[J2ME and Bluetooth] Trying to connect 3 mobile phones

[Michael Sars Norum]

Hi

I'm currently working on a research project where we are developing a
framework for ad hoc network based application on J2ME using Bluetooth
as a reference implementation in the network layer.

We currently have code running that connects to phones and allows them
to communicate. However we have problems connecting three phones in a
network.

So far we have found that device discovery can not be done in parallel
on the phones. Does this mean that we can not connect a phone to more
than a single device at a time?

We are currently using the RFCOMM protocal for communication, does this
force any added restrictions as to how many connections can be open at
once? The Bluetooth spec states that a Bluetooth piconet can consist of
up to 8 devices (one master and 7 slaves). Do mobile phones not
implement this or is it possibly just a limitation in JABWT?

We are currently using 3 phones for testing, SE p900, Nokia 6600 and
Siemens S65. All three phones have different behaviour as to how they
handle different events. And the SE p900 actually have an erroneous
JABWT implementation.

All answers are highly apreciated,
Regards
Michael Sars Norum
Ps. Our project website is http://www.peer2me.org

 

[Darryl Pierce]

I'm currently working on a research project where we are developing a
framework for ad hoc network based application on J2ME using Bluetooth
as a reference implementation in the network layer.

We currently have code running that connects to phones and allows them
to communicate. However we have problems connecting three phones in a
network.

So far we have found that device discovery can not be done in parallel
on the phones. Does this mean that we can not connect a phone to more
than a single device at a time?

It's my understanding of Bluetooth that you can only connect to one
remote system in the piconet using the radio itself, even though it can
discover multiple devices.

 

[JScoobyCed]

Hi

I'm currently working on a research project where we are developing a
framework for ad hoc network based application on J2ME using Bluetooth
as a reference implementation in the network layer.

We currently have code running that connects to phones and allows them
to communicate. However we have problems connecting three phones in a
network.

So far we have found that device discovery can not be done in parallel
on the phones. Does this mean that we can not connect a phone to more
than a single device at a time?

We are currently using the RFCOMM protocal for communication, does this
force any added restrictions as to how many connections can be open at
once? The Bluetooth spec states that a Bluetooth piconet can consist of
up to 8 devices (one master and 7 slaves). Do mobile phones not
implement this or is it possibly just a limitation in JABWT?

We are currently using 3 phones for testing, SE p900, Nokia 6600 and
Siemens S65. All three phones have different behaviour as to how they
handle different events. And the SE p900 actually have an erroneous
JABWT implementation.

Hi,

I have been working quite a lot with bluetooth and Nokia 6600. It is
supposed to be able to connect up to 7 devices at the same time 9from
the JSR82 if I am right), but Nokia 6600 has a limitation of being able
to open only two connection at a time. That is, once you are connected
to one device, the remaining connection is used for discovery. So you
won't be able to connect to more than one device with a Nokia 6600.
I have no clue about SE P900 or Siemens mobile.
If you need some support, http://benhui.net is very useful (I have no
link with this website, but recieved some good help at the time I was
working on BT and J2ME).

 

[Michael Sars Norum]

Hi,

I have been working quite a lot with bluetooth and Nokia 6600. It is
supposed to be able to connect up to 7 devices at the same time 9from
the JSR82 if I am right), but Nokia 6600 has a limitation of being able
to open only two connection at a time. That is, once you are connected
to one device, the remaining connection is used for discovery. So you
won't be able to connect to more than one device with a Nokia 6600.
I have no clue about SE P900 or Siemens mobile.
If you need some support, http://benhui.net is very useful (I have no
link with this website, but recieved some good help at the time I was
working on BT and J2ME).

I've been reading a bit on http://benhui.net and have found two entries
so far concerning the number of connections the 6600. One entry claims
that the max number of connections is 2, while the other claims 6.

We've been doing a lot of testing over the past two days and found out
that the p900 have a hardware limitation of 1. If p900 connects to a
remote device it seazes to be discoverable for anyone else. Both the
6600 and the Siemens s65 are still discoverable and able to connect to
other phones, if they for instance are connectet to a laptop.

However the Bluetooth spec cleraly states that a Bluetooth-piconet can
conatin up to 8 devices, (1 master and 7 slaves). But we have already
found in other features of J2ME that the implementations often are not
as specified.

Regards
Michael Sars Norum