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http://dx.doi.org/10.9728/dcs.2018.19.5.963

Data Transmission Method using Broadcasting in Bluetooth Low Energy Environment  

Jang, Rae-Young (Department of Computer Engineering, Hannam University)
Lee, Jae-Ung (Department of Computer Engineering, Hannam University)
Jung, Sung-Jae (Research Institute, Enber Co., Ltd)
Soh, Woo-Young (Department of Computer Engineering, Hannam University)
Publication Information
Journal of Digital Contents Society / v.19, no.5, 2018 , pp. 963-969 More about this Journal
Abstract
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies are perhaps the most prominent examples of wireless communication technologies used in the Internet of Things (IoT) environment. Compared to widely used Wi-Fi, Bluetooth technology has some flaws including 1:1 connection (one-way) between Master and Slave, slow transmission, and limited connection range; Bluetooth is mainly used for connecting audio devices. Since the release of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), some of the flaws of Bluetooth technology have been improved but it still failed to become a competitive alternative of Wi-Fi. This paper presents a method of data transmission through broadcasting in BLE and demonstrates its performance, one-to-many data transfer result. The Connection-Free Data Transmission proposed in this paper will hopefully be utilized in special circumstances requiring 1:N data transmission or disaster security network.
Keywords
Broadcasting; Beacon; Connectionless Data Transfer; Bluetooth5; Bluetooth Low Energy;
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