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Data Transmission Efficiency in Bluetooth Low Energy Versions

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Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Computer Systems Department, Jozef Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Sensors 2019, 19(17), 3746; https://doi.org/10.3390/s19173746
Received: 15 July 2019 / Revised: 21 August 2019 / Accepted: 28 August 2019 / Published: 29 August 2019
(This article belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
One important aspect when choosing a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) solution is to analyze its energy consumption for various connection parameters and desired throughput to build an optimal low-power Internet-of-Things (IoT) application and to extend the battery life. In this paper, energy consumption and data throughput for various BLE versions are studied. We have tested the effect of connection interval on the throughput and compared power efficiency relating to throughput for various BLE versions and different transactions. The presented results reveal that shorter connection intervals increase throughput for read/write transactions, but that is not the case for the notify and read/write without response transactions. Furthermore, for each BLE version, the energy consumption is mainly dependable on the data volume. The obtained results provide a design guideline for implementing an optimal BLE IoT application. View Full-Text
Keywords: Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE); power estimation; performance evaluation; Internet of Things (IoT); Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE); power estimation; performance evaluation; Internet of Things (IoT); Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)
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Bulić, P.; Kojek, G.; Biasizzo, A. Data Transmission Efficiency in Bluetooth Low Energy Versions. Sensors 2019, 19, 3746. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19173746

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Bulić P, Kojek G, Biasizzo A. Data Transmission Efficiency in Bluetooth Low Energy Versions. Sensors. 2019; 19(17):3746. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19173746

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Bulić, Patricio, Gašper Kojek, and Anton Biasizzo. 2019. "Data Transmission Efficiency in Bluetooth Low Energy Versions" Sensors 19, no. 17: 3746. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19173746

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