Bluetooth - Operation, Procedures & Testing

Around the Bluetooth Specification

Course Description

Administratives
Introduction to Bluetooth, The ISM-Frequency Band and International Availability of Frequencies, The Special Interest Group (SIG)
Business Aspects of Bluetooth
Targeted Applications, History & Future, Bluetooth 2.0, Market Analysis
The Bluetooth Qualification Program
Functions of BQA, BQRB, BQB and BQTF, Interoperability Testing among Vendors, Important Links
Bluetooth vs. Alternative Technologies
Bluetooth vs. 802.11, Bluetooth vs. IrDA, Bluetooth vs. Home RF

Bluetooth Networking
Ad Hoc Networking, Master <-> Slave Concept, Piconets and Scatternets
Introducing the Bluetooth Protocol Stack
From the Physical Layer to the Application, Tasks and Functions of the Different Layers, The Protocol Stack with and without the Host Controller Interface, The Concept of Profiles in the Bluetooth Specifications
Overview of Bluetooth Operation
Finding other Devices, Device Pairing, Service Discovery, Bluetooth Addressing, Asymmetric and Symmetric Performance

Physical Characteristics of Bluetooth
Modulation, Description of the Physical Channel, TDD- and TDM-Scheme, Slow Frequency Hopping in Bluetooth, Power Levels, Timing and Clocking (e.g. CLKN and CLKE)
Physical Links
SCO (Synchronous Connection Oriented) and ACL (Asynchronous Connection-Less), The Bluetooth Packet Structure (Access Code, Header, Payload), Packet Types
Logical Channels
LC-Channel (Link Control), LM-Channel (Link Manager), UA-Channel (User Asynchronous), UI-Channel (User Isochronous), US-Channel (User Synchronous)
The Data Processing Chain
Voice Encoding, Encryption, Whitening and Channel Coding
The Generation of Hopping Sequences
Paging & Inquiries, Page Response & Inquiry Response, Page Scan & Inquiry Scan, during a Connection

LC and LM (Link Controller and Link Manager)
Control Functions of the LC, Network Establishment, Link Configuration, Control of Low-Power Modes (Hold, Sniff, Park), Audio Codecs for Bluetooth, Authentication Functions, Encryption in Bluetooth (SAFER+), The Bluetooth Test Mode and Tests
HCI (Host Controller Interface)
Tasks and Functions of the HCI, HCI-Commands and Packets, HCI over USB, HCI over UART, HCI over RS 232, Flow Control
L2CAP (Logical Link Control And Adaptation Protocol)
Multiplexing Support in L2CAP, Segmentation and De-Segmentation, QoS-Support, L2CAP-Signaling Format and Message Exchange
SDP (Service Discovery Protocol)
Tasks and Functions, Data Representation, PDU-Format, Service Records and Service Attributes

RFCOMM (RS-232 Cable Emulation)
Specifics of Serial Ports and Serial Port Emulation, Frame Types and Structure in RFCOMM, Connection Establishment and Release, RFCOMM-Link Control through Multiplexor Frames
OBEX (Object Exchange)
Similarity with IrDA, Object Model, OBEX-Packet Structure, OBEX-Operations, OBEX Session Management.
TCS (Telephone Control part Specification)
Tasks and Functions, Signaling Format (Q.931), Call Establishment Signaling

Overview of the Bluetooth Profiles
Tasks and Functions of the different Profiles
Detailed Consideration of GAP (Generic Access Profile)
Feature and Parameter Definitions
Detailed Consideration of the Serial Port Profile
Feature and Parameter Definitions
Detailed Consideration of the Headset Profile
Feature and Parameter Definitions

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