Abstract
Bluetooth networks can be constructed as piconets or scatternets depending on the number of nodes in the network. Although piconet construction is a well-defined process specified in Bluetooth standards, scatternet formation policies and algorithms are not well specified. Among many solution proposals for this problem, only a few of them focus on efficient usage of bandwidth in the resulting scatternets. In this paper, we propose a distributed algorithm for the scatternet formation problem that dynamically constructs and maintains a scatternet based on estimated traffic flow rates between nodes. The algorithm is adaptive to changes and maintains a constructed scatternet for bandwidth-efficiency when nodes come and go or when traffic flow rates change. Based on simulations, the paper also presents the improvements in bandwidth-efficiency and reduction in energy consumption provided by the proposed algorithm.
| Original language | Undefined |
|---|---|
| Article number | 10.1109/TPDS.2006.121 |
| Pages (from-to) | 963-974 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | IEEE transactions on parallel and distributed systems |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | A219/9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2006 |
Keywords
- scatternet formation
- Distributed Computing
- Algorithm design
- Ad hoc networks
- Bluetooth
- IR-63918
- METIS-237918
- EWI-9092
- Network topology
