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An Analysis on the Number of Advertisements for Device Discovery in the Bluetooth Low Energy Network

저전력 블루투스 네트워크에서 장치 탐색을 위한 Advertising 횟수에 관한 분석

  • Kim, Myoung Jin (Dept. of Information and Communications Eng., Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
  • 김명진 (한국외국어대학교 정보통신공학과)
  • Received : 2016.04.14
  • Accepted : 2016.07.25
  • Published : 2016.08.25
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Abstract

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) protocol has attracted attention as a promising technology for low data throughput and low energy wireless sensor networks. Fast device discovery is very important in a BLE based wireless network. It is necessary to configure the network to work with minimized energy consumption because the BLE network nodes are expected to operate a long time typically on a coin cell battery. However, since it is difficult to obtain low energy and low latency at the same time, the BLE standard introduces wide range setting of parameters related to device discovery process and let the network operators to set up parameter values for the application. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the performance of device discovery according to the related parameter values prior to BLE network operation. In this paper we analyze the expected value and the cumulative distribution function of the number of advertisements for device discovery in the BLE network. In addition, we propose a scheme for controlling the interval between advertising events that can improve the performance of device discovery without increasing energy consumption.

저전력 블루투스(BLE) 기술이 저속 저에너지 무선 센서 네트워크 기술로 주목을 받고 있다. BLE 기반의 무선 네트워크에서는 신속한 장치 탐색이 매우 중요하며, 네트워크 노드들이 보통 동전형 배터리로 매우 긴 시간 동안 동작해야하기 때문에 에너지 소모를 최소화하여 운영할 필요가 있다. 그러나 낮은 에너지와 짧은 지연시간을 동시에 얻기 어렵기 때문에 BLE 규격에서는 장치 탐색 프로세스에 관련된 파라미터들의 값 범위를 넓게 허용하여 응용에 맞게 설정하도록 하고 있다. 따라서 BLE 네트워크 운영에 앞서 장치 탐색 프로세스 관련 파라미터의 값에 따른 성능을 분석할 필요가 있다. 본 논문에서는 BLE 네트워크에서 장치 탐색을 위한 advertising 횟수의 평균과 누적분포함수에 대해 분석하였다. 또한 소모 에너지 증가가 거의 없으면서 장치 탐색의 성능을 개선할 수 있는 advertising 이벤트 간 간격을 제어하는 방안을 제안하였다.

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