Bluetooth performance improvement using convolutional codes

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Abstract— In this paper, convolutional codes are used as error correcting codes for Bluetooth packets.

The traditional coding scheme in standard Bluetooth packets depends on the Hamming (15,10) code in the payload field of each packet.

This paper investigates the use of convolutional codes for this purpose.

Two different versions of convolutional codes are studied based on the code constraint length.

The simulation experiments are performed for the cases of additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) and Rayleigh flat fading channels.

The simulation results reveal the superiority of convolutional codes to the Hamming (15, 10) code used in the standard Bluetooth packets in the cases of A WGN and flat fading channels.