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1
FSATIE TELECOMMUNICATION WORKSHOP
  • Bluetooth technology survey

Presented by David Johnson Mobile platform
technology leader Icomtek CSIR
2
Contents of Bluetooth lecture
  • Origins and history of Bluetooth
  • What Bluetooth can do
  • Building blocks of Bluetooth the bluetooth
    stack
  • Bluetooth ad-hoc networking
  • Bluetooth Security
  • Bluetooth profiles
  • Bluetooth products on the market
  • Bluetooth in South Africa
  • Competing technology
  • The future of Bluetooth

3
Contents of Bluetooth lecture
  • Origins and history of Bluetooth
  • What Bluetooth can do
  • Building blocks of Bluetooth the bluetooth
    stack
  • Bluetooth ad-hoc networking
  • Bluetooth Security
  • Bluetooth profiles
  • Bluetooth products on the market
  • Bluetooth in South Africa
  • Competing technology
  • The future of Bluetooth

4
Origins of Bluetooth
  • In 1994 Ericsson initiated a study to investigate
    the feasibility of a low-power low-cost radio
    interface between mobile phones and their
    accessories
  • In Feb 1998, five companies Ericsson, Nokia, IBM,
    Toshiba and Intel formed a Special Interest Group
    (SIG)
  • In July 1999 the first bluetooth specification
    1.0 was released
  • The bluetooth consortium today is comprised of 9
    promoter companies who are leaders in telecomms,
    computing and networking and more than 2000
    adopter companies
  • Bluetooth is the fastest growing technology since
    the internet or the cellular phone, incredible
    considering that its first public outing was in
    mid 1998.

5
Origins of Bluetooth
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History of Bluetooth
  • Harald I Bluetooth (Danish Harald Blåtand) was
    the King of Denmark between 940 and 985 AD who
    united Denmark and Norway
  • As Harald Bluetooth united Denmark and Norway,
    Bluetooth of today will unite the many worlds of
    personal devices around us

Rune stone in Danish town, Jelling depicting
Harold Bluetooth
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Contents of Bluetooth lecture
  • Origins and history of Bluetooth
  • What Bluetooth can do
  • Building blocks of Bluetooth the bluetooth
    stack
  • Bluetooth ad-hoc networking
  • Bluetooth Security
  • Bluetooth profiles
  • Bluetooth products on the market
  • Bluetooth in South Africa
  • Competing technology
  • The future of Bluetooth

8
What Bluetooth can do - definition
Bluetooth is a low-power, low-cost short range
radio system intended to replace cables between
fixed and portable devices. It is intended to
replace many propriety cables with one universal
radio link.
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What Bluetooth can do - domains
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What Bluetooth can do user level
  • Hot spot scenario Let your laptop or PDA connect
    wireless to Internet or office while at the
    airport, hotel etc
  • Automatically sync mail, calendar, notes etc.
    between your PDA and PC, as soon as you get into
    your office
  • Physical access control
  • Let your PC, Stereo and TV all connect without
    cables to your loudspeakers. Let the PC, phone or
    PDA control them all
  • Take a picture with a digital camera, and send it
    via BT to a mobile phone, which forwards the
    picture to an email recipient via WAP
  • Pay the cab driver via the phone.
  • Withdrawal of money at ATMs
  • Setup ad-hoc wireless network at a conference

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What Bluetooth can do technical level
  • Data links Can establish up to 7 simultaneous
    data connections between a master and its slaves
    (piconet)
  • Voice links Can establish up to 3 simultaneous
    voice connections between a master its slaves
    (piconet)
  • Maximum asymmetrical data rate of 723 kbps (57.6
    kbps return channel)
  • Maximum Symmetrical data rate of 432.6 kbps
  • Can have up to ten multiple self contained
    networks (piconets) sharing spectrum in the same
    area (scatternet)
  • Range can be up to 10m for 10mw bluetooth devices
    and up to 100m for 100mw bluetooth devices
  • Very low power consumption
  • Ability to discover available services on another
    device

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Contents of Bluetooth lecture
  • Origins and history of Bluetooth
  • What Bluetooth can do
  • Building blocks of Bluetooth the bluetooth
    stack
  • Bluetooth ad-hoc networking
  • Bluetooth Security
  • Bluetooth profiles
  • Bluetooth products on the market
  • Bluetooth in South Africa
  • Competing technology
  • The future of Bluetooth

