1st International ICST Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems

Research Article

What are the characteristics of optimal Bluetooth scatternets?

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/MOBIQ.2004.1331718,
        author={L.E.  Hodge and  R.M. Whitaker},
        title={What are the characteristics of optimal Bluetooth scatternets?},
        proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={MOBIQUITOUS},
        year={2004},
        month={9},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1109/MOBIQ.2004.1331718}
    }
    
  • L.E. Hodge
    R.M. Whitaker
    Year: 2004
    What are the characteristics of optimal Bluetooth scatternets?
    MOBIQUITOUS
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/MOBIQ.2004.1331718
L.E. Hodge1, R.M. Whitaker1
  • 1: Centre for Intelligent Network Design, Cardiff Univ., UK

Abstract

The interconnection of piconets in Bluetooth networking has received considerable attention. Whilst a variety of scatternet formation protocols have been proposed, a persistent problem is the comparison of protocol performance, and the quality of Bluetooth network produced. Knowledge of best possible networks is important because this gives a concrete benchmark against which decentralized protocols can be compared. We introduce a new meta-heuristic framework for optimal scatternet formation that operates in a centralised manner. Given device locations, this is capable of exploring the search space of all possible scatternets to find high performance networks, taking into account multiple and tenuous objectives.