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CATHAL'S CORNER    Cathal Mc Daid

Welcome to Cathal's Corner - articles by Cathal Mc Daid covering a range of Bluetooth topics...


Bluetooth 1.2 & Bluetooth 2.0

 Bluetooth Future  Bluetooth 1.2 & Bluetooth 2.0 The recent release of cores based on preliminary Bluetooth 1.2 and speculation on the abilities of Bluetooth 2.0 means that far-sighted developers should not stand still in approaching Bluetooth optimisations. This article explains the features on a broad level of Bluetooth 1.2 and examines the reports on Bluetooth 2.0.  Read the full article...

    

Bluetooth Additional Profiles

Bluetooth Profiles

 

 Bluetooth Profiles  Bluetooth Additional Profiles - Overview
The Bluetooth SIG has released 12 new profiles. In conjunction with this, palowireless has also published on-line new tutorials to these profiles. However, with the proliferation of profiles and acronyms it is sometimes hard to see what these profiles are designed to do. As an entry-level introduction, this article gives a very brief outline of these new profiles and what roles they will allow Bluetooth units to fill.  Read the full article...
   
 

Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11b

 Bluetooth  Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11b Although aimed at different markets and roles, there has long been speculation about the effects 802.11b and Bluetooth have on each other, not just technical interference, but also whether they are in competition with each other commercially. Often these are simplistic press reports attempting to compare the two and seeking to decide a winner. This article however explains the similarities and differences between Bluetooth & 802.11b on a broad level and tries to show that there is no serious competition between the two. In fact both have their own advantages and disadvantages, and both technologies can complement each other... Read the full article... Bluetooth IEEE 802.11b range
   
 

Bluetooth Mobility & Roaming

Bluetooth Mobility & Roaming Payload Layer  Bluetooth  Bluetooth Mobility & Roaming  Two major current limitations of Bluetooth are: that communication between devices must be direct; and secondly that they do not support the movement of an active terminal from one network interface device to another. Essentially in Bluetooth, a device in a piconet A cannot communicate with another bluetooth device in a different piconet B, regardless if it was a member of piconet A previously. This article briefly examines several theoretical ways in which these interpiconet issues could be handled and developed... Read the full article...
 
 

Bluetooth Security

 Bluetooth security encryption  Bluetooth Security - Part 1 Nothing has caused more concern and confusion in Bluetooth than the nature of Bluetooth security implementation. From those who insist that its security is a disaster area, prey to any half-capable opportunist, to the contrary view that’s its security is second to none...  Read the full article... bluetooth security master save wireless link
   
bluetooth security lower level link  Bluetooth security encryption  Bluetooth Security - Part 2 Last month we examined the lower level of Bluetooth security (Link Level security). This month we look at the Security Mode 2 ( the service level enforced security ) and a possible implementation of it. We also evaluate the overall merits/drawbacks of Bluetooth in the security arena....  more...
   
 Bluetooth security encryption  Bluetooth Security - Part 3 As shown in parts 1 & 2 of this article, Bluetooth has a comprehensive set of security features, at both upper and lower levels. However for all of it's security features, Bluetooth does have some security issues....  more... security bluetooth connection encryption