About Inquiry with RSSI events

Carlos Fernández Herranz cfernandezh at udc.es
Fri Oct 13 00:06:26 PDT 2006


>> I'm using the inquiry command with rssi response events. When a mobile
>> phone (Nokia 6230) is detected in a inquiry command, it answers with
>> several inquiry with rssi result events. Now I'm wondering if the fact
>> that the phone is near a BT antenna influences in the number of events
>> obtained (I think so). Do you know something about this behaviour and if
>> is there a relation distance/events number?

>For what its worth, my Broadcom BCM2035 based USB dongle gives multiple
>responses for regular inquiries. You may need to account for this
>behaviour in your software to handle it..

My USB dongle (Conceptronic CBTU2) also gives multiple responses and I
handle them, but my question is if you know why this behaviour happens. I
mean, if you get more responses the nearest the Bluetooth dongle is, and if
is there any relation between the number of responses and the distance.



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