Improving Bluetooth Mesh Energy Efficiency Using Clustering
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Abstract
This work proposes a Clustering Algorithm to improve the energy efficiency of Bluetooth Mesh networks. To further reduce the burden over the Cluster Heads, a Radio Duty Cycling algorithm that requires only a simple modification on the Bluetooth packet transmission logic is proposed. Computer simulations show that the radio duty cycling and clustering methods are effective in improving energy efficiency. It is observed that duty cycling provides a 78% improvement on the energy efficiency. In addittion, simulations show that the proposed clustering technique is effective in controlling the excessive message replication that is inherent in flooding operation, which in turn have a positive impact on packet delivery ratio and network scalability. Finally, it can be observed that the proposed clustering algorithm together with the proposed radio duty cycling algorithm can provide an improvement on the energy efficiency when compared to the baseline Bluetooth Mesh profile.
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