Measurement-based aggregate throughput of Bluetooth system in limited area

Abstract

This paper presents measurement-based calculations for actual aggregate and link throughputs of Bluetooth system. The co-interference between fully loaded piconets formed in a 10*10 sq. meter room is inspected. The results show that the maximum aggregate throughput is gained with 45 active piconets. When comparing the ideal performance with the one based on measured results best overall performance over a distance of 10 meters can be achieved using DM5, DM3 and DH1 packets for data transfer. When the distance is less than 3 meters the use of only DH packets gives the best results.