Bluetooth is a specification for a radio solution that is small form-factor, low-cost, and low power,that provides seamless wireless connectivity between notebook computers, cellular phones and other portable handheld devices. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is comprised of leaders in the telecommunications, computing, and networking industries who are driving the development of
the technology to bring it to market. The Bluetooth SIG includes promoter companies such as 3Com, Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Lucent, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia and Toshiba, and over 2000 other adopter/associate member companies.
Bluetooth operates in the license-free 2.4GHz ISM band at a link range of 10 meters. With improved transmission power and receiving sensitivity the range can be increased up to 100 meters. Bluetooth is expected to be a standard feature on the next generation Smart Phones, PDAs and computers.
The wireless Personal Area Networking (PAN) of mobile devices including notebooks, PDAs, Smart Phones, Web-pads, headsets, and digital cameras is driving Bluetooth development. PAN provides synchronization of a notebook and a PDA, file transfer between a notebook and a digital camera, and voice communications between a Smart Phone and a cordless headset.
BLUETOOTH MARKET
Named after the 10th century Danish King, Harold Bluetooth who unified Scandinavia, Bluetooth technology is the worldwide industry standard that provides point to multipoint, radio frequency (RF) connectivity. Today 2 the Special Interest Group (SIG) comprises of more than 2000 companies in various industries including
computing, telecommunications, networking, automotive, consumer electronics, military, medical, industrial and others. The technology aims to offer easy, quick, reliable and secure device-to-device connectivity at a short range.
Specification 1.0 and 1.0b were released in 5/99 and 12/99 respectively. Various chips, modules, and add-on products have been announced.
Announced Bluetooth Product Summary
Silicon/modules Protocol Software Cell Phones Headsets PC Cards Notebooks LAN Access PDA Print Server
Atmel Classwave Alcatel Ericsson Ericsson IBM Axis Palm Axis
Brighcom Enea Ericsson Motorola IBM Panasonic Intel Handspring HP
Broadcom Extended Motorola Motorola NEC Red-M Socket
CSR IVT Nokia Psion Toshiba TDK Widcomm
Conexant IBM Panasonic TDK Toshiba
Ericsson Intel 3COM Socket
Infineon Microsoft Toshiba Widcomm
Lucent Telelogic Widcomm
Mitel TTPCommunications Xircom
Motorola Widcomm
National
OKI
philips
Qualcomm
SiliconWave
STMicroelectronics
TI
Summary of Announced Bluetooth Products
Ericsson was the first company to introduce a Bluetooth module product based on its own RF and a VLSI/Philips baseband chip in early 2000. Since then, SiliconWave has introduced their RF and baseband solution, Philips has announced the TrueBlue module based on the Philips transceiver and basedband. Lucent, Philips, Qualcomm and STMicro have been reported to license the Bluetooth IP from Ericsson. Other vendors
like CSR, OKI, and Infineon have also announced their respective Bluetooth chip set solutions.
These first generation Bluetooth silicon solutions are based on three architectures: the ASIC plus RF chip (Ericsson), the DSP plus RF chip (Motorola and National), or a single chip CMOS implementing both RF and baseband (CSR). Moreover, three different silicon technologies are used: BiCMOS (Ericsson), CMOS (OKI and CSR), and Silicon-on-Insulator (SiliconWave).
SmartPhones are one of the first devices to incorporate Bluetooth. Ericsson and Motorola have announced their respective cell phone products, the Ericsson R520 and the Timeport 270. Motorola has also introduced its Bluetooth PC cards and USB devices through its Digianswer group. In August, Intel announced its Ambler
module technology for notebook support. Palm has demonstrated Bluetooth-enabled handheld computers at Cebit 2000. Handspring has shown a Bluetooth Springboard solution made by Widcomm. Last but not least, Toshiba has started shipping their Bluetooth PC card for its notebook products.
BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGY
A typical implementation of Bluetooth includes the RF, baseband, HCI interface, and host stack software.
RF
Bluetooth operates in the license-free 2.4-2.4835GHz ISM band by frequency hopping at a rate of 1600 hops/s within 79 1MHz channels. Japan, France and Spain have a smaller band but these issues are being resolved.
Bluetooth supports 10-meter range and 1Mbps rate and a 100-meter range with improved transmission power and receiving sensitivity.
BASEBAND
A wireless PAN, more often referred to as a Piconet, provides the cable replacement for connectivity among various devices such as a notebook PC to a cell phone, a cell phone to a headset, a PDA to a notebook, a cell phone to PSTN, a notebook/PDA to Internet and LAN, and other ad-hoc networking applications. Multiple devices (256 parked, 8 active) can participate in a Piconet.
Bluetooth Internet Access Point
We believe that the following features are important for a Bluetooth Internet Access Point based on LAP:
· Standards Compatibility: Supports standard Bluetooth-enabled devices including Smart Phones without
software modifications
· Extended Range and Sensitivity: Increased from 10 meters to 40-100 meters of range while conforming to
the Bluetooth specification
· Seamless Internet Connectivity: Provides seamless multiple access for standard Internet content
· Low Cost Implementation: Targets mass market adoption
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