What is Bluetooth SIG ?

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I want to know what is Bluetooth SIG all about ? What are its purposes ? Does anybody have any idea about this..... then please provide me useful and necessary information......

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Bluetooth SIG means Bluetooth Special Interest Group.

The Bluetooth SIG is the body that oversees the development of Bluetooth standards and the licensing of the Bluetooth technologies and trademarks to manufacturers.
Founded in 1998, it is a privately held trade association headquartered in Bellevue, Washington with Michael W. Foley (Mike) presently its executive director.

Bluetooth provides a way to exchange information between wireless devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), mobile phones, laptops, computers, printers and digital cameras via a secure, low-cost, globally available short-range radio frequency band.

Originally developed by Ericsson, Bluetooth is now used in many different products by many different manufacturers. These manufacturers must be members of some level in the Bluetooth SIG before they are granted access to the Bluetooth specifications.
The SIG also specifies a qualification process that products must be tested in accordance with before they may be branded with the Bluetooth trademarks and sold to consumers. It also markets the Bluetooth brand and technology and owns the trademarks and standardization documents.

The Bluetooth SIG, since its inception in 1998, is primarily run by a volunteer staff from its member companies.
In 2001 - Tom Siep served as the group's Managing Director
From 2002 to 2004 - Mike McCamon led the group as its Executive Director.
In 2004 - he was replaced by Michael W. Foley (Mike).

Beginning in 2002 a professional staff was hired, composed of operations, engineering and marketing specialists.

Where Bluetooth SIG is located ? -
From 2002-2004 the Bluetooth SIG was based in Overland Park, Kansas USA
Presently, it is based in Bellevue, Washington
Additional offices in Malmö, Sweden and Hong Kong, China.

In addition to its professional staff, the SIG still relies on many volunteers from member companies who participate in the various working groups that produce the standardization documents and oversee the qualification process for new products.

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What kind of personnels or members are included in Bluetooth SIG ?

The SIG comprises of Corporate Groups, Study Groups, Expert Groups and Working Groupsp, along with Committees.

Corporate Groups
The Corporate Groups are simply the Board of Directors and the professional staff of the SIG.

Study groups
The Study Groups carry out research into their various areas which informs the development of the Bluetooth specifications. They may eventually become Working Groups in their own right.
The current study groups are-

• Attribute Study Group
• Global navigation satellite system (similar to the Global Positioning System) Study Group
• Message-push Study Group
• Ultra wideband (UWB) Study Group

Expert groups
The Expert Groups deal with issues of technical importance to all aspects of Bluetooth's development. As with the Study Groups their work informs the Working Groups as well as the corporate groups. At present there are two Expert Groups

• Audio/visual – hands-free profile (A/V-HFI) Expert Group
• Security Expert Group
• Usability Expert Group

Participation in the Expert Groups is restricted to Promoter members and Associate members.

Working Groups

The Working Groups carry out the principal standardization and specification work of the SIG. They are responsible in large part for determining what these documents will say and are thus a core part of the development process.

• Audio/video Working Group
• Automation Working Group
• Car Working Group
• Host controller interface (HCI)) Working Group
• Human interface device (HID) Working Group
• ISDN Working Group
• Local positioning Working Group
• Personal area networks (PAN) Working Group
• Printing Working Group
• Radio improvements Working Group
• Still-image Working Group
• Unrestricted digital information (UDI) Working Group

Participation in the Working Groups is restricted to Promoter members and Associate members.


Committees

The committees of the SIG deal with the other aspects of licensing, marketing and review.
The current committees are -

• Bluetooth architectural review board (BARB)
• Bluetooth qualification review board (BQRB)
• Bluetooth technical review board (BTRB)
• Errata process group
• Ecosystem committee
• Evangelization committee
• Regulatory committee
• Roadmapping committee
• Test initiative committee
• UnPlugFest forum