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This is the first article on the Bluetooth Technology by Nupur Mittal. Blue tooth has been
regarded as a new wave in the IT sector from the day of its origin. Blue tooth is continuing its
success story. Toshiba introduced blue tooth in September 2000 to consumers for $ 199. The
new technology is supported by SIG (Special Interest Gro
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SIG founded in 1998 consists of 2000 members who have access to the Blue tooth
specifications (information needed to make a blue tooth product). The SIG works to
promote the Blue tooth technology and consists of members like IBM, Intel,
Microsoft, and Nokia. The technology represents an opportunity for the industry to
deliver wireless solutions that are ubiquitous across a broad range of devices.

What is Bluetooth ?
Bluetooth is a high-speed, low-power microwave wireless link technology, designed
to connect phones, laptops, PDAs and other portable equipment together with little
or no work by the user.

Bluetooth is the name for a short-range radio frequency (RF) technology that
operates at 2.4 GHz and is capable of transmitting voice and data. The effective
range of Bluetooth devices is 32 feet (10 meters). Bluetooth transfers data at the
rate of 1 Mbps, which is from three to eight times the average speed of parallel and
serial ports, respectively. It is also known as the IEEE 802.15 standards. It was
invented to get rid of wires. Bluetooth is more suited for connecting two point-to-
point devices, whereas Wi-Fi is an IEEE standard intended for networking.

Why is the technology called Bluetooth

The heart of the Bluetooth brand identity is the name, which refers to the Danish
king Harald "Bluetooth" Blaatand who unified Denmark and Norway. In the beginning
of the Bluetooth wireless technology era, Bluetooth was aimed at unifying the
telecom and computing industries.

Bluetooth can be used to wirelessly synchronize and transfer data among devices.
Bluetooth can be thought of as a cable replacement technology. Typical uses include
automatically synchronizing contact and calendar information among desktop,
notebook and palmtop computers without connecting cables. Bluetooth can also be
used to access a network or the Internet with a notebook computer by connecting
wirelessly to a cellular phone.

Types of Bluetooth Devices

Bluetooth Dongle
Bluetooth Dongle : Installing a Bluetooth dongle is easy; simply insert the CD that
came with it, follow the on screen prompts and then plug the dongle into a free USB
port. If you had a Bluetooth compatible laptop you could just plug the dongle into an
internet enabled personal computer and check your e-mail, download Windows
updates, or transfer files. On the same lines you could also synchronize your PDA
with your personal computer and download the latest appointments, e-mails or send
text messages.

Bluetooth Headset
Bluetooth Headset : Bluetooth headsets are mainly used with compatible cell phones,
place the headset on your ear and roam freely while talking to colleagues, friends
and family. You could also connect to a dongle on a personal computer and use it for
voice conferencing for example. A number of products exist on the market today,
which all offer good sound quality and have a similar variety of features. Prices vary
depending on manufacturer but usually you can get a decent one for around $75 to
$150.

Other Examples
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It comprises of a base band processor, a radio and an antenna. The base-

band processor converts the data into signals, which radios can decipher.
The antenna of another blue tooth device, within at least 30 feet distance,
receives a transmitted signal in the air. The signals are processed in the
reverse order.

Bluetooth technology provides a 10-meter personal bubble that supports

simultaneous transmission of both voice and data for multiple devices. Up to
8 data devices can be connected in a piconet, and up to 10 piconets can
exist within the 10-meter bubble. Each piconet supports up to3
simultaneous full duplex voice devices (CVSD).The gross data rate is 1Mb/s,
but the actual data rates are 432Kbps for full duplex transmission,
721/56Kbps for asymmetric transmission, and 384 Kbps for TMS2000
transmission. A Time-Division Duplex scheme is used for full-duplex
transmission.

Blue tooth specification is a de facto standard, which contains the

information needed to ensure that the devices supporting the Blue tooth
wireless technology can communicate with each other worldwide. It uses a
frequency hopping spread spectrum technique (FHSS) - which is one of two
basic modulation techniques used in spread spectrum signal transmission.
Frequencies are switched repeatedly during radio transmission to help
reduce unlawful access or other means of telecommunications to cross
paths and cause interruption. It also makes Bluetooth communication more
robust and secure. Interference from other devices will not cause the
transmission to stop, but the speed to be reduced.
I hope you liked my first article on Bluetooth technolgy. In the next article
we will learn about "How the Bluetooth technology works"

About the Author: Nupur Mittal is doing 3rd Year, B.E., Computer Science &
Engg. Ghurdhauri, India. This is the first article on the BlueTooth
Technology and the others will be published shortly. Please use the
comments section to thank Nupur for the wonderful article series.

Read Next: How Bluetooth Technology works?

