Features of Building MESH Networks Based on Bluetooth Low Energy 5.1 Technology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladislav A. Zyulin ◽  
Alena N. Semenova ◽  
Alexandra K. Brazhnikova ◽  
Dmitriy A. Burilov
Keyword(s):  
Mesh Networks ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Bluetooth Low Energy

scholarly journals Bluetooth Low Energy Mesh Networks

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Rizwan Ghori ◽  
Tat-Chee Wan
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Mesh Networks ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Mesh Network ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Bluetooth Low Energy ◽  
Mesh Topology ◽  
Reliable Communications ◽  
Iot Devices

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Mesh Networks enable flexible and reliable communications for low-power Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Most BLE-based mesh protocols are implemented as overlays on top of the standard Bluetooth star topologies while using piconets and scatternets. Nonetheless, mesh topology support has increased the vulnerability of BLE to security threats, since a larger number of devices can participate in a BLE Mesh network. To address these concerns, BLE version 5 enhanced existing BLE security features to deal with various authenticity, integrity, and confidentiality issues. Despite of the BLE version 5 security enhancements, viable IDS solutions for BLE Mesh networks remain a nascent research area.

scholarly journals Optimization of the AODV-Based Packet Forwarding Mechanism for BLE Mesh Networks

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (18) ◽  
pp. 2274
Author(s):  
Muhammad Rizwan Ghori ◽  
Tat-Chee Wan ◽  
Gian Chand Sodhy ◽  
Amna Rizwan
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Ad Hoc Networks ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Mesh Networks ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Delivery Ratio ◽  
Bluetooth Low Energy ◽  
Aodv Protocol ◽  
Hoc Networks ◽  
Message Broadcasting ◽  
Multihop Communications

The standard Bluetooth Low-Energy mesh networks assume the use of flooding for multihop communications. The flooding approach causes network overheads and delays due to continuous message broadcasting in the absence of a routing mechanism. Among the routing protocols, AODV is one of the most popular and robust routing protocol for wireless ad hoc networks. In this paper, we optimized the AODV protocol for Bluetooth Low-Energy communication to make it more efficient in comparison to the mesh protocol. With the proposed protocol (Optimized AODV (O-AODV)), we were able to achieve lower overheads, end-to-end delay, and average per-hop one-way delay in comparison to the BLE mesh (flooding) protocol and AODV protocol for all three scenarios (linear topology with ten nodes, multipath topology with six and ten nodes). In addition, the proposed protocol exhibited practically constant route requests and route reply setup times. Furthermore, the proposed protocol demonstrated a better Packet Delivery Ratio (PDR) for O-AODV (84%) in comparison to AODV (71%), but lower than the PDR of the mesh (flooding) protocol with 93%.

scholarly journals Neighbor Discovery for IPv6 over BLE Mesh Networks

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1844
Author(s):  
Bingqing Luo ◽  
Zhixin Sun ◽  
Yu Pang ◽  
Awais Ahmad ◽  
Jinzhao Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mesh Networks ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Neighbor Discovery ◽  
City Management ◽  
Bluetooth Low Energy ◽  
Ipv6 Address ◽  
Distance Communication ◽  
Seamless Connection ◽  
Neighbor Discovery Protocol

IPv6 over Bluetooth Low Energy (6LoBLE) can realize the seamless connection between Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices and the Internet, solve the restrictions on Bluetooth applications as short distance communication solutions, and advance the development of applications of smart cities, such as smart buildings and smart city management. Since neighbor discovery is the first step for BLE devices to establish a connection with each other, this paper proposes a novel neighbor discovery protocol for IPv6 over BLE mesh networks, including the structure of IPv6 over BLE mesh networks, the networking solutions, and IPv6 address auto-configuration and update mechanism. Furthermore, we analyze and simulate the performance of the neighbor discovery protocol utilizing the Revierbed simulator, and the results show the effectiveness of the proposed neighbor discovery protocol even in a crowded environment.

scholarly journals Bluetooth Low Energy Mesh Networks: A Survey

Sensors ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 1467 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Mesh Networks ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Bluetooth Low Energy

scholarly journals Bluetooth Low Energy Mesh Networks: Survey of Communication and Security Protocols

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 3590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Rizwan Ghori ◽  
Tat-Chee Wan ◽  
Gian Chand Sodhy
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Mesh Networks ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Mesh Network ◽  
Bluetooth Low Energy ◽  
Security Breaches ◽  
Mesh Topology ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Reliable Communications

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Mesh Networks enable flexible and reliable communications for low-power Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Most BLE-based mesh protocols are implemented as overlays on top of the standard Bluetooth star topologies while using piconets and scatternets. Nonetheless, mesh topology support has increased the vulnerability of BLE to security threats, since a larger number of devices can participate in a BLE Mesh network. To address these concerns, BLE version 5 enhanced existing BLE security features to deal with various authenticity, integrity, and confidentiality issues. However, there is still a lack of detailed studies related to these new security features. This survey examines the most recent BLE-based mesh network protocols and related security issues. In the first part, the latest BLE-based mesh communication protocols are discussed. The analysis shows that the implementation of BLE pure mesh protocols remains an open research issue. Moreover, there is a lack of auto-configuration mechanisms in order to support bootstrapping of BLE pure mesh networks. In the second part, recent BLE-related security issues and vulnerabilities are highlighted. Strong Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) are essential for detecting security breaches in order to protect against zero-day exploits. Nonetheless, viable IDS solutions for BLE Mesh networks remain a nascent research area. Consequently, a comparative survey of IDS approaches for related low-power wireless protocols was used to map out potential approaches for enhancing IDS solutions for BLE Mesh networks.

scholarly journals Bluetooth Low Energy Mesh Networks: A Standards Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 95-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Mahdi Darroudi ◽  
Carles Gomez ◽  
Jon Crowcroft
Keyword(s):  
Mesh Networks ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Bluetooth Low Energy
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