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Building blocks of Bluetooth the Bluetooth stack
  • The Bluetooth Stack Overview
  • Bluetooth Stack Radio
  • Bluetooth Stack Baseband
  • Bluetooth Stack Link controller
  • Bluetooth Stack Link Manager
  • Bluetooth Stack HCI
  • Bluetooth Stack L2CAP
  • Bluetooth Stack RFCOMM
  • Bluetooth Stack SDP

14
The Bluetooth Stack Overview
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The Bluetooth Stack Overview
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Bluetooth Stack - Overview
Headset Bluetooth Stack
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Bluetooth Stack - Overview
  • Access Point Bluetooth Stack

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Building blocks of Bluetooth the Bluetooth stack
  • The Bluetooth Stack Overview
  • Bluetooth Stack Radio
  • Bluetooth Stack Baseband
  • Bluetooth Stack Link controller
  • Bluetooth Stack Link Manager
  • Bluetooth Stack HCI
  • Bluetooth Stack L2CAP
  • Bluetooth Stack RFCOMM
  • Bluetooth Stack SDP

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Bluetooth Stack - Radio
  • Bluetooth radio is a short range radio link
    capable of data and voice
  • Three classes of operating range are defined (
    Class3 1mw 10cm, Class2 10mw 10m, Class1
    100mw 100m )
  • Uses a radio link at 2.4Ghz (2400-2483.5MHz )
    which is the unlicensed ISM band also used by
    WLAN
  • GFSK (Guassian Frequency Shift Keying) modulation
    scheme
  • Uses frequency hopping spread spectrum technology
    (1600 hops/s)
  • The signal hops among 79 frequencies which have a
    bandwidth of 1MHz which improves interference
    immunity
  • Channel has a symbol rate of 1 Mb/s

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Building blocks of Bluetooth the Bluetooth stack
  • The Bluetooth Stack Overview
  • Bluetooth Stack Radio
  • Bluetooth Stack Baseband
  • Bluetooth Stack Link controller
  • Bluetooth Stack Link Manager
  • Bluetooth Stack HCI
  • Bluetooth Stack L2CAP
  • Bluetooth Stack RFCOMM
  • Bluetooth Stack SDP

21
Bluetooth Stack - Baseband
  • Baseband is responsible for channel coding and
    decoding and low level timing control and
    management of the link within the domain of a
    single data packet transfer
  • Each registered device has a unique 48-bit device
    address
  • Bluetooth uses TDM where the duration of a slot
    is 625µs
  • A Master and Slave transmit on alternate time
    slots with the master always initiating data
    exchange
  • Larger packets can use multiple slots
  • The Master and slave devices need to synchronize
    their clocks to enable reliable communication to
    take place

22
Bluetooth Stack - Baseband
  • Timing diagrams for data packets

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Bluetooth Stack - Baseband
  • Bluetooth is able to form point-to-point links
    and point-to-multipoint links
  • The network of bluetooth devices is defined as a
    Personal Area network (PAN)
  • A Piconet is an arbitrary collection of Bluetooth
    enabled devices which are physically close enough
    to communicate
  • A Scatternet is formed when there are two
    overlapping Piconets, where one of the Slaves of
    one Piconet also forms the Master/Slave of
    another Piconet
  • A supervision timeout ensures that links are
    closed down when Bluetooth devices move out of
    range of the Piconet.

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Bluetooth Stack - Baseband
  • Piconets (a b) and Scatternets ( c )

25
Bluetooth Stack - Baseband
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Bluetooth Stack - Baseband
  • Two types of links are defined
  • Data Links - ACL (Asynchronous Connection-Less)
  • Voice Links SCO (Synchronous Connection
    Orientated)
  • An ACL link is a packet switched data link which
    is established between a Master and Slave as soon
    as a connection has been established.
  • ACL Data is carried in DH (Data High rate)
    packets with no FEC (Forward Error Correction) or
    DM (Data Medium rate) packets with FEC
  • A SCO link provides a circuit switched link
    between a Master and Slave with reserved channel
    bandwidth.
  • SCO Data is carried in HV (High Quality Voice)
    packets a number of selectable error correction
    packets

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Bluetooth Stack - Baseband
  • Packet Types

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Building blocks of Bluetooth the Bluetooth stack
  • The Bluetooth Stack Overview
  • Bluetooth Stack Radio
  • Bluetooth Stack Baseband
  • Bluetooth Stack Link controller
  • Bluetooth Stack Link Manager
  • Bluetooth Stack HCI
  • Bluetooth Stack L2CAP
  • Bluetooth Stack RFCOMM
  • Bluetooth Stack SDP

