Is Bluetooth suitable for large-scale sensor networks?
Rajkumar Kettimuthu, Sankara Muthukrishnan · 2005
Bluetooth is presently the object of much hype by the consortium of large corporate organizations. Bluetooth is developed for local small area networking. It is a technology for replacing the mess of wires that interconnect the electronic gadgets that are widely used. More than a cable replacement technology, it is expected to make a huge impact in ad hoc networking domain. A number of questions remain unanswered regarding the practical utility of Bluetooth in large-scale ad hoc networks. In this paper, we discuss some of the issues involved in using the Bluetooth technology in large-scale distributed sensor networks. 1.