Bluetooth: Connect Without Cables [Hardcover]

Jennifer Bray (Author), Charles F. Sturman (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0130898406 | ISBN-13: 978-0130898401 | Publication Date: December 15, 2000 | Edition: 1st

Bluetooth wireless technology is on the verge of revolutionizing communications, enabling virtually any communications device to transmit voice or data securely, at high speed -- without wires! It's no wonder everyone's talking about Bluetooth -- and now there's a complete, professional's guide to this remarkable technology. In Bluetooth: Connect Without Cables, two leading Bluetooth implementers explain the Bluetooth standard more clearly than it's ever been explained before -- and place Bluetooth in context, covering global markets, applications, complementary technologies, development issues, and more. Begin by understanding Bluetooth's origins and goals. Review the components of a Bluetooth system, how Bluetooth connections work, differences in Bluetooth's support for voice and data; security/management issues; key concepts such as piconets and scatternets; and system qualification. The book covers the Bluetooth protocol stack in depth, including module layers, host layers, and cross-layer functions. The authors conclude by placing Bluetooth in context: introducing complementary technologies, reviewing real-world implementation and development issues, analyzing the markets for Bluetooth technology, and previewing the future of Bluetooth.

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Preface

This book came about from a conversation in the Hotel Mercure bar in Brussels, Belgium. We had just finished the first day of client training in our Bluetooth solution, and hadn't said a single word about our implementation yet! Why? Well, Bluetooth was so new that nobody knew much about it, there were no textbooks, no courses, nothing but a thick specification document and a few white papers. So before we could begin to explain the fine details of what we'd done, we had to spend a day explaining the Bluetooth specification. After the first beer, we thought somebody ought to write a book about Bluetooth; after the second beer, we thought we should do it; after the last beer, we had a contents page.

Why the title? Well, "Connect without Cables" is basically what Bluetooth started out doing. It's a short range wireless communication system, and the word "wireless" pretty much says it all. The first applications people came up with were all about throwing away the clutter of cables that plagues modern portable devices—Bluetooth took away the cable dangling from a headset, removed the clutter of wires at the back of a PC, and let a phone talk to a PDA without needing a cable that took up more pocket space than either device. Now there are more imaginative uses than straight cable replacement, from small wireless office networks to the much hyped Personal Area Network, or PAN. But the basic functionality that Bluetooth provides is still the same: connection without cables.

During the last year or so, we have seen a Bluetooth system design evolve from abstract idea to evaluation board. Along the way, we struggled to understand the Bluetooth specification. Some parts of it don't make sense until you've read later parts, some parts don't make sense until you've tried them out, and some of the parts we started with will never make sense and have since been corrected. The specification is in a much better state than the preliminary versions we started with, but like all such things, it's still not an easy read. So this book aims to provide people working with Bluetooth an easier introduction than the one we had.

A new version of the Bluetooth specification (version 1.1) is due to be published during the 4th quarter of 2000. In order to keep this text consistent, we only consider the existing version 1.0B specification except for one or two proposed corrections for v1.1 which are especially worth mentioning here. Although these are mostly minor improvements and clarifications to the existing 1.0B specification, it is important for the reader to keep abreast of any revisions particularly since there may well be other refinements before the major evolution which Bluetooth 2.0 will represent. To facilitate this, there is a companion Website to accompany Bluetooth: Connect Without Cables where we will place any errata and useful updates to the text as Bluetooth evolves.

From the Back Cover

* The complete Bluetooth tutorial and reference for every professional
* Accessible, practical explanations of the entire Bluetooth standard
* Bluetooth applications, components, security, and development issues
* The future of Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0 and beyond

Foreword by Joe Mendolia of CATC.

Introducing tomorrow's hottest wireless technology: Bluetooth!

Bluetooth wireless technology is on the verge of revolutionizing communications, enabling virtually any communications device to transmit voice or data securely, at high speed—without wires! Now there's a complete professional's guide to this remarkable technology. In Bluetooth: Connect Without Cables, two leading Bluetooth implementers explain the Bluetooth standard more clearly than it's ever been explained before. Even better, they place Bluetooth in context, covering global markets, applications, complementary technologies, connection to WAP, even leading-edge development issues. Coverage includes:

* Bluetooth: origins, goals, and key industry players
* How Bluetooth voice and data connections work: service discovery, piconets, scatternets, and other key concepts
* Key Bluetooth components: antennas, radios, host systems, profiles, and more
* The Bluetooth protocol stack, in depth: module layers, host layers, and cross-layer functions
* Securing Bluetooth communications
* Bluetooth production testing, conformance, and qualification
* The emerging market for Personal Area Networking devices, including other technologies related to Bluetooth.
* The future of Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0, Human Interface Devices, and more

