Bluetooth and sensor networks: a reality check
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The current generation of sensor nodes rely on commodity components. The choice of the radio is particularly important as it impacts not only energy consumption but also software design (e.g., network self-assembly, multihop routing and in-network processing). Bluetooth is one of the most popular commodity radios for wireless devices. As a representative of the frequency hopping spread spectrum radios, it is a natural alternative to broadcast radios in the context of sensor networks. The question is whether Bluetooth can be a viable alternative in practice. In this paper, we report our experience using Bluetooth for the sensor network regime. We describe our tiny Bluetooth stack that allows TinyOS applications to run on Bluetooth-based sensor nodes, we present a multihop network assembly procedure that leverages Bluetooth's device discovery protocol, and we discuss how Bluetooth favorably impacts in-network query processing. Our results show that despite obvious limitations the Bluetooth sensor nodes we studied exhibit interesting properties, such as a good energy per bit sent ratio. This reality check underlies the limitations and some promises of Bluetooth for the sensor network regime.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Embedded networked sensor systems |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Publication date | 2003 |
Pages | 103-113 |
ISBN (Print) | 1-58113-707-9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Event | Sensys 2003 - Los Angeles, CA, United States Duration: 29 Nov 2010 → … Conference number: 1 |
Conference
Conference | Sensys 2003 |
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Nummer | 1 |
Land | United States |
By | Los Angeles, CA |
Periode | 29/11/2010 → … |
- Faculty of Science - sensor networks, bluetooth
Research areas
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