Bluetooth Wireless Telecommunications Key Terms

Understand Bluetooth wireless telecommunications key terms to use Bluetooth devices effectively

You can learn Bluetooth wireless telecommunications key terms to increase the quality of your communications. Or you can learn the lingo of the industry to communicate with other telecommunications experts in a precise manner.

Taking the time to learn and understand Bluetooth wireless telecommunications key terms demonstrates your desire to keep up-to-date on industry happenings. It tells others that you care about what you do and that you know what you are talking about.

 

Base station

This term refers to a device connecting a Bluetooth transceiver with a desk phone. When a Bluetooth headset recognizes a base station, it initiates the phone call on the desk phone. If not, it initiates the call using the cell phone.
Try: PC World explains how a base stations works with Bluetooth headsets.

Bandwidth

Bandwidth, also called the data transfer rate, refers to the volume of data moving from point to point within a certain time frame, generally one second. Professionals call the data chunks bytes per second, or Bps.
Try: CoolNerds.com offers an in-depth explanation of bandwidth and how it works. It shows the concept in relation to the Internet.

Handoff

This is the point where communications between cordless devices and access points automatically become routed by means of a different access point or channel, thereby improving communications or at least maintaining a proper connection.
Try: The Pennsylvania State University offers papers on networks covering areas of interest such as hand-offs in Bluetooth connections.

Microdiversity

This term refers to the difference between antenna that have small spacing which counter the fading effects of other paths.
Try: The Internet Society offers detailed notes summarizing the concept of microdiversity, IP diversity and macrodiversity in Bluetooth communications.

PCMCIA

The acronym PCMCIA stands for Personal Computer Manufacturer's Card Industry Association. This card is a standard plug-in card for personal computers or PCs. Bluetooth technology uses this card, also called a PC card, for communications.
Try: Primary Simulation demonstrates and example of a Bluetooth PCMCIA. It offers an image so one can determine what a PCMCIA card looks like.

Qualified Products List

This is a list of all products compliant with Bluetooth technology. The list also goes by the name of QPL.
Try: Palo Wireless allows clients and consumers to look for a product in the Qualified Products List with the click of a mouse. The website offers these products in a chart entitled "Qualified Products."

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