The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has published details of its technology roadmap for 2016. In a blog post on the group’s website, SIG’s director of product development and strategy David Smith said that it is working with manufacturers to develop new products based around Bluetooth. The Bluetooth SIG also plans to introduce the ability to use Bluetooth to build mesh networks, meaning more devices or sensors can connect together across a wider area – currently it can only connect seven devices to one master device. Key enhancements include a longer range, which will deliver more robust connections for larger, full building environments; a 100% increase in speed to enable faster data transfers in critical applications such as medical devices; and the introduction of mesh networking, which will enable more devices or sensors to connect together across a wider area. ' The Bluetooth technology roadmap is a powerful expression of our mission to continue as a catalyst for industry innovation [...] The new functionality we will soon be adding will further solidify Bluetooth as the backbone of IoT technology', says Mark Powell, Executive Director, Bluetooth SIG.
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has published details of its technology roadmap for 2016. In a blog post on the group’s website, SIG’s director of product development and strategy David Smith said that it is working with manufacturers to develop new products based around Bluetooth. Key enhancements include a longer range, which will deliver more robust connections for larger, full building environments; a 100% increase in speed to enable faster data transfers in critical applications such as medical devices; and the introduction of mesh networking, which will enable more devices or sensors to connect together across a wider area. ' The Bluetooth technology roadmap is a powerful expression of our mission to continue as a catalyst for industry innovation [...] The new functionality we will soon be adding will further solidify Bluetooth as the backbone of IoT technology', says Mark Powell, Executive Director, Bluetooth SIG.