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Comment Re:Problems with Bluetooth (Score 1) 100

>1) Compatibility with existing 2.4ghz networks i.e. 802.11): Apparently, Bluetooth nukes Wireless LANs(source: MicroTimes, about 3 >months ago).


"To operate worldwide, the required frequency band must be available globally. Further, it must be license-free and open to any radio system. The only frequency band that satisfies these requirements is at 2.45 GHz - the Industrial-Scientific-Medical (ISM) band"

( 2.400 - 2.483.5 MHz in the US and Europe, 2.471 - 2.497 in Japan.)

" Since the ISM band is open to anyone, radio systems operating in this band must cope with several unpredictable sources of interference, such as baby monitors, garage door openers, cordless phones and microwave ovens (the strongest source of interference)."

(J Haartsen, "Bluetooth - The universal radio interface for ad hoc, wireless connectivity, Ericsson Reviw, pp 110-117, No. 3 1998.)

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