Bluetooth and sensor networks: a reality check
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Bluetooth and sensor networks: a reality check. / Leopold, Martin; Dydensborg, Mads; Bonnet, Philippe.
Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Embedded networked sensor systems. Association for Computing Machinery, 2003. p. 103-113.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Bluetooth and sensor networks: a reality check
AU - Leopold, Martin
AU - Dydensborg, Mads
AU - Bonnet, Philippe
N1 - Conference code: 1
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - sensor networks
KW - bluetooth
U2 - 10.1145/958491.958504
DO - 10.1145/958491.958504
M3 - Article in proceedings
SN - 1-58113-707-9
SP - 103
EP - 113
BT - Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Embedded networked sensor systems
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 29 November 2010
ER -
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