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What is Bluetooth?
Bluetooth is an open wireless protocol for exchanging data over short distances (using short radio waves) from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks (PANs). It was originally conceived as a wireless alternative to certain types of data cables, like the RS-232 data cable. It can connect several devices, overcoming problems of synchronization.
Bluetooth History:
1998: The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is formed with five companies. The name Bluetooth is officially adopted. 1999: The Bluetooth 1.0 Specification is released. 2000: First Bluetooth mobile phone. First Bluetooth PC Card. First chip to integrate radio frequency, baseband, microprocessor functions and Bluetooth wireless software. First Bluetooth headset.
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/bluetooth2.htm
Pairing
Two devices need to be paired once to communicate with each other. Pairing usually takes place automatically once a device receives a request from another device that it is not yet paired with. Once a pairing has been established, it is remembered by the devices, which can then connect to each without user intervention. When desired, the pairing relationship can later be removed by the user.
Pairing Cont.
During the pairing process, the two devices involved establish a relationship by creating a shared secret known as a link key. If a link key is stored by both devices they are said to be bonded. A device that wants to communicate only with a bonded device can determine the identity of the device to be sure that it is the same device it previously paired with. Once a link key has been generated, an authenticated ACL link between the devices may be encrypted so that the data that they exchange over the airwaves is protected against eavesdropping.
Major Manufacturers
Samsung Sony Hyundai LG 3Com Matsushita Acer Billionton International Inc. Canon Inc. 2001 Technology Inc. Motorola Nokia Toshiba Hewlett-Packard Seiko Epson Corporation Apple, Inc. Casio Computer Co. Ltd.
Sources
http://www.bluetooth.com/Bluetooth/SIG/History_of_the_SIG.htm
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