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Bluetooth Stack Link Controller
  • The Link Control Layer is a state machine which
    drives the baseband through various stages to
    establish links.
  • It is responsible for managing device
    discoverability, establishing connections and
    once connected, maintaining the on-air links
  • It can drive a device through the following
    stages
  • Host Inquiry
  • Inquiry Scan
  • FHS (Frequency Hop Synchronization) packet
    response
  • Paging
  • Page Scan
  • Connection

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Bluetooth Stack - Link Controller
  • State Diagram for Link Controller

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Bluetooth Stack - Link Controller
  • Inquiry procedure (typical time 2s)

32
Bluetooth Stack - Link Controller
  • Inquiry procedure (continued)

33
Bluetooth stack Link Controller
  • Bluetooth Inquiry procedure at packet level

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Bluetooth Stack - Link Controller
  • Paging Procedure (typical time 0.6s)

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Bluetooth Stack - Link Controller
  • The frequency hop sequence used in the connected
    state is calculated from the Master BD Address
    and Clock
  • A connection is established once the Slave has
    received the Masters native clock and bluetooth
    address and a poll packet has been sent to
    confirm the connection is working

36
Bluetooth stack Link Controller
  • Bluetooth Paging procedure at packet level

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Bluetooth Stack - Link Controller
  • Low Power connected states (Can re-establish
    connection in 2ms)
  • Connection Hold Device ceases to support ACL
    traffic for a defined period of time to free up
    bandwidth for other operations such as paging or
    inquiring, maintains AM address, after hold time
    expires the device resynchronizes to the CAC and
    listens for traffic again
  • Connection Sniff Device is given a predefined
    slot time and periodicity to listen for traffic,
    on reception of a packet during this time it will
    continue to listen until packets with its AM
    address stop and the timeout period ceases, it
    then waits until the next sniff period
  • Connection Park Slave gives up its AM address
    and only listens for traffic at predefined beacon
    intervals between this it can enter a low power
    state. At these intervals even if there is no
    traffic it will synchronize its clock to the CAC.

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Building blocks of Bluetooth the Bluetooth stack
  • The Bluetooth Stack Overview
  • Bluetooth Stack Radio
  • Bluetooth Stack Baseband
  • Bluetooth Stack Link controller
  • Bluetooth Stack Link Manager
  • Bluetooth Stack HCI
  • Bluetooth Stack L2CAP
  • Bluetooth Stack RFCOMM
  • Bluetooth Stack SDP

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Bluetooth Stack Link Manager
  • Commands the Link Controller/Baseband
  • Attaches/Detaches slaves to a piconet and
    allocates their Active Member addresses
  • Configures the link which inlcudes a master-slave
    switch
  • Establishes ACL (data) and SCO (voice) links
  • Puts connections in low-power modes Hold, Sniff,
    Park
  • Controls Power levels
  • Communicates with Link Managers on other
    Bluetooth devices using the Link Management
    Protocol (LMP)
  • These LMP commands are used to exchange
    information necessary for security negotiation
  • Requesting a SCO connection or Master/Slave
    switch is also done through LMP commands

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Bluetooth Stack Link Manager
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Building blocks of Bluetooth the Bluetooth stack
  • The Bluetooth Stack Overview
  • Bluetooth Stack Radio
  • Bluetooth Stack Baseband
  • Bluetooth Stack Link controller
  • Bluetooth Stack Link Manager
  • Bluetooth Stack HCI
  • Bluetooth Stack L2CAP
  • Bluetooth Stack RFCOMM
  • Bluetooth Stack SDP
  • Bluetooth Stack Other Higher Layers

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Bluetooth Stack - HCI
  • The Host Controller Interface is necessary when
    there is system partitioning between the baseband
    and Link Manager on one processor and the higher
    layers such as L2CAP, SDP and RFCOMM running on a
    serperate host processor
  • This can reduce the processing power needed by
    the bluetooth device and hence reduce cost
  • Creates a standard interface that can be used by
    different manufactures of Bluetooth devices
  • Three types of HCI packets are used
  • Command packets used by host to control the
    module
  • Event packets used by the module to inform the
    host
  • Data packets used to pass voice and data between
    host and module
  • A transport layer (USB, RS-232) is also required
    to carry HCI packets