Whether you're a systems designer, developer, manager, marketer, or customer, Bluetooth: Connect Without Cables shows you exactly how to exploit Bluetooth for simple, seamless, intuitive wireless communications—starting now.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 516 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 1st edition (December 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130898406
• ISBN-13: 978-0130898401
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,737,760 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Author's Review, October 25, 2000

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Charles F Sturman (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bluetooth: Connect Without Cables (Hardcover)

'Bluetooth Connect without Cables' came about from a conversation in a Hotel bar following the completion of the first day of client training in our Bluetooth solution. We had spent a whole day talking and presenting and hadn't said a single word about our implementation yet! Why?, well Bluetooth was so new that nobody knew much about it, there were no text books, no courses, nothing but that thick specification document and a few white papers. So before we could begin to explain the fine details of what we'd done, we had to explain the Bluetooth specification.

After a couple of beers we had a contents page for a complete study of the Bluetooth specification covering all the additional areas that anyone implementing, selling or managing a Bluetooth product might want. We then just had to write it !

What we wound up with was the book that we had wanted to see when we first started working in Bluetooth space. Something that would give us an easy introduction, then go into enough detail that we knew how to really use Bluetooth. We put in summaries that can be read in isolation for those wanting to skip sections, and lots of diagrams and examples for those wanting to go into all the fine details.

The Bluetooth specification uses many other standards, but does not quote them, so somebody trying to get an all round understanding of Bluetooth also needs to look at: * GSM TS07.10 * OBEX * WAP * PPP * SAFER+ * Q.931 We had to hunt down diverse sources, then wade through irrelevant detail to pick out the few nuggets that are used in Bluetooth. What we really wanted was one source that just explained the relevant parts. It didn't exist, so we wrote it.

We also explain in detail other things that the Bluetooth specification either skips over or omits entirely, for example: * how to generate the UUIDs used to describe Bluetooth services * how the CVSD codec works * how to manage Bluetooth devices * a discussion of how to implement a Bluetooth system

In conferences, mailing lists, even general conversation with clients and competitors we found that people were asking questions about Bluetooth that went beyond the technical details. So we added chapters putting Bluetooth in context, covering the market for Bluetooth, other related wireless technologies, and the future of the specification.

"Bluetooth Connect without cables" is the only available source which brings together all this material in one place.

CONTENTS LIST 1 Overview Protocol Stack Part 1 - the Bluetooth Module 2 Antennas 3 Radio 4 Baseband 5 The Link Controller 6 Audio 7 The Link Manager 8 The Host Controller Interface Protocol Stack Part 3 - the Bluetooth Host 9 Logical Link Control and Adaptation 10 RFCOMM 11 The Service Discovery Protocol 12 The Wireless Access Protocol 13 OBEX and IrDA 14 Telephony Control Protocol 15 Applications: The Bluetooth Profiles Protocol Stack Part 3 - Cross layer functions 16 Encryption and Security 17 Low-Power Operation 18 Quality of Service 19 Managing Bluetooth Devices Test and Qualification 20 Test Mode 21 Qualification and Type Approval Bluetooth in Context 22 Implementation 23 Related Standards and Technologies 24 The Bluetooth Market 25 Future Developments Glossary

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and practical, February 13, 2001

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laurent iss (Grenoble, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bluetooth: Connect Without Cables (Hardcover)

FACTS: I counted about 1,9M characters in this book, about 1M in "BT demystified" and "BT Revealed". COMMENTS: the authors of this book have practiced BT. They tell you more than just what is in the standard: they explain what is missing or what is not clear in the standard. Chapters about security, qualification and implementation are really precious. They do not expose facts or figures, they explain why and how in simple words. CONCLUSION: We are not yet at the level of a "BT for dummies" because there's no sample application CD, but we are getting closer...

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent Bluetooth resource., February 9, 2001

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William E Saltzstein (Woodinville, WA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bluetooth: Connect Without Cables (Hardcover)

Connect Without Cables is the best of the current books for developers and implementers who are making their way through the complexities of the specification for Bluetooth wireless technology. The authors take the us through the multiple levels from RF through real world applications in a consistent and insightful fashion. Additional sections help the reader understand the context of the technology and hint at its exciting potential in the marketplace.

I found this book to be much less of a walk through the specification and more of a view through the eyes of one who has actually implemented Bluetooth and knows where the trouble spots are. The reader is given insights into some of the real thorny issues, and even given suggestions on how to address them.

Although the subject matter is at some times quite dense, the authors do an excellent job, consistently introducing the topics in an overview, and always following with a good summary of the salient points in each section. Readers in the USA should be prepared for an occasional non-American term, phrase, or spelling which may not be listed in the text's extensive and otherwise quite useful glossary, reminding us that Bluetooth wireless technology is truly of global interest and potential impact.