Ad Hoc Routing in Bluetooth

Abstract

Bluetooth is a wireless, small, cheap and power efficient communication technology. It appears to be a candidate for building ad hoc networks. In this area some problems still have to be investigated, especially with respect to the ad hoc routing scheme to be used in these networks. In this paper the problem of ad hoc routing in Bluetooth networks is introduced and the results of a simulation study to determine the applicability of three existing ad hoc routing protocols in dynamic ad hoc networks are presented. The reactive protocol Ad-Hoc On Demand Vector Routing (AODV) is performing especially well in the simulations. A hybrid routing protocol, in this case the Zone Routing Protocol (ZRP), seems not to be as promising as expected. Proactive routing protocols function very poorly.