Quinnell, R. "WiFi and Bluetooth fight for bandwidth". EDN. 4 Aug 2005. Vol. 50 Issue 16, p73-78.
Quinnell states that WiFi and Bluetooth use the same frequencies of bandwidth and therefore could conflict for resources if not monitored. The conclusions showed that distance was the greatest factor determining interference among multiple agents trying to access the space. In 2005, when the paper was authored, the authors state that there was not much worry at the current time about these wireless technologies overlapping to cause problems because there were not many reasons that transponders would be in such close proximity, but predicted by market trends that this could be an issue in the future, which I believe we are seeing today.
One of the biggest challenges in this area seems to be VOIP. Bluetooth seeks to mitigate these challenges by using a method called frequency hopping, where the device can identify a frequency with traffic on it and tries to move to a less congested frequency. There are also approaches that coordinate the transmissions between the technologies as well as adjusting packet sizes.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Paper Reading #4: Using short-range communication to control mobile device functionality
Moors, T., Mei, M., and Salim, A. "Using short-range communication to control mobile device functionality". Personal & Ubiquitous Computing; Jan2008, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p11-18.
The authors introduce the idea of ZoneIT, which is a system that allows for voluntary disabling of certain services of a mobile device within a short range zone. The idea is that in a cinema or something of the like, you want to be able to automatically silence your phone (by disabling the ringer). This is what ZoneIT seeks to do. It would have a manual override as to not hinder emergency situations such as a hijacking on a plane.
ZoneIT uses its own authentication system to sync up mobile devices. Mobile devices must be pre-programmed to have the public key for venues which they trust.
Their test involved a Sony Ericsson. One problem was the API did not allow the disabling of audio in the phone (but could mute vibrations). The developers worked around this by exploiting a bug in the audio engine.
They claim that everyone would benefit from the implementation of these zones.
The authors introduce the idea of ZoneIT, which is a system that allows for voluntary disabling of certain services of a mobile device within a short range zone. The idea is that in a cinema or something of the like, you want to be able to automatically silence your phone (by disabling the ringer). This is what ZoneIT seeks to do. It would have a manual override as to not hinder emergency situations such as a hijacking on a plane.
ZoneIT uses its own authentication system to sync up mobile devices. Mobile devices must be pre-programmed to have the public key for venues which they trust.
Their test involved a Sony Ericsson. One problem was the API did not allow the disabling of audio in the phone (but could mute vibrations). The developers worked around this by exploiting a bug in the audio engine.
They claim that everyone would benefit from the implementation of these zones.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Paper Reading #3: High capacity hotspots based on bluetooth technology
Dunlop, J. and Amanquah, N. "High capacity hotspots based on bluetooth technology". IEE Proceedings - Communications. Oct2005. Vol. 152 Issue 5, p521-527.
The paper set out to show how multiple devices could connect and transfer data all through a bluetooth base station which provides fairly high data rates while using low power consumption and is cost effective.
The problems associated with using bluetooth for this type of hotspot are the number of connections allowed, scaling in throughput, and interference.
The paper discusses how piconets and scatternets are created through bluetooth's use of master/slave mesh networks.
The method of co-located bluetooth access point is meant to eliminate interference among devices and increase throughput of all devices. In this method, a bluetooth hotspot is created by multiple bluetooth devices are set up as an access point and the frequency hopping of the devices is synchronized.
It was found that this method significantly reduced interference between devices and that it does seem feasible to have a bluetooth access point for devices rather than all of the act independently.
The paper set out to show how multiple devices could connect and transfer data all through a bluetooth base station which provides fairly high data rates while using low power consumption and is cost effective.
The problems associated with using bluetooth for this type of hotspot are the number of connections allowed, scaling in throughput, and interference.
The paper discusses how piconets and scatternets are created through bluetooth's use of master/slave mesh networks.
The method of co-located bluetooth access point is meant to eliminate interference among devices and increase throughput of all devices. In this method, a bluetooth hotspot is created by multiple bluetooth devices are set up as an access point and the frequency hopping of the devices is synchronized.
It was found that this method significantly reduced interference between devices and that it does seem feasible to have a bluetooth access point for devices rather than all of the act independently.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Paper Reading #2: Bluetooth Scatternet Using an Ad Hoc Bridge Node Routing Protocol for Outdoor Distance Education
Chang, Y., Lin, M., Chao, H., and Chen, J. "Bluetooth Scatternet Using an Ad Hoc Bridge Node Routing Protocol for Outdoor Distance Education". International Journal of Distance Education Technologies. Jul-Sep2004, Vol. 2 Issue 3, p36-46.
