Demystifying Bluetooth

Newcastle, UK: Today’s electronic devices connect and communicate with one another in different ways by means of cables and wires, radio signals, and infrared. A newly introduced method of connecting devices and peripherals and making them communicate seamlessly with each other is called Bluetooth. A Bluetooth connection is wireless and automatic thereby simplifying and streamlining the connection and communication process between Bluetooth-enabled devices.

Bluetooth is a an industry standard developed by a group of electronics manufacturers that allows any type of electronic equipment – from computers, mouse, printers, phones, keyboards, cellular phones, and headphones – to establish its own peer connections, without the need for wires, cables or any direct action from a user. Not only does Bluetooth remove the need for user intervention, it also helps to conserve battery power because of its extremely low transmitting power.

The primary benefits of Bluetooth are that it is wireless, low-cost and automatic. Bluetooth also has the capability to connect up to eight devices at the same time without any communication error between any one of the eight. Since Bluetooth utilize spread-spectrum frequency hopping, it is extremely rare for more than one device to be transmitting on the same frequency at the same time. Bluetooth-enabled devices automatically switch frequencies 1,600 times per second, so it highly improbable that two Bluetooth-enabled devices will be on the exact same frequency at any given time. Bluetooth’s frequency-hopping capability decreases the danger of disruption between any two devices since interference on a particular frequency can last only for a millisecond or less.

When Bluetooth-enabled devices are within transmission range of each other, an electronic exchange takes place to determine if they have data to exchange and share or which one should be in control of the other. No user action or input is required – everything happens automatically. As soon as an electronic handshake between Bluetooth-devices occurs, the devices automatically establish a network. Bluetooth-enabled devices create a personal-area network (PAN) which may range from several peripherals and electronic appliances or simply just your cell phone and your Bluetooth headset. Once a PAN is established, each Bluetooth-device randomly changes frequencies at the same time to stay in touch with each other and at the same time avoid disrupting other PANs operating in the area.

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