Title :
Bluetooth in wireless communication
Author :
Sairam, K. V S S S S ; Gunasekaran, N. ; Redd, S.R.
Author_Institution :
ECE Dept., Madras Univ., India
fDate :
6/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Bluetooth is a method for data communication that uses short-range radio links to replace cables between computers and their connected units. Industry-wide Bluetooth promises very substantial benefits for wireless network operators, end workers, and content developers of exciting new applications. This article delves into the implementation and architecture of Bluetooth. It also describes the functional overview and applications of Bluetooth, and deals with the development of a model for recording, printing, monitoring, and controlling of eight process variables at the same time, using a distributed control system. We explain industrial automation via Bluetooth using IISS. Industrial automation is one of the major applications of Bluetooth technology. Industrial automation, in terms of controlling or monitoring a factory, office, or industrial process, means to install machines that can do the work instead of human workers. Industrial plants consists of many devices interconnected in different ways ranging from simple data collection units (I/O) to more intelligent devices such as sensors, one-loop controllers, or programmable controllers, and a supervisory system used as a human-machine interface (HMI) for data logging and supervisory control. An IISS is a controlling device that monitors the devices in a company. It basically communicates via the interface card in the PC; the hardware is connected parallel across the device, and it is interfaced with the PC via a transceiver. The device can be accessed both manually via the switches and remotely via the PC. A simulation of connecting a PC with the machines in a company was executed. Also, we wrote a software program using C language; we will show how the remote monitoring takes place between the control room and the PC. These details in the article establish the growing need for Bluetooth technology
Keywords :
distributed control; manufacturing data processing; microcomputer applications; open systems; personal communication networks; process control; programmable controllers; radio links; telecommunication standards; user interfaces; 2.5 GHz; Bluetooth; C language; HMI; IISS; ISM band; PC; content developers; data collection units; data communication; data logging; distributed control system; factory control; factory monitoring; human-machine interface; industrial automation; industrial process control; intelligent devices; interface card; office control; office monitoring; one-loop controllers; open standard; printing; programmable controllers; recording; sensors; short-range radio links; simulation; software program; supervisory control; supervisory system; transceiver; wireless communication; wireless connectivity; wireless network operators; Application software; Automatic control; Bluetooth; Data communication; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial control; Intelligent sensors; Manufacturing automation; Radio link; Wireless communication;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCOM.2002.1007414