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Comments

hicooldude2004 said:
Good one...
May 2, 2005, 7:55 am
Ravi Garg said:
hi sumi ,
r u angry with the title ? Actually i meant
GR8
Go On waitin 4 NxT
BOL
RG
May 2, 2005, 2:55 pm
vins said:
hi nupur
...done a gr8 job...cool buddy........its short and simple.
its just perfect for someone who wants a brief intro to this techno...gr8 job

vins :) 8)
September 21, 2006, 11:58 am
sujits said:
Good one. Expecting few more
November 13, 2006, 10:42 pm
mukesh gaur said:
a good introduction on blue tooth....
November 25, 2006, 1:33 am
Imran Ali said:
Hi guys...Nice piece of information gatherd really very informative...keep posting..
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July 10, 2007, 11:39 am
sadar said:
thank for the interesting information... i hope yo will go on with the same issue
July 29, 2007, 8:04 am
rajan84 said:
cool post......some more info on HOW IT WORKS is what i suggest.......
September 19, 2007, 4:36 am
Dinesh. Angolkar said:
Good very simple and understanding way of write-up.
September 26, 2007, 5:33 am
archana.999 said:
wow.. gr8 work..mst say dat..
its quiet simple and easy 2 understand..
thnx for the info..keepup d gud wrk..
October 10, 2007, 12:27 am
Jessica Duong said:
Thanks Nupur for the helpful info. I look forward to see the next articles. Please
add more details if possible.
October 24, 2007, 11:35 pm
Dr.Mohammed Tawfik said:
I 'd like to thank you for these useful information , please continue publishing
science is a holly message.
October 26, 2007, 7:20 am
avinash[bunts] said:
well done for providing us such a valuable infom. i think it was wriiten in a so
simple form that any one can ud'stand it easily. i think it well for benefit for us if
uprovide us more infm. on it
October 27, 2007, 1:24 am
ashneem said:
please let me know if a bluetooth is not preinstalled in laptop,is there a possibility
to install it internally,i dont want to use any external bluetooth dongle,please
guide me
November 20, 2007, 12:44 pm
sobia said:
thanx 4 sharing such a valuable info
December 1, 2007, 8:43 am
Puneet Verma said:
That was a great article on bluetooth. I am just feeling as i am living bluetooth
environment.
December 4, 2007, 6:50 am
rdeepika said:
thankx a lot for giving such helpful info....
December 5, 2007, 1:16 am
anusua said:
the report gives a lot of information.but i am from a non technical background...
could you explain the scientific terms a little bit.
thank you...keep going on..
December 24, 2007, 10:24 am
sivakumar@001 said:
Thanks a lot, U r gathered the good and useful information
January 11, 2008, 2:12 am
dheeraj hundlani said:
thiss is good technology used by us collage going students share document
July 5, 2008, 6:02 am
nilanjana said:
thanks
it was very helpfull
January 3, 2009, 1:06 am
geet said:
Thanks a lot for your useful informations.Im loving it...
February 5, 2009, 7:03 am
vik said:
mala bluetooth technology lay aavadly
January 2, 2010, 4:57 am
lavanya said:
hello i need to know whether the bluetooth dongal works for not only for single
client and server but also for one server and number of clients,if so then can u pls
mail it for me the procedure,acutually i want to run my main project in wireless
but our college we dont have Wi-Fi permission to do our project in wireless so pls
send me the solution
March 19, 2010, 6:32 am
fidahusain said:
I need to know whether the bluetooth dongal works for not only for single client
and server but also for one server and number of clients, if so then can you pls
post the procedure, acutually I want to run my main project in wireless but our
college we dont have Wi-Fi permission to do our project in wireless so pls post the
solution.
March 30, 2010, 9:11 am
dipayan said:
it's really nice.....i like different application using bluetooth.
April 11, 2010, 3:46 am
malini said:
Its nice information.
June 4, 2010, 7:21 am
paramvir said:
Nice one but we request some more info
like exact range of bluetooth.
June 18, 2010, 9:59 am
saji said:
Correct Information, Thanks.....
July 12, 2010, 4:33 pm
subrata said:
Thanks a lot for your useful informations
July 28, 2010, 11:01 am
honey said:
This profile helped me in making my ppt...You have done a great job THANK YOU
August 12, 2010, 12:06 pm
Priyanka Pathak said:
This artical gave me good information for my lecture.
THANK YOU
August 17, 2010, 4:38 am
mahendran said:
Your information so usefull for me, thanks you.
August 24, 2010, 3:08 am
Palash Gupta said:
Hi Thanks for giving nice information..pls be in my contact.
I would like to collect & share such kind of information.
(B.E. 3rd Year Student)
August 25, 2010, 2:28 am

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