Date: April 21-23, 2010

Location: Akron, Ohio

Cost: $2,195

Instructor: Dr. Robert Morrow

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Target Audience

Technical personnel charged with developing or deploying Bluetooth networks or devices and others who need to understand the technology in depth.

Prerequisites

Technical background and prior exposure to a wireless technology, particularly WiFi, will be helpful.

Detailed Course Outline:

Day 1

Introduction

• Bluetooth usage models and protocol stack

The Bluetooth Radio (BR/EDR)

• Calculating maximum range
• Frequency hopping spread spectrum operation
• Bluetooth basic rate (BR) and enhanced data rate (EDR) modulation
• Channel set for BR/EDR signals
• Required radio performance
• Performance analysis of a typical Bluetooth radio

Baseband Signaling Part 1 (BR/EDR)

• Master/slave timing
• Error control
• Addressing methods
• Packet structure
• Setting frequency hop parameters
• Logical transport mechanisms
• Bluetooth audio
• Throughput in perfect and imperfect channels

Baseband Signaling Part 2 (BR/EDR)

• Operational state diagram
• Paging and inquiry processes
• Sniff, hold, and park modes
• Scatternet operation

Day 2

Link Management

• Link connection and detachment
• Link management protocol (LMP) packets
• Managing sniff, hold, and park modes
• Transmit power control and quality of service
• Link setup using LMP packets

Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol (L2CAP)

• L2CAP overview and purpose
• Packet segmentation and reassembly
• Protocol multiplexing and channel definitions
• L2CAP signaling and channel setup

Host Controller Interface

• HCI overview and purpose
• Command packet structure
• Command groups and examples
• Event packet structure
• Event groups and examples
• HCI/USB interface

Bluetooth Security Part 1

• Security overview
• Link key generation and initialization
• Combination key derivation
• Authentication
• Encryption

Day 3

Bluetooth Security Part 2

• Filtering device access
• Security weaknesses
• Secure simple pairing

Applications

• Profile overview
• Service discovery protocol
• Generic access profile (GAP)
• Headset profile (HSP)
• Qualification and testing
• Development tools
• Hardware solutions

Coexistence

• Interference modeling
• Coexisting with Wi-Fi: separated nodes
• Coexisting with Wi-Fi: collocated nodes
• Examples and throughput analysis