Explaining Concept: Invention of Bluetooth- The Story of the Birth
In 1994, the L.M. Ericsson Company became interested in connecting the mobile phones to other devices without cables. Together with four other companies namely, IBM, Intel, Nokia and Toshiba, it formed a SIG (Special Interest Group i.e. consortium) to develop a wireless standard for interconnecting computing and communication devices and accessories using short-range, low-power, inexpensive wireless radios.
The project was named 'Bluetooth' after Harald Blaatand, a Viking King who unified Denmark and Norway 'without cables' 😀
Although the original idea was to just get rid of the cables between devices, it soon began to expand in scope and encroach on the area of wireless LANs.
In July 1999, the Bluetooth SIG issued a 1500-page specification of V1.0
Shortly thereafter, the IEEE standards group looking at wireless personal area networks, 802.15 adopted the bluetooth document as a basis and began hacking on it. While it might seem strange to standardize something that already had a very detailed specification and no incompatible implementations that needed to be harmonized, history shows that having an open standard managed by a neutral body such as IEEE often promotes the use of the technology.
To be a bit more precise, it should be noted that Bluetooth specification is for the complete system, from the physical layer to the application layer of the OSI Model.
The project was named 'Bluetooth' after Harald Blaatand, a Viking King who unified Denmark and Norway 'without cables' 😀
Although the original idea was to just get rid of the cables between devices, it soon began to expand in scope and encroach on the area of wireless LANs.
In July 1999, the Bluetooth SIG issued a 1500-page specification of V1.0
Shortly thereafter, the IEEE standards group looking at wireless personal area networks, 802.15 adopted the bluetooth document as a basis and began hacking on it. While it might seem strange to standardize something that already had a very detailed specification and no incompatible implementations that needed to be harmonized, history shows that having an open standard managed by a neutral body such as IEEE often promotes the use of the technology.
To be a bit more precise, it should be noted that Bluetooth specification is for the complete system, from the physical layer to the application layer of the OSI Model.
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