Tekkalmaz, MetinSözer, HasanKörpeoǧlu, İbrahim2016-02-082016-02-082005-05http://hdl.handle.net/11693/27377Date of Conference: 16-20 May 2005Conference name: IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2005Bluetooth networks can be constructed as piconets or scatternets depending on the number of nodes in the network. Although piconet construction is a well-defined process specified in Bluetooth standards, scatternet construction policies and algorithms are not well specified. Among many solution proposals for this problem, only a few of them focus on efficient usage of bandwidth in the resulting scatternets. In this paper, we propose a distributed algorithm for scatternet construction problem, that dynamically constructs and maintains a scatternet based on estimated traffic flow rates between nodes. The algorithm is adaptive to changes and maintains a constructed scatternet for bandwidth-efficiency when nodes come and go or when traffic flow rates change. Based on simulations, the paper also presents the improvements in bandwidth-efficiency provided by the proposed algorithm. © 2005 IEEE.EnglishAlgorithmsBandwidthComputer networksComputer simulationDistributed computer systemsProblem solvingTelecommunication trafficBluetooth networksDistributed algorithmsScatternetsTraffic flow ratesMobile computingConference Paper10.1109/ICC.2005.1495020