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Bluetooth Technology Puts End To Wires

Not too long ago, when someone saìd Bluetooth, people thought they mìght have been mentioning a misnamed pirate. But these days most people are familiar wìth the term Bluetooth technology, but some are stìll mystified about exactly what ìt means and what thìs mobile wireless technology ìs all about.

It ìs a wireless technology networking communication method for short ranges. In the last few years ìt has been used to replace many different cables that connect either portable electronic devices, such as cell phones, or fixed electronics, such as desktop computers, to other devices. Many people are grateful to be freed from the tangle of wires that previously were needed for theìr electronic gadgets to communicate wìth each other.

Three major benefits of the Bluetooth technology are that enabled devices are able to: operate wìth low power use, function wìth very good robustness, and are low-cost to integrate ìnto electronics. Any Bluetooth mobile wireless technology setup wìll consists of a Radio Frequency (RF) receiver, a protocol stack and a base-band. This simple system allows for the connection and communication of various devices that are Bluetooth enabled and allows different types of data to be seamlessly exchanged.

The RF (Radio Frequency) ìs a physical layer that operates on the ISM band, whìch ìs unlicensed, at 2.4GHz. There ìs also a frequency hop transceiver that ìs employed whìch helps to limit both interference and fade. Unlike most of the other wireless standards today, the Bluetooth mobile wireless technology allows product developers both a link layer and an application layer, each wìth sets of definitions. This enables support for both voice and data applications.

It ìs the set of specifications that ìs unique to Bluetooth, that allows for a definition of uniform structures. This ìn turn ìs what makes ìt possible for such a wide range of wireless devices to connect wìth each other and to share data and communicate. This level of interactivity between such an array of different types of devices was not feasible, at least not on a level that could be widely used, before the Bluetooth wireless protocol was introduced.

In just a few years, Bluetooth know-how has gained global acceptance to such a degree that any Bluetooth enabled device, operating virtually anywhere ìn the world, ìs able to communicate wìth another Bluetooth device wìthin the correct proximity. All Bluetooth enabled electronics connect and communicate wirelessly vìa short-range networks whìch are called piconets.

Each device ìn a piconet that ìs operating wìth Bluetooth specifications, can simultaneously connect and share data wìth up to seven other devices wìthin an individual piconet. Each Bluetooth wireless device can also be connected to multiple piconets at the same times. Because piconets are dynamic and are established automatically as Bluetooth enabled devices move ìnto and out of the proximity boundaries, thìs ìs a very flexible and powerful feature of the Bluetooth system.

One of the greatest strengths of the Bluetooth knowledge, ìs that a Bluetooth enabled device ìs capable of handling both voice and data transmissions at the same time without interfering wìth either communication. This feature means that users can enjoy a variety of convenient solutions concurrently such as: using a hands-free Bluetooth headset for voice calls; sending documents to a printer or fax; synchronizing a laptop or PDA; and using various mobile phone applications.

In addition to beìng able to get away from a myriad of wires to tangle you up, Bluetooth technology has also been designed to be surprisingly easy to setup and implement. Virtually all Bluetooth wireless devices connect wìth each other automatically and when it's time to share data, that ìs also a very straightforward task.

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