Experimental Application of Bluetooth Low Energy Connectionless in Smart Cities

Communication networks are a key element in the development of Smart Cities. This field is a constantly evolving environment, for which new protocols are constantly appearing. Due to the heterogeneous nature of the technologies, the most appropriate candidate must be selected in order to get the bes...

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Autores principales:	Juan Carlos García-Ortiz, Javier Silvestre-Blanes, Víctor Sempere-Payá
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	smart cities BLE Bluetooth Low Energy wireless communication reliability Electronics TK7800-8360
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:53e4f87426574ed0970e4c4b06ae5e5e2021-11-25T17:24:05ZExperimental Application of Bluetooth Low Energy Connectionless in Smart Cities10.3390/electronics102227352079-9292https://doaj.org/article/53e4f87426574ed0970e4c4b06ae5e5e2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/22/2735https://doaj.org/toc/2079-9292Communication networks are a key element in the development of Smart Cities. This field is a constantly evolving environment, for which new protocols are constantly appearing. Due to the heterogeneous nature of the technologies, the most appropriate candidate must be selected in order to get the best performance to satisfy the application requirements. One of these protocols is Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), particularly with the upgrades introduced in version 5.x. Its new features are focused on providing increased range, improving robustness, and expanding beaconing capabilities. Connectionless applications such as information broadcasting in Smart Cities could take advantage of this protocol. Furthermore, the wide availability on common devices (mobile phones, car infotainment, etc.), the deployment of these applications can be carried out easily and at low cost. This paper presents an experimental evaluation of the new robust, long-range radio mode of BLE over a set of Smart Cities scenarios, taking into account different conditions such as wireless interference, distances, dynamicity, etc. The results show a promising performance of the protocol even with these constraints.Juan Carlos García-OrtizJavier Silvestre-BlanesVíctor Sempere-PayáMDPI AGarticlesmart citiesBLEBluetooth Low Energywireless communicationreliabilityElectronicsTK7800-8360ENElectronics, Vol 10, Iss 2735, p 2735 (2021)
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description	Communication networks are a key element in the development of Smart Cities. This field is a constantly evolving environment, for which new protocols are constantly appearing. Due to the heterogeneous nature of the technologies, the most appropriate candidate must be selected in order to get the best performance to satisfy the application requirements. One of these protocols is Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), particularly with the upgrades introduced in version 5.x. Its new features are focused on providing increased range, improving robustness, and expanding beaconing capabilities. Connectionless applications such as information broadcasting in Smart Cities could take advantage of this protocol. Furthermore, the wide availability on common devices (mobile phones, car infotainment, etc.), the deployment of these applications can be carried out easily and at low cost. This paper presents an experimental evaluation of the new robust, long-range radio mode of BLE over a set of Smart Cities scenarios, taking into account different conditions such as wireless interference, distances, dynamicity, etc. The results show a promising performance of the protocol even with these constraints.
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author	Juan Carlos García-Ortiz Javier Silvestre-Blanes Víctor Sempere-Payá
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author_sort	Juan Carlos García-Ortiz
title	Experimental Application of Bluetooth Low Energy Connectionless in Smart Cities
title_short	Experimental Application of Bluetooth Low Energy Connectionless in Smart Cities
title_full	Experimental Application of Bluetooth Low Energy Connectionless in Smart Cities
title_fullStr	Experimental Application of Bluetooth Low Energy Connectionless in Smart Cities
title_full_unstemmed	Experimental Application of Bluetooth Low Energy Connectionless in Smart Cities
title_sort	experimental application of bluetooth low energy connectionless in smart cities
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/53e4f87426574ed0970e4c4b06ae5e5e
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Experimental Application of Bluetooth Low Energy Connectionless in Smart Cities

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