College of Computer Science Northeastern University COM3525: Wireless Networks

Winter 2002 March 1^th, 2002

Assignment 4 (Due March 11^th, 2002)

Use Specification of the Bluetooth System: Section 10 (Channel Control) of Part B (Baseband Specification) page 34 – xxx. Bluetooth_11_Specifications_Book.pdf

Give a detailed description on how a Bluetooth piconet can be created (i.e., inquiry phase, page phase). Consider that you have three nodes.

Give a detailed description on how a scatternet can be built. How can it operate? Show a scenario where packets have to go through more than one piconet.

Explain the techniques used by bluetooth to save energy.