Piconet: embedded mobile networking

Author

Bennett, Frazer ; Clarke, David ; Evans, Joseph B. ; Hopper, Andy ; Jones, Alan ; Leask, David

Author_Institution

Olivetti & Oracle Res. Lab., Cambridge, UK

Volume

4

Issue

5

fYear

1997

fDate

10/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

8

Lastpage

15

Abstract

Piconet is a general-purpose, low-power ad hoc radio network. It provides a base level of connectivity to even the simplest of sensing and computing objects. It is our intention that a full range of portable and embedded devices may make use of this connectivity. This article outlines the Piconet system, under development at the Olivetti and Oracle Research Laboratory (ORL). The authors discuss the motivation for providing this low-level “embedded networking”, and describe their experiences of building such a system. The article concludes with a commentary on some of the implications that power saving, and other considerations central to Piconet, have on the design of the system

Keywords

land mobile radio; mobile radio; radio networks; ORL; Olivetti; Oracle Research Laboratory; Piconet; Piconet system; connectivity; embedded devices; embedded mobile networking; mobile computing; portable devices; power control; power saving considerations; radio network; system design; Communication switching; Computer network reliability; Embedded computing; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Personal area networks; Personal digital assistants; Portable computers; Switches; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Personal Communications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-9916

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/98.626977

Filename

626977