Bluetooth Layers

L2CAP(Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol)

 Used for data exchange on an ACL link
• ACL(Asynchronous Connection-Less) is communications protocol.
 Specific duties – Multiplexing, Segmentation and reassembly, Quality of Service(QoS), and Group Management.

1. Multiplexing -

Upper Layer Protocol

Protocol layer

DATA Baseband Layer

DATA Extract and deliver
Frame and deliver
Sender site Receiver site
2. Segmentation and Reassembly

Maximum size of payload field in baseband layer is 2774 bits(343 bytes).

• 4 bytes to define the packet and packet length
• So, packet arrive from upper layer can only be 339 bytes.

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3. QoS(Quality of Service)

 Bluetooth allows the stations to define a QoS level.

 If Qos not defined, Bluetooth defaults to Best-effort service .It will do its best under the circumstances.

4. Group Management

 To allow devices to create a type of logical addressing between themselves.

Group Management similar Multicasting

Send data across a computer network to several

users at the same time
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 During the time that one frequency is used, a primary sends a frame to secondary or
secondary sends a frame to primary.

NOTE- => Communication is only between the primary and a secondary.

=> Secondary cannot communicate directly with one another.