Standard Groups & Resources

• Bluetooth Special Interest Group(Bluetooth SIG), Bluetooth official website.
  • The Bluetooth Specification: Dec. 1999; Volume 1, Core, Volume 2, Profiles.
  • White Papers
  
  
• IEEE 802.15 Working Group for WPANs
  • WPAN Task Groups:
    • TG1: WPAN based on Bluetooth
    • TG2: WPAN/WLAN Coexistence
    • TG3: WPAN High Rate (20+Mbps)
    • TG4: WPAN Low Rate (200Kpbs max)
  • IEEE 802.15 Tutorials a lot of tutorial presentations on Bluetooth/802.15
  • IEEE 802.15 Working Group Document Archive
  
  
• WiMedia Alliance, 초고속 개인용 무선 네트워크(WPAN)의 표준화 포럼/UWB.
  
• Bluetooth Wireless Technologies
• Bluetooth (tm) Related Top web sites.
• Palowireless.com Bluetooth resource center
  - Bluetooth Security
• Ericsson's Bluetooth Page
• Motorola's Bluetooth Page
• Using Bluetooth in FLYWAY(R), HowStuffWorks.com
• Bluetooth page, ZDnet
• Infrared Technology
• Wireless Networking and Mobile IP References

Papers/Articles/Presentations

• How Bluetooth Works, Curt Franklin, Howstuffworks.com.
• Bluetooth Security Review, Part 2, SecurityFocus, Marek Bialoglowy, May 26, 2005.
• Bluetooth Security Review, Part 1, SecurityFocus, Marek Bialoglowy, April 25, 2005.
• Brush up on Bluetooth, Jeffrey Hall, SANS Reading Room, August 21, 2003. (local copy)
• Bluetooth Basics, LXE, Inc., October 1, 2002. (local copy)
• What Is Bluetooth?, Prentice Hall, Earthweb, July 26, 2002.
• Bluetooth Real World, Part II, Bruce and Marge Brown, Extremetech, July 17, 2002.
• Bluetooth Real World, Part I, Bruce and Marge Brown, Extremetech, May 1, 2002.
• Bluetooth: Opportunities and Threats, Northstream, September 2001. (local copy)
• Bluetooth 1.1 addresses earlier flaws, Troy Holtby, Network World, August 13, 2001.
• Personal Networks, Michael Cohn, Internet World, June 15, 2001.
• The Bluetooth Invasion Begins, Steven J. Schuchart Jr. , Network Computing, March 19, 2001.
• Personal to Global: Wireless Technologies, 2005-2010, Update: Feb. 23, 2001, (local copy).
• Plugging the Holes in Bluetooth, Illena Armstrong, SC Magazine, February 2001.
• Bluetooth Technology(Presentation) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, F. Edalat, G. Gopal, S. Misra and D. Rao, Spring 2001. (local copy)
• More On Bluetooth: The Big Picture From The Big Show, Alan Frank, CommWeb.com, Dec. 19, 2000.
• Emerging Technology: Can Bluetooth Sink Its Teeth into Networking?, Network Magazine, 11/05/00.
• Bluetooth gets real, Telecommunications Magazine, October 2000.
• Articles from Intel Technology Journal, May 5, 2000:
  • Bluetooth Technology overview
  • Architectural Overview of Intel's Bluetooth Software Stack
  • Enabling Always On, Always Connected (AOAC) Computing with Bluetooth Technology
  • Integrating Bluetooth Technology into Mobile Products,
  
