Bluetooth networking

Tony Larsson
Ericsson Research

Ad-hoc enabled consumer products will in the beginning be about forming
"small-scale" ad-hoc networks between a small group of people/devices.
Communication between the nodes in the ad-hoc network can be multiple
hops, but will in most cases only be one single hop. Ad-hoc networking
in such small ad-hoc networks should offer user friendly and secure
network establishment that enables a wide variety of services. One
important service is of course to provide Internet access by
interworking ad-hoc networks with already existing infrastructures.

Bluetooth is well suited to provide ad-hoc networking for the consumer
market. Bluetooth ad-hoc networking presents some technical challenges,
such as scheduling issues, network forming and routing. These topics
will be briefly presented in the talk.