Programmable agents for efficient topology formation of Bluetooth scatternets. (29th July 2010)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gonzalez-Valenzuela, Sergio; Vuong, Son T.; Leung, Victor C.M.
• Is Part Of: International journal of wireless and mobile computing. Volume 4:Number 3(2010)
• Page Start: 165
• Page End: 173
• Publication Date: 2010-07-29
• Subjects: Bluetooth scatternets -- mobile agents -- scatternet formation -- topology formation -- multi-hop WPANs -- wireless PANs -- personal area networks -- wireless networks -- simulation; Mobile computing -- Periodicals; Wireless communication systems -- Periodicals; 004.6
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1741-1084

Abstract

Recent years saw a significant number of efforts aimed at the efficient creation of Scatternets: multi-hop Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN) created by means of Bluetooth technology that allows users to seamlessly exchange information. We present a novel solution to the Scatternet formation problem by means of mobile programs that help realise our goal according to a predefined topology formation policy. We argue that this approach offers improved flexibility when compared with existing protocols that employ the message-passing communications model. The effectiveness of our proposed mobile processing scheme is demonstrated through computer simulations.