Description of Bluetooth Technology
Bluetooth technology is a networking protocol that allows two or more devices to connect with each other through a Personal Area Network (PAN), also called a piconet. Bluetooth technology is ideal for connecting applications that don't require high security, that are in a close proximity to each other, and that don't need a high data transfer rate.
Other People Are Reading
-
Background
-
Bluetooth technology was developed by Ericsson Inc. to replace serial cabling with wireless technology. Bluetooth was standardized in 1998 by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), which is made up of more than10,000 different technical firms and manufacturers.
About
-
Bluetooth is capable of handling voice and data technologies. It has low power requirements, which makes it an ideal technology for small devices like headsets, game console controllers and computer peripherals.
-
How it Works
-
Bluetooth devices transmit weak signals through low-power radio waves on multiple random frequencies, changing frequencies thousands of times per second to avoid interference. Two Bluetooth devices coming into contact with each "talk" to each other and set up a piconet.
Benefits
-
Since Bluetooth is a standardized protocol, it can be utilized by different devices and developers. This allows Bluetooth to be compatible between products from multiple manufacturers.
Future of Bluetooth
-
Some of the limiting factors of Bluetooth are being addressed. Developers of Bluetooth are work on version 3.0 which may be able to provide data transfer speeds up to 480 Mbps, compared to the current 3 Mbps.
-
