Interference in the 2.4 GHz ISM band: impact on the Bluetooth access control performance

Author

Golmie, Nada ; Mouveaux, F.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

8

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2540

Abstract

Bluetooth is a radio technology operating in the 2.4 GHz ISM frequency band, that is emerging as a low-level and low-power wireless communication protocol used for wireless personal area networks (WPANs) where proximal devices can share information and resources. We quantify the performance of the Bluetooth access control layer when the radio is operating in close proximity to a WLAN system. We use a probability analysis approach to derive the packet error for Bluetooth. The analytical results are validated using detailed simulation models for an interference scenario consisting of Bluetooth and WLAN devices. The packet loss is obtained for voice and data traffic for different interference conditions

Keywords

access protocols; data communication; error statistics; packet radio networks; personal communication networks; radiofrequency interference; voice communication; wireless LAN; 2.4 GHz; Bluetooth access control performance; ISM band interference; ISM frequency band; UHF; WLAN devices; WLAN system; access control layer; data traffic; information sharing; interference conditions; low-level wireless communication protocol; low-power wireless communication protocol; packet collision probability; packet error probability; packet loss; proximal devices; radio technology; resources sharing; simulation models; voice traffic; wireless LAN; wireless personal area networks; Access control; Access protocols; Analytical models; Bluetooth; Frequency; Interference; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol; Wireless communication; Wireless personal area networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 2001. ICC 2001. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Helsinki

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7097-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.2001.936608

Filename

936608