An invaluable confusion-lifting tutorial on Bluetooth, the personal area wireless networking standard that enables seamless communication of voice, e-mail, internet access, etc., between mobile phone, desktop PCs, and PDAs. *Details the pros and cons of the Bluetooth approach, taking readers through what kinds of services are ideally suited to Bluetooth. *A must for telecom engineers, managers, technicians, ISPs, and employees of the 1000+ Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) companies, this guide also features sweeping coverage of applications and forthcoming products. Table of contents Preface Chapter 1. The case for bluetooth Chapter 2. Basic concepts Chapter 3. Bluetooth protocol architecture Chapter 4. Link Management Chapter 5. Logical link control Chapter 6. Bluetooth general profiles Chapter 7. Bluetooth profiles for usage models Chapter 8. Bluetooth security Chapter 9. Bluetooth in the global scheme of 3G wireless Appendixes Appendix A: Contributors to the bluetooth specification Appendix B: Terms and definitions Appendix C: Acronyms Index