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were employees at Ericsson Mobile Platforms. They based the Bluetooth specification on a technology known as frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS), which is a method of transmitting signals by quickly switching frequency channels during transmission. The advantages of using FHSS include:
Resistance to narrowband interference Increased security by decreasing the probability of intercepting signals intercepting FHSS signals is difficult Shared frequency bands with other transmission types results in little interference
In 1998, during the early stages of Bluetooth specification development, a Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) was established by several large telecommunications and information technology vendors, formalizing the specifications developed by Haartsen and Mattisson. Today, more than 8,000 member companies and organizations around the world participate in the Bluetooth SIG.
This brings us to the current Bluetooth version as of this writing, 2.1 + EDR, which is also completely backward-compatible to version 1.1. In 2007, the Bluetooth SIG adopted version 2.1, which includes the following features:
Sniff subrating: Reduces power consumption and/or battery life by three to 10 times when devices are set to sniff power mode, particularly on human interface devices such as keyboards, mice, joysticks, trackballs and so on Near Field Communication (NFC) cooperation: Automatically pairs two Bluetooth devices when they're brought within close proximity to one another, such as 1 inch, or tapped together Secure simple pairing (SSP): Improves the simplicity and security of the pairing process, using public key cryptography called Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) to avoid eavesdropping attacks Extended inquiry response: Provides more details early in the connection process, enabling better filtering; details include the list of services the device supports, the name of the device, time of day and pairing information Encryption pause resume: For purposes of stronger security, enables an encryption key to be refreshed while devices remain connected longer than 23.3 hours, which is equal to one Bluetooth day.