43
Bluetooth Stack - HCI
  • Position of the HCI in the Bluetooth Stack

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Building blocks of Bluetooth the Bluetooth stack
  • The Bluetooth Stack Overview
  • Bluetooth Stack Radio
  • Bluetooth Stack Baseband
  • Bluetooth Stack Link controller
  • Bluetooth Stack Link Manager
  • Bluetooth Stack HCI
  • Bluetooth Stack L2CAP
  • Bluetooth Stack RFCOMM
  • Bluetooth Stack SDP
  • Bluetooth Stack Other Higher Layers

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Bluetooth Stack Logical Link Control and
Adaptation Protocol (L2CAP)
  • Takes data from higher layers of the stack and
    from applications and sends it over the lower
    layers of the stack
  • Achieved by multiplexing using dedicated channel
    numbers and associated (Protocol Service
    Multiplexers) PSMs
  • Segmentation and reassembly to transfer packets
    larger than the lower layers support
  • Quality of service management for high layer
    protocols

46
Bluetooth Stack Logical Link Control and
Adaptation Protocol (L2CAP)
  • Example setting up an L2CAP connection over HCI

47
Bluetooth Stack Logical Link Control and
Adaptation Protocol (L2CAP)
  • Segmentation and transport of L2CAP packets

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Building blocks of Bluetooth the Bluetooth stack
  • The Bluetooth Stack Overview
  • Bluetooth Stack Radio
  • Bluetooth Stack Baseband
  • Bluetooth Stack Link controller
  • Bluetooth Stack Link Manager
  • Bluetooth Stack HCI
  • Bluetooth Stack L2CAP
  • Bluetooth Stack RFCOMM
  • Bluetooth Stack SDP
  • Bluetooth Stack Other Higher Layers

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Bluetooth Stack - RFCOMM
  • RFCOMM is a simple reliable transport protocol
    which can emulate the serial cable link settings
    and status of an RS-232 serial port
  • It can handle multiple concurrent connections by
    relying on the multiplexing features of L2CAP
  • It provides the following provisions
  • Modem status RTS/CTS, DSR/DTR, DCD and RI
  • Remote line status Break, Overrun, Parity
  • Remote port settings Baud rate, parity, data
    bits etc.
  • Parameter negotiation (frame size)
  • Optional credit based flow control

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Building blocks of Bluetooth the Bluetooth stack
  • The Bluetooth Stack Overview
  • Bluetooth Stack Radio
  • Bluetooth Stack Baseband
  • Bluetooth Stack Link controller
  • Bluetooth Stack Link Manager
  • Bluetooth Stack HCI
  • Bluetooth Stack L2CAP
  • Bluetooth Stack RFCOMM
  • Bluetooth Stack SDP
  • Bluetooth Stack Other Higher Layers

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Bluetooth Stack Service Discovery Protocol
  • Provides a means for an SDP client to access
    information about service offered by SDP servers
    (examples printing services, Dial-up networking,
    LAN access)
  • SDP servers maintain a database of service
    records which provide information that a client
    needs to access a service (This will be the
    service name, protocols needed for this service
    and even URLs for executables and documentation)
  • Services have UUIDs (Universally Unique
    Identifiers) which have been allocated for the
    standard bluetooth profiles but service providers
    can define their own using a method that
    guarantees they cannot be duplicated (there is no
    need for a central authority to allocate these)
  • Fits in well with Universal Plug and Play
    architecture

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Contents of Bluetooth lecture
  • Origins and history of Bluetooth
  • What Bluetooth can do
  • Building blocks of Bluetooth the bluetooth
    stack
  • Bluetooth ad-hoc networking
  • Bluetooth Security
  • Example applications Bluetooth profiles
  • Bluetooth products on the market
  • Bluetooth in South Africa
  • Competing technology
  • The future of Bluetooth

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Bluetooth ad-hoc networking
  • Ad-hoc wireless networks are defined as a network
    where each node operates not only as a host but
    also as a router
  • Network is dynamically self-organizing and
    self-configuring
  • Nodes in the network automatically establish and
    maintain routing among themselves as they move
    about
  • There is no requirement for existing
    infrastructure such as access points or
    administration
  • Bluetooth is a natural choice over 802.11 for
    ad-hoc networking due to its good performance
    under high levels of contention
  • 802.11 uses a carrier sense, collion detection
    back off scheme which requires no central arbiter
    whereas bluetooth uses a master node as a
    bandwidth arbiter

