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IoT Projects with Bluetooth Low Energy
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IoT Projects with Bluetooth Low Energy

by Madhur Bhargava
August 2017
Intermediate to advanced
278 pages
6h 1m
English
Packt Publishing
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The Need for Bluetooth Low Energy

So, coming to the very first question, what makes Bluetooth Low Energy so special? We will have to go back in time a little bit to address this. During the year 2001, the researchers at Nokia had already identified a number of scenarios, which were not being addressed by any of the existing Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) communication technologies,

WPAN or a Wireless Personal Area Network is a network centered around a user's personal space. The typical range for a WPAN network is around 10 meters. An example of a WPAN network technology is Bluetooth.

The most common factors that came out as a result of studying these scenarios were:

  • Low power usage
  • Low cost
  • Minimal differences with current Bluetooth ...
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