TY - GEN
T1 - Seamblue
T2 - International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks, EWSN 2017
AU - Hussain, Syed Rafiul
AU - Mehnaz, Shagufta
AU - Nirjon, Shahriar
AU - Bertino, Elisa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 is held by the authors.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - At present, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is dominantly used in commercially available Internet of Things (IoT) devices – such as smart watches, fitness trackers, and smart appliances. Compared to classic Bluetooth, BLE has been simplified in many ways that include its connection establishment, data exchange, and encryption processes. Unfortunately, this simplification comes at a cost. For example, only a star topology is supported in BLE environments and a peripheral (an IoT device) can communicate with only one gateway (e.g. a smartphone, or a BLE hub) at a set time. When a peripheral goes out of range, it loses connectivity to a gateway, and cannot connect and seamlessly communicate with another gateway without user interventions. In other words, BLE connections are not automatically migrated or handed-off to another gateway. In this paper, we propose SeamBlue, which brings seamless connectivity to BLE-capable mobile IoT devices in an environment that consists of a network of gateways. Our framework ensures that unmodified, commercial off-the-shelf BLE devices seamlessly and securely connect to a nearby gateway without any user intervention.
AB - At present, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is dominantly used in commercially available Internet of Things (IoT) devices – such as smart watches, fitness trackers, and smart appliances. Compared to classic Bluetooth, BLE has been simplified in many ways that include its connection establishment, data exchange, and encryption processes. Unfortunately, this simplification comes at a cost. For example, only a star topology is supported in BLE environments and a peripheral (an IoT device) can communicate with only one gateway (e.g. a smartphone, or a BLE hub) at a set time. When a peripheral goes out of range, it loses connectivity to a gateway, and cannot connect and seamlessly communicate with another gateway without user interventions. In other words, BLE connections are not automatically migrated or handed-off to another gateway. In this paper, we propose SeamBlue, which brings seamless connectivity to BLE-capable mobile IoT devices in an environment that consists of a network of gateways. Our framework ensures that unmodified, commercial off-the-shelf BLE devices seamlessly and securely connect to a nearby gateway without any user intervention.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85052023257
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85052023257#tab=citedBy
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85052023257
SN - 9780994988614
T3 - International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks
SP - 132
EP - 143
BT - International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks, EWSN 2017
A2 - Gunningberg, Per
A2 - Voigt, Thiemo
A2 - Voigt, Thiemo
PB - Junction Publishing
Y2 - 20 February 2017 through 22 February 2017
ER -