Bluetooth Positioning System

Reliability of Bluetooth
Boris A. Krassi
Helsinki University of Technology

Bluetooth is a rapidly developing technology
Instant wireless connection
Highly adaptable, integration, low power
Can be Master of one Piconet, slave in other.

Bit error rate (BER) - 10^-3
(estimate in advance, at design stage)?
High BER due to low transmission power.

unlike IrDA, RS & WLAN technologies, Bluetooth has more sophisticated functionality, and a priori estimated chip's reliability comparable to WLAN's hardware set or even a little better. No competitors to Bluetooth's low energy consumption. Strong coding could help improve reliability.