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Building Bluetooth Low Energy Systems

By : Muhammad Usama bin Aftab
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Building Bluetooth Low Energy Systems

By: Muhammad Usama bin Aftab

Overview of this book

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is a Wireless Personal Area network technology aimed at novel applications for smart devices. High-tech BLE profiles and services are being increasingly used by application developers and hardware enthusiasts to allow devices to interact with the surrounding world. This book will focus on a technical introduction to BLE and how it is reshaping small-distance communication. We will start with IoT, where many technologies such as BLE, Zigbee, and IEEE 802.15.4 Mesh will be introduced. The book will present BLE from an engineering perspective, from which the protocol stack, architecture, and layers are discussed. You will learn to implement customized projects for Peripheral/Central communication, BLE Beacons, indoor navigation using triangulation, and the Internet gateway for Bluetooth Low Energy Personal Network, all using various code samples and APIs on Android, iOS, and the Web. Finally, the book will conclude with a glimpse into future technologies destined to be prominent in years to come.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Preface

Potential research in Bluetooth Low Energy


Research and development in Bluetooth Low Energy is a continuing process undertaken by the Bluetooth SIG. Many companies, in collaboration with the SIG, are working to stretch the limits of the technology.To understand the scale of research and development, you can refer to the list of contributors to Bluetooth 5:

This list is available on the Bluetooth SIG's website. You can see that a broad range of people contributed to the development of Bluetooth 5. The list goes from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. to Texas Instruments. With their collaboration, they managed to achieve extraordinary advancements in Bluetooth technology. The proof of this is the significant increase in the range and speed of the latest version of Bluetooth.

The SIG also encourages research from students and independent research companies to improve the health of Bluetooth technology. In this section, we will discuss some potential research topics that students/companies can put their...