Low end extension for Bluetooth

Author

Honkanen, Mauri ; Lappeteläinen, Antti ; Kivekäs, Kalle

Author_Institution

Nokia Res. Center, Tampere, Finland

fYear

2004

fDate

19-22 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

199

Lastpage

202

Abstract

Low end extension (LEE) for Bluetooth is a technology to solve a simple mismatch. There are several small devices that could add value by having wireless radio connection to a mobile terminal but cannot bear the power consumption and cost associated with Bluetooth. However, mobile terminals are scheduled to have Bluetooth as the short-range wireless solution. LEE tackles the mismatch by introducing minor additions to the Bluetooth chip in mobile terminals that allows major savings in power consumption and cost in the radios embedded into small devices. Examples of the small devices include wireless sensors, toys, wireless pens etc. This work presents the principles of LEE radio technology and highlights some implementation issues.

Keywords

Bluetooth; UHF integrated circuits; low-power electronics; mobile radio; transceivers; 2.4 GHz; Bluetooth chip; Bluetooth low end extension; RF transceiver; mobile terminal wireless radio connection; power consumption reduction; short-range wireless connection; single-chip stand-alone LEE radio; toys; ubiquitous computing; wireless pens; wireless personal area networking; wireless sensors; Application specific integrated circuits; Batteries; Bills of materials; Bluetooth; Costs; Design optimization; Energy consumption; Intelligent sensors; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio and Wireless Conference, 2004 IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8451-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RAWCON.2004.1389107

Filename

1389107