Bluetooth Whitepaper

Overview This white paper aims to give a good overview of the Bluetooth concept, covering the technical aspects, regarding hardware, software and Bluetooth applications. It also deals with marketing aspects in relation to competing techniques. The document begins with an introduction where the Bluetooth background and the Bluetooth standardisation organisation are described. What benefits and possibilities the technology can provide to users are handled in the section Bluetooth – Cable replacement, and more. This section also gives a view of the marketing position that the Bluetooth technology enters. The Bluetooth protocol layers and their configuration is described in the section Bluetooth architecture. A section describing the Bluetooth air interface follows it. Competing techniques and the strengths with the Bluetooth concept is then handled in the section Why Bluetooth − Technical aspects. Finally, a brief look at the near Bluetooth future is done in the last section.