Bluetooth Host Protocol Usage Over the Ultra Wideband Radio

Abstract

This paper presents an implementation example for placing Bluetooth (BT) host protocol over the WiMedia Ultra WideBand (UWB) Physical (PHY) and Medium Access Control (MAC) layers. The adaptation layer is operating below the Bluetooth Host Controller Interface (HCI), hence offering a host interface identical to Bluetooth towards the host. Some points have been identified for Bluetooth and WiMedia multimode operation, where further specification effort is needed.

An Investigation of Bluetooth Mergence with Ultra Wideband

“…The HCI layer in Bluetooth provides a clear separation between upper layer BT protocol stacks, commonly implemented in software, and lower device dependant layers, commonly implemented in hardware. The interface consists of commands and events which can easily be imitated by a UWB convergence layer [5].…”