Author_Institution

Unik, Oslo Univ., Norway

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

27-30 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

489

Abstract

This article proposes the Simple Internet Access Procedure (SINAP), which enables IP communication in a Bluetooth piconet where one or more devices may have Internet access. Alternatives for allocation of IP addresses are also discussed. The piconet consists of Bluetooth enabled computing devices, such as laptops, which may have Internet connections over Ethernet, WLAN, or GSM/UMTS. It is formed according to an automatic piconet formation procedure. The procedure provides topology information, which makes it is possible to deploy IP directly on the L2CAP protocol without the need for any adaptation layer.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; Bluetooth; Internet; cellular radio; local area networks; network topology; picocellular radio; transport protocols; wireless LAN; Bluetooth enabled computing devices; Bluetooth piconet; Ethernet; GSM/UMTS; IP address allocation; IP allocation; IP communication; Internet access; Internet connections; L2CAP protocol; PAN; SINAP; Simple Internet Access Procedure; WLAN; ad-hoc formation; automatic piconet formation; laptops; topology information; 3G mobile communication; Bluetooth; Ethernet networks; GSM; Internet; Personal area networks; Portable computers; Protocols; Topology; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, 2002. The 5th International Symposium on

ISSN

1347-6890

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7442-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WPMC.2002.1088222

Filename

1088222