3Rab Nawaz, Mehtab Afzal and Saima TabassumDeptt. of Computer Science
COMSATS
Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad.
1. Introduction
Bluetooth
is a wireless protocol for exchanging data over short distances for creating personal areanetworks (PANs). Basically it is a standard for short range radio communication technology. Originally itwas developed by Ericsson, a cell manufacturer company in 1994 [1]. The embedded Bluetooth capabilityis widely used in many type of devices, like PDAs, computer peripherals (Mice, keyboards, joysticks,cameras, printers, LAN access points etc), cell phones, audio peripherals and other many more applications[1]. The radio technology used in Bluetooth is FHSS (Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum), which sendthe data in the form of chunks over entire 79 channels. To reduce the interference the Bluetooth technologyutilizes AFH (Adaptive Frequency Hopping) mechanism. Frequency hopping works within the availablespectrum to take advantage of the available frequency.This frequency hopping provides more efficienttransmission within the spectrum, providing users with greater performance even if they are using othertechnologies along with
Bluetooth
technology.The maximum range for Bluetooth radio is 10m, but it canbe extended up to 100m by using amplifiers. The data rate achieved is 1 Mb/s. The Bluetooth standardwork on ISM band on 2.4 GHz frequency range, which is available globally unlicensed [2].
1.1 History
The name “Bluetooth” and its logo are the trade mark of an associated named BSIG (Bluetooth SpecialInterest Group). The promoter members of this technology are, Microsoft, Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Agere,Motorola, Nokia and Toshiba and even thousands of others. The word “Bluetooth” is taken from the 10
th
century Danish King Harald Bluetooth. The kind united the Scandinavian Europe during an era when thisregion was in parts. This technology was first introduced in Scandinavia and this technology mergesdifferent industries such as cell phones, computing and automotive market.The Bluetooth officiallyintroduced the first core specification version in 1998. Cable replacement was the basic intended purpose of Bluetooth technology. After the first version a lot has changed. In 2003 the Bluetooth SIG has announcedthe 2.1 version. In 2004, Bluetooth version 2.0+ERD was introduced. Devices using this version hit themarket in 2005.
1.2 Bluetooth Versions
Many Bluetooth versions have been released since this technology was introduced in 1998. The earliestversions 1.0 and 1.0B has many problems. The main problem was that there was a lack of interoperabilityamong devices. The first successful core version of Bluetooth technology was 1.1 and corrected many
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