  
• Bluetooth SIG White Papers
  • Bluetooth Protocol Architecture, Aug. 25, 1999.
  • Bluetooth Security Architecture, July 15, 1999.
• How Bluetooth Short Range Radio Systems Work, HowStuffWorks.com.
• Bluetooth Technology overview, Compaq Computer Co. White Paper, Nov. 2000. (local copy)
• Bluetooth Technical Background, Xircom White Paper, (local copy).
• Bluetooth: Vision, Goals, and Architecture, J. Haartsen, et al., Mobile Computing and Communication Review, Vol. 1, No. 2, (local copy).
• IrDA and Bluetooth: A Complementary Comparison, Extended Systems White Paper, 2000 (local copy).
• An Overview of the Bluetooth Wireless Technology, Chatschik Bisdikian, IBM Research Report, June 2001. (local copy).
• The Bluetooth (TM) Wireless Technology, Chatschik Bisdikian, IBM Research Report, January 2001. (local copy).
• Cats and Dogs Living Together: A Comparison of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi (802.11b), Pico Communications, October, 2001. (local copy).
• Bluetooth to arrive amidst concerns, Robin Simpson, ZDnet, March 12, 2002.
• Bluetooth Usability, Northstream, July 2002. (local copy).
• Bluetooth: At the Blue Screen, or Biting Back? Andy Dornan, NetworkMagazine, October 05, 2002.
• Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in Retail: Preparing for Further Globalization with RFID BearingPoint, January 1, 2003. (local copy).
• Putting the Air Space to Work : Real-World Benefits of an Enterprise-Wide RF Control Plane Airespace, July 14, 2003. (local copy).
• Enterprise RF Security Aruba Wireless Networks, October 1, 2003. (local copy).
• RFI on RFID and Pervasive Wireless Andy Dornan, NetworkMagazine, April 05, 2004.
• RFID/EPC: Managing the Transition (2004 - 2007) AT Kearney, August 1, 2004. (local copy).
• Radio Frequency Identification: Moving beyond the Hype to Maximum Value Unisys, September 1, 2004. (local copy).
• Is RFID a Disruptive Technology? Patni Computer Systems Ltd., September 16, 2004. (local copy).
• Next generation of attack: RF-Related Attacks Airespace, November 2004. (local copy).
  
  
• Bluetooth And Its Inherent Security Issues, Tu Niem, GSEC, SANS Reading Room, December 8, 2002. (local copy).
• Bluetooth Security White Paper, Bluetooth, April 2002. (local copy).
• Bluetooth leaves room for security, Doug Hale, Rappore Technologies, Mar. 06, 2001.
• Bluetooth Security, Juha T. Vainio, Helsinki Univ. May 2000.
• Security in Bluetooth: An overview of Bluetooth security, Marjaana Traskback, Helsinki Univ. 2000-11-2, (local copy).
• Security issues for wearable computing and Bluetooth technology, Catharina Candolin, Helsinki Univ., (local copy).
  
  
• Selected Presentations from IEEE 802.15 WG Tutorial Page
  • IEEE 802.15.1 Tutorial, Tom Siep and Chatschik Bisdikian, January 2001.
  • Bluetooth SIG and IEEE 805.15, John R. Barr, Bluetooth Developers Conference, December 7, 2000.
  • Bluetooth, A Cable Replacement Overview Ian Gifford, International Wire and Cable Symposium (IWCS), November 15, 2000.
  • Wireless Personal Area Networks Bruce Kraemer, Comdex Fall, November 14, 2000.
  • IEEE 802.11 and 802.15 Review Steve Shellmammer, Bluetooth Spread Spectrum Workshop, August 15, 2000.
  • Wireless Personal Area Networks: Technology and Standards Ian Gifford, IEEE ComSoc Boston Chapter, June 8, 2000.
  • HomeRF, Cordless Connections for the Consumer Ben Manny, IEEE ComSoc Boston Chapter, June 8, 2000.
  • Bluetooth Overview Jim Kardach, IEEE ComSoc Boston Chapter, June 8, 2000.
  • Bluetooth Architecture Overview Chatschik Bisdikian, NIST, PERVASIVE COMPUTING 2000, January 25-26, 2000.
• Presentations from IEEE 802.11 Tutorial
  • Bluetooth Architecture Overview, James Kardach, Plenary meeting, March 1999.
  • HomeRF: Bringing Wireless Connectivity Home, Jim Lansford, Plenary meeting, March 9, 1999.

FAQs

• FAQs, Bluetooth.com
• IEEE P802.15 FAQs
• Bluetooth FAQ, Xircom.
• Bluetooth FAQs, 3Com.