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Bluetooth ad-hoc networking
  • When the underlying technology for ad-hoc
    networking is bluetooth, the technology specific
    name is scatternet formation
  • A scatternet is formed when two or more bluetooth
    piconets are joined
  • The bluetooth 1.1 specification does not describe
    a method for forming scatternets
  • This is currently a key area of research and
    there is a dedicated working group in the
    bluetooth SIG looking at scatternet formation

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Bluetooth ad-hoc networking
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Bluetooth ad-hoc networking
  • Example of self routing strategy - Bluetree

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Contents of Bluetooth lecture
  • Origins and history of Bluetooth
  • What Bluetooth can do
  • Building blocks of Bluetooth the bluetooth
    stack
  • Bluetooth ad-hoc networking
  • Bluetooth Security
  • Example applications Bluetooth profiles
  • Bluetooth products on the market
  • Bluetooth in South Africa
  • Competing technology
  • The future of Bluetooth

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Bluetooth Security - Overview
  • Wireless signals can be easily intercepted and
    are vulnerable to spoofing and eavesdropping
  • Bluetooth offers the following inherent security
    features
  • Two different modes of accessibility
    (confidentiality)
  • Discoverable mode Anyone can discover the
    device
  • Non-discoverable, Limited discoverability,
    General discoverability
  • Connectible mode Only trusted devices can
    connect to the devices
  • Frequency hopping
  • Limited Range
  • Bluetooth offers the following specific security
    services
  • Authentication to verify the devices identity
  • Authorization to allow a device access to
    specific services
  • Encryption to protect the link privacy

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Bluetooth Security Security Levels
  • Not all applications warrant the use of security
  • Bluetooth defines three levels of security
  • Mode 1 Absence of security for users accessing
    non-critical applications in public areas such as
    airports or for example exchanging business cards
  • Mode2 Service level security which will enable
    or disable security depending on the particular
    application which in run. For example a hotel
    bluetooth network could have no security for
    accessing local town information but could add
    security if you wanted to access your email.
  • Mode3 Link-level security where security is
    enforced at a common level for all applications
    for example if ATM transactions were done via
    bluetooth.

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Bluetooth Security - Components
  • Security is based on the SAFER security protocol
  • All link-level security is based on 128-bit link
    keys
  • A secret PIN number (variable from 4 to 16
    octets) which is common to the two devices
    wishing to communicate forms one of the key
    inputs into forming the initial link key.
  • Authentication in Bluetooth uses a
    device-to-device challenge and response scheme to
    determine if the two devices share a common link
    key
  • Encryption generates a cipher stream based on an
    encryption key which is generated from a common
    link key encryption is symmetrical

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Contents of Bluetooth lecture
  • Origins and history of Bluetooth
  • What Bluetooth can do
  • Building blocks of Bluetooth the bluetooth
    stack
  • Bluetooth ad-hoc networking
  • Bluetooth Security
  • Bluetooth profiles
  • Bluetooth products on the market
  • Bluetooth in South Africa
  • Competing technology
  • The future of Bluetooth

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Bluetooth Profiles
  • The blueooth SIG has created profiles which give
    a clear description of how the bluetooth
    specification should be used for a given end-user
    function this is to ease interoperation between
    different bluetooth devices

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Contents of Bluetooth lecture
  • Origins and history of Bluetooth
  • What Bluetooth can do
  • Building blocks of Bluetooth the bluetooth
    stack
  • Bluetooth ad-hoc networking
  • Bluetooth Security
  • Example applications Bluetooth profiles
  • Bluetooth products on the market
  • Bluetooth in South Africa
  • Competing technology
  • The future of Bluetooth

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Bluetooth Products
Notebooks Printers and keyboards
Camcorders
Access points
PC and flash cards
Phones and accessories
Headsets
PDAs and accessories
USB and serial ports
65
Bluetooth Products - Bluetags
  • Track Registration of the tagged item leaving a
    predefined area or range.
  • Search Registration of the tagged item entering
    a predefined area or range
  • Write Information can be written and stored
    directly in the BlueTag
  • Read Information stored in the BlueTag can be
    accessed and read

66
Bluetooth Products Ericsson Chatpen
  • Used together with patterned paper it enables
    you to store and transmit basically anything you
    write or draw
  • Can store several pages of information
  • The information is transmitted by the Bluetooth
    transceiver, either directly to your computer, or
    forwarded to someone via a relay device such as a
    cell phone

