INTRODUCTION
Today wireless communication is one of the fastest growing technologies. One of the promising technologies for WLAN’s (Wireless Local Area Network) is BLUETOOTH. LAN(Local Area Network) is a computer network designed for connecting devices in a limitedgeographic area such as a building or a campus where as WLAN is a LAN, which usesunguided media (Without using cables or any connections). It is used for connecting roamingdevices & provides a high-speed backbone network to enable security. Bluetooth technologywas born in 1994.First version was released in July 1999.
WHAT IS BLUETOOTH?
Bluetooth is a name given to the novel technology that uses short range, radio link,intended to replace the cables connecting portable and/or fixed communicating devices. Suchas mobile phones, desktops, notebook computers, cameras, printers, coffee makers,telephones etc.OR Bluetooth wireless technology is an open specification for a low cost, low power,short range, radio technologies for ad-hoc wireless communication of voice and data anywhere in the world.
THE NAME BLUETOOTH COMES FROM…
Bluetooth is named for Harald Blatand, the king of Denmark who united Denmark and Norway. Blatand translates into Bluetooth in English. The Ericsson Company originallystarted Bluetooth as a project.Similarly, in the beginning of the Bluetooth technology era, Bluetooth was aimed atunifying the telecom and computing industries.
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