BLE: Bluetooth Low Energy Training

 

BLE Training / Bluetooth Low Energy Training

 

Part 1: BLE Training Introduction

• Short-range wireless characteristics
  •  Wired vs wireless
  • Local area and personal area networks
  • LAN and PAN examples
  • Categories of information transmission
  • BLE training overview
• Characteristics of Bluetooth
  • Bluetooth usage models
  • The Bluetooth piconet
  • Point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, and scatternets
  • The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (BSIG)
  • Bluetooth BR/EDR, LE, and AMP summary of operations
• BLE architecture
  • Controller
  • Host
  • Application layer
  • BLE usage models
• Other low-energy wireless technologies
  • ZigBee
  • Z-Wave
  • ANT
  • X10
  • Wi-Fi

Part 2: The BLE Radio

• RF propagation: How far will it go?
  • Simplified path loss model
  • Finding maximum range using simple rules
  • RF penetration through typical obstructions
• BLE modulation and data rates
  • Basic modulation methods
  • Gaussian filtered frequency shift keying
  • Bandwidth comparisons
• BLE channel set and radio performance
  • Advertising channels
  • Data channels
  • Transmit power and data rate
  • Receive sensitivity requirements
  • Receive interference performance

Part 3: BLE Link Layer

• Device states
  • Standby, scanner, advertiser, initiator, connection
• Packet types and processing
  • Device addresses
  • Packet formats
  • Protocol data unit (PDU) structure
  • PDU processing
• Advertising
  • PDU types
  • Advertising events
  • Responses to advertising
• Scanning
  • PDU types
  • Scanning events
• Initiating
  • PDU type
  • Link layer data fields
• Connecting
  • Connection timing
• Data channel selection
  • Mapping and remapping
  • Hopping example
• Acknowledgment and flow control
  • Data channel PDU
  • Packet acknowledgment and retransmissions
• Control processes
  • Control PDU types
  • Control operations

Part 4: BLE Higher Protocols

• Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol (L2CAP)
  • Role of L2CAP in data services
  • L2CAP functions and assumptions
  • L2CAP frame types and connection
  • L2CAP events and actions
• Host interfacing and examples
  • Role of the host controller interface (HCI)
  • HCI commands and events
  • HCI as a high-level language
• Attribute protocol (ATT)
  • Attribute definition
  • ATT operation on attributes
  • ATT retrieval example

Part 5: BLE Profiles, Implementation, and Qualification

• Profile overview
  • Profiles and their purpose
  • Generic Bluetooth profile stack
• Generic Access Profile (GAP)
  • Purpose and term definitions
  • BLE GAP functions
  • Device roles
• Generic Attribute Profile (GATT)
  • Purpose and term definitions
  • GATT server
  • GATT client
• Example: Find Me profile (FMP)
  • Concept and device roles
  • FMP example: lost key fob
• Example: Heart Rate profile (HRP)
  • Concept and device roles
  • Heart rate sensor
  • Collector
  • Connection establishment
• Implementation
  • LE devices and integration
  • Low power methods and battery conservation
  • Sample BLE performance
  • BLE integration choices
• Qualification
  • FCC Part 95 overview
  • BSIG qualification overview
  • Qualification steps

Part 6: Bluetooth Low Energy Security

• Security concepts
  • Authentication
  • Authorization
  • Data integrity
  • Data confidentiality
  • Privacy
• Cryptographic methods
  • Shared key
  • Public key
• BLE keys
  • Temporary key
  • Short-term key
  • Long-term key
  • Identity resolving key
  • Connection signature resolving key
• Pairing and bonding
  • Pairing information exchange
  • Authentication and signing
  • Key distribution
  • Bonding

Part 7: Coexisting with Other Networks

• Overview of coexistence challenges
  • Interoperability and coexistence
  • Methods of evaluating coexistence problems
  • Good neighbor policy
• Coexisting with legacy Bluetooth
  • Piconet interference characteristics
• Coexisting with Wi-Fi
  • Wi-Fi effect on BLE
  • BLE effect on Wi-Fi
• Techniques for improving coexistence
  • The “Two Meter Rule”
  • Collocating devices in the same host

Part 8: Comparisons and Conclusions

• BLE Comparison with Other M2M/IoT Technologies
  • Legacy Bluetooth
  • ZigBee
  • Z-Wave
  • ANT
  • X10
  • Wi-Fi
  • Other technologies of interest to the client
• Conclusions

• BLE Training Wrap-up: Course Recap, Discussion, and Evaluation

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