67
Bluetooth Products Commils Cellarion system
  • Your mobile phone with Bluetooth inside becomes
    your all-in-one handset a cellular phone
    outdoorsand a cordless extension of your desk
    phone at your office
  • Your Bluetooth PDA becomes an extension ofyour
    PC, continuously connected to the Internet and to
    the office LAN

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Contents of Bluetooth lecture
  • Origins and history of Bluetooth
  • What Bluetooth can do
  • Building blocks of Bluetooth the bluetooth
    stack
  • Bluetooth ad-hoc networking
  • Bluetooth Security
  • Example applications Bluetooth profiles
  • Bluetooth products on the market
  • Bluetooth in South Africa
  • Competing technology
  • The future of Bluetooth

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Bluetooth in South Africa
  • Bluetooth is still in its infancy in South Africa
  • Red-M have representation in South Afirca they
    specialize in bluetooth networking solutions for
    buildings (supply bluetooth access nodes and
    servers)
  • Axis are represented in South Africa and also
    provide access points
  • ATIO piloted bluetooth networking in a hospital
  • Electrowave in Durban have produced two qualified
    bluetooth products
  • Cabchat hands-free car kit
  • GSM and bluetooth based road emergency SOS system

70
Bluetooth in South Africa
  • Very little low level design work and RD is
    currently being carried out in bluetooth but a
    need exists

71
Bluetooth in South African
  • CSIR has been carrying out research and created
    Bluetooth prototype systems for the past 2 years
  • Bluetooth Serial port adapters
  • Heart rate over Bluetooth system
  • Assistive communication device
  • Low cost fixed and mobile access point
  • Non- OFS (Off The Shelf) solutions are needed for
    the Transport sector, Energy sector, Emergency
    services and Scientists
  • Currently a bluetooth chip costs between 4 and
    5 when purchased in bulk
  • South African markets need to create indigenous
    solutions based on the raw chipset and not only
    purchase OTS solutions from overseas suppliers

72
Bluetooth in South Africa
  • Current potential markets are
  • Home and industrial security
  • Home automation
  • Emergency services
  • Motor vehicle industry
  • Industrial control and automation
  • Military
  • Scientific instrumentation

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Contents of Bluetooth lecture
  • Origins and history of Bluetooth
  • What Bluetooth can do
  • Building blocks of Bluetooth the bluetooth
    stack
  • Bluetooth ad-hoc networking
  • Bluetooth Security
  • Example applications Bluetooth profiles
  • Bluetooth products on the market
  • Bluetooth in South Africa
  • Competing technology
  • The future of Bluetooth

74
Competing Technology
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Competing Technology
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Contents of Bluetooth lecture
  • Origins and history of Bluetooth
  • What Bluetooth can do
  • Building blocks of Bluetooth the bluetooth
    stack
  • Bluetooth ad-hoc networking
  • Bluetooth Security
  • Example applications Bluetooth profiles
  • Bluetooth products on the market
  • Bluetooth in South Africa
  • Competing technology
  • The future of Bluetooth

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The Future
  • Version 1.2 draft has been released
  • Backward compatible with 1.1
  • Improves wifi co-existence with Adaptive
    Frequency Hopping (AFH)
  • Improved connection times
  • Higher quality audio link
  • Current version 2.0 working group
  • High rate bluetooth 10 Mb/s
  • HI_FI quality non-compressed audio, video
    suitable for video conferencing
  • Local positioning for indoor and built-up areas

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The Future
  • Despite the delays, Bluetooth is still projected
    to be a 5 billion market within the next five
    years (Merrill Lynch February 8, 2001).
  • The majority of market forecasting for Bluetooth
    applications remain in mobile phones, headsets,
    PDAs, and PCs, accounting for over 80 of units
    by 2006.
  • Bluetooth penetration rate for digital still
    cameras is expected to be 60 in 2006 and the
    same rate for digital TV is expected to hit 65
    in 2006 (Merrill Lynch, February 8, 2001).
  • Cost per bluetooth chip is expected to fall to 5
    by 2003
  • Based on analysts pricing estimates, this could
    translate to 18.5 billion of data access
    revenues, 2.4 billion of m-commerce, and 1.2
    billion of advertising revenues by 2005 (Goldman
    Sachs, Mobile Internet Primer, July 14, 2000
  • Bluetooth remains a chicken or egg game where
    the benefits of Bluetooth only begin to reach
    their zenith as a function of manufacturers
    willingness to introduce new products and make
    Bluetooth a persistent element in the industry
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