IEEE 802.15.4 low rate - wireless personal area network coexistence issues

Author

Howitt, Ivan ; Gutierrez, Jose A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., North Carolina Univ., Charlotte, NC, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

16-20 March 2003

Firstpage

1481

Abstract

IEEE 802.15.4 is a proposed standard addressing the needs of low-rate wireless personal area networks or LR-WPAN with a focus on enabling wireless sensor networks. The standard is characterized by maintaining a high level of simplicity, allowing for low cost and low power implementations. Its operational frequency band includes the 2.4 GHz industrial, scientific and medical band providing nearly worldwide availability; additionally, this band is also used by other IEEE 802 wireless standards. Coexistence among diverse collocated devices in the 2.4 GHz band is an important issue in order to ensure that each wireless service maintains its desired performance requirements. This paper presents a brief technical introduction of the IEEE 802.15.4 standard and analyzes the coexistence impact of an IEEE 802.15.4 network on the IEEE 802.11b devices.

Keywords

IEEE standards; personal communication networks; telecommunication standards; wireless sensor networks; 2.4 GHz; IEEE 802 wireless standard; IEEE 802.15.4; LR-WPAN; coexistence issue; low power implementation; low rate - wireless personal area network; wireless sensor network; Bluetooth; Communication standards; Computer networks; Costs; Personal area networks; Radio frequency; Sensor arrays; Technological innovation; Wireless LAN; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking, 2003. WCNC 2003. 2003 IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA, USA

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7700-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2003.1200605

Filename

1200605