Performance Evaluation of Bluetooth Links in the Presence of Specific Types of Interference

In the last couple of years Bluetooth has gained a large share in the market of home and personal appliances. It is now a well established technology a short range supplement to the wireless world of 802.11. The two main trends of research that have sprung from these developments are directed towards the coexistence and performance issues of Bluetooth and 802.11 as well as the co-existence in the very short range of multiple Bluetooth devices. Our work aims at thoroughly investigating different aspects of co-channel interference and effects of transmission power, distance and 802.11 interference on Bluetooth connections.

• Radosveta Sokullu
• Engin Karatepe

• Bluetooth
• co-channel interference
• 802.11
• performance analysis

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