Bluetooth Technology

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Bluetooth Technology

Introduction
Bluetooth technology is set to become the revolutionary communications tool that will affect all our lives in one form or another. It will simplify the operation and installation of both new and existing products. Its functionality will be, for the most part, invisible and seamless. Bluetooth 's greatest gift will inevitably be its user-transparency and enhancement of efficiency, productivity and communication. Hypothesis
How can Bluetooth, the emerging wireless technology, improve efficiency, productivity and communication by sparking consumer interest through altering the way business is done using the innovative products of Bluetooth?

Explanation of the Technology
• What is Bluetooth technology? o A low-cost, low-power, short-range, radio technology open standard for development of personal area networks (PANs) o A Bluetooth chip is designed to replace cables by taking the information normally carried by the cable, and transmitting it at a special frequency to a receiver Bluetooth chip
• Brief history of Bluetooth o The name Bluetooth, is derived from Harald Blatånd, who was the King of Denmark from approximately A.D. 940 to 985 - "Blatånd" translates to "Blue Tooth" o Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) was founded in February 1998 by Ericsson, Intel, IBM, Toshiba, and Nokia o Bluetooth specification version 1.0 was released in July 1999 and version 1.1 in February 2001
• How does Bluetooth work? o Many Bluetooth-enabled devices operate through a battery; consequently, the power consumption to make the device communicate over radio is very low – hence the radio should emanate low power o Bluetooth helps in creating a small network of devices that are close to one another - the range is very short, typically about 10 meters o The range is dependent on the power of the radio transmitter – the higher the power, the higher the range
• System Specifications: o Operating

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