Responsibility for & Storing of Inquiry/Paging Results

Original Post: BT inquiry decisions (eGroups Msg. ) Date: 2000-08-10

Question 1

Where does a bluetooth device store the list of other bluetooth devices in the area?

Answer 1

The result of Paging and Inquiry processes is stored by a module that may be called a BT_Module_Cntrl or BT_Manager or what ever the user wants to implement. This is implementation specific. This is clearly mentioned in the Bluetooth Profile Specification. It is also indicated that this module has to maintain the list of BT devices within the proximity, and also the current existing connections.

Question 2

What layer performs this task?

Answer 2

BT devices know other BT devices by using the Paging and Inquiry process of the Baseband (not the SDP layer). This can be initiated by the BT_Module_Cntrl or BT_Manager, which is implementation specific