Operates on
2.4GHz(2400-2480MHz) frequency band
Channels on the frequency band
79 channels spaced 1 MHz apart
Power levels
1mW covering 10cm to 100mW covering 100meters
Architecture
Master- slave architecture
Slave has to wait till master allows them
Piconet
Each terminal can be either M or S 1M is master of max 7S 1S can be member of other Piconet too SB - not getting access P - low power mode M - laptop S - mouse, keyboard
Scatternet
Multiple piconet
Atleast one s in other piconet
Physical links btw master and slave
Synchronous Connection Oriented (SOC) link
Asynchronous Connection-Less (ACL) link
Synchronous Connection Oriented(SOC) Link
Support circuit-switched, point to point connection
Used for voice transmission
Asynchronous Connection-Less ( ACL)
Support packet-switched, point-to-multipoint connections
Used for data transmission