The authors toy with bluetooth scatternets in order to achieve a greater learning environment for students that are not in the classroom. They propose a new routing protocol for bluetooth scatternets that increase scatternet performance.
They focus on the idea of distance eduaction - simply education outside of a classroom setting. This is becoming more and more common as groups seek to get real hands-on experience in different settings. Access to materials is sometimes limited in the field as compared to in a classroom, so the authors seek to increase the availability of resources in the field. They do this by using bluetooth scatternets (a specific type of MANET) to connect students with each other and resources needed to complete a task.
In order to speed up the transmission of data over the scatternet, the introduce a Bridge Node Routing Protocol (BNRP). This protocol uses bridge nodes to track keep the routing protocol maintained but does not send periodic query packets wasting bandwidth.
For testing they simulated a regular bluetooth scatternet against their BNRP. They simulated it on 8 and 16 bluetooth nodes. They found that BNRP shortens the time between transmission between two master devices in different piconets. They conclude that the BNRP gets better performance than regular scatternets and MANETS.
This relates to our project because our mesh network will be using the bluetooth piconets and scatternets. It is interesting to see how these mesh networks can achieve higher throughput by using different routing protocols.
The authors toy with bluetooth scatternets in order to achieve a greater learning environment for students that are not in the classroom. They propose a new routing protocol for bluetooth scatternets that increase scatternet performance.
They focus on the idea of distance eduaction - simply education outside of a classroom setting. This is becoming more and more common as groups seek to get real hands-on experience in different settings. Access to materials is sometimes limited in the field as compared to in a classroom, so the authors seek to increase the availability of resources in the field. They do this by using bluetooth scatternets (a specific type of MANET) to connect students with each other and resources needed to complete a task.
In order to speed up the transmission of data over the scatternet, the introduce a Bridge Node Routing Protocol (BNRP). This protocol uses bridge nodes to track keep the routing protocol maintained but does not send periodic query packets wasting bandwidth.
For testing they simulated a regular bluetooth scatternet against their BNRP. They simulated it on 8 and 16 bluetooth nodes. They found that BNRP shortens the time between transmission between two master devices in different piconets. They conclude that the BNRP gets better performance than regular scatternets and MANETS.
This relates to our project because our mesh network will be using the bluetooth piconets and scatternets. It is interesting to see how these mesh networks can achieve higher throughput by using different routing protocols.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Paper Reading #1: Spectrum Abundance and the Choice Between Private and Public Control
Benjamin, S. “Specturm abundance and the choice between private and public control”. New York University Law Review. 2008, Vol 78, p2007-2101.
Dr. Benjamin expresses his reasoning as to why it is better to keep the privatization of the radio spectrum the way it is now rather than turn it into a "commons" of sharing. He claims there are many proponents of open wireless communication. Benjamin says that in this type of wireless commons, there has the potentiality to be significant radio interference. The opposition says that these can be negated by low-power repeaters would eliminate this problem, but Benjamin dissagrees.
He also points to the deceit of his opponents. He claims they do not really want an open community, but rather one that limits the type of transmissions and controls the network. It would turn the care from taxpayers to shareholders which could be a dangerous thing. He shows the benefit of the private competition being much great and beneficial for abundant networks than shareholders determining what is allowed. Now with individual bands being allocated to specific groups for use, the quality and be optimal as they are able to regulate all of the data coming over the waves. If there were a commons, this would not be the case and all the connections could suffer in quality because of it.
Radio Spectrum Chart
Dr. Benjamin expresses his reasoning as to why it is better to keep the privatization of the radio spectrum the way it is now rather than turn it into a "commons" of sharing. He claims there are many proponents of open wireless communication. Benjamin says that in this type of wireless commons, there has the potentiality to be significant radio interference. The opposition says that these can be negated by low-power repeaters would eliminate this problem, but Benjamin dissagrees.
He also points to the deceit of his opponents. He claims they do not really want an open community, but rather one that limits the type of transmissions and controls the network. It would turn the care from taxpayers to shareholders which could be a dangerous thing. He shows the benefit of the private competition being much great and beneficial for abundant networks than shareholders determining what is allowed. Now with individual bands being allocated to specific groups for use, the quality and be optimal as they are able to regulate all of the data coming over the waves. If there were a commons, this would not be the case and all the connections could suffer in quality because of it.
Radio Spectrum Chart
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