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13 Bluetooth Glossary

Bluetooth Authentication Bluetooth authentication is the procedure to verify whether another Bluetooth enabled device has the right to access your computer. During this procedure, a Bluetooth passkey is requested on both sides of the connection. If the passkeys are the same, the authentication procedure is a success and the connection can be setup. If the passkeys are different, then authentication fails and a connection cannot be established.

Bluetooth Authorization Bluetooth authorization is the procedure to verify whether you are going to allow (authorize) other Bluetooth enabled devices to use Bluetooth services on your Bluetooth enabled device. Every Bluetooth service in your BlueSoleil™ has an authorization setting. The authorization devices list for each service records the devices that have been authorized for that service. The user can change the authorization status for each device.

Bluetooth Connection A Bluetooth connection refers to the Bluetooth link that can be set up between two Bluetooth devices. Connected Bluetooth devices have a server/ client relationship. One Bluetooth device provides services and another Bluetooth device uses these Bluetooth services.

Bluetooth Connection Shortcut Connection shortcut is used to save time used in searching for devices and browsing services. Once a connection has been established, it can be saved as a shortcut. The shortcut is then used to re-establish the connection, without having to search for the remote Bluetooth device and required Bluetooth service.

Bluetooth Device Bluetooth Devices can refer to either of the following:

(1)When referring to the local device configuration, a Bluetooth Device is the local Bluetooth hardware, e.g. USB dongle, UART device, PCMCIA card or BCSP device.

(2)When referring to the Bluetooth application, the Bluetooth device is the Bluetooth system as a whole, e.g. a Bluetooth modem, Bluetooth mobiles or a Bluetooth PDA. A computer together with the BlueSoleil™ and the Bluetooth dongle would also be addressed as a remote Bluetooth device by other Bluetooth devices.

Bluetooth Device Address A unique 48-bit address that distinguishes different Bluetooth transceivers. Every Bluetooth device has a unique address so that other devices can find it and communicate with it. The address appears in the form of 00:03:20:00:0D:0A.

Bluetooth Device Class According to the Bluetooth standard, every Bluetooth device is assigned a device type, which is represented in the Bluetooth device class. The Bluetooth device class is three bytes in length in the form of 04:01:00. On the computer side, the class may be Server, Desktop or Laptop. Users will be asked to select it during first time set-up.

Bluetooth Device Inquiry To use Bluetooth, the user has to first find the remote device. The searching procedure is called device inquiry. There are two kinds of inquiry procedure; General Inquiry and Limited Inquiry. General Inquiry will find all the Bluetooth devices in ‘general discoverable mode’ and ‘limited discoverable mode’. Limited Inquiry will find only the devices in ‘limited discoverable mode’.

Bluetooth Dial-up Networking This is the implementation of the Bluetooth Dial-up Networking profile (DUN). Using DUN, Bluetooth devices can dial-up to the Internet via a Bluetooth modem or a Bluetooth mobile phone.

Bluetooth FAX This is the implementation of the Bluetooth FAX profile (FAX). Using FAX, Bluetooth devices can send a FAX via a Bluetooth mobile.