Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering
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Bluetooth
nHistory
–1994:
Ericsson (Mattison/Haartsen), “MC-link” project
–Renaming of
the project: Bluetooth according to Harald “Blåtand” Gormsen [son of Gorm], King of Denmark in the 10th century
–1998:
foundation of Bluetooth SIG,
–1999:
erection of a rune stone at Ericsson/Lund ;-)
–2001:
first consumer products for mass market, spec. version 1.1 released
nSpecial
Interest Group
–Original
founding members: Ericsson, Intel, IBM, Nokia, Toshiba
–Added
promoters: 3Com, Agere (was: Lucent), Microsoft, Motorola
–>
2500 members
–Common
specification and certification of products
(was:
)