Implementation of Bluetooth hotspots using IGAP
Ishan Bhaskarwar, Yashodhan V. Joshi, Anurag Bansal · 2011
Bluetooth provides a way to connect and exchange information between devices like personal digital assistants (PDAs), mobile phones, laptops, PCs, printers, digital cameras and video game consoles via a secure, globally unlicensed short-range radio frequency for multiple users simultaneously. This technology is developed to free end users to allow people access digital information wirelessly. Main idea of this paper is to show implementation for providing internet connection in Bluetooth enabled mobile using IGAP. IGAP is the new Bluetooth profile that solves the problem of accessing (browsing) internet in Mobile phone from a Computer having internet connection. With the IGAP a mobile user can access internet without any GPRS or EDGE provided by the telecommunication companies. This implementation has two parts, a client application and a server application. The server application runs in a normal PC with Bluetooth dongle. This PC acts as the gateway to the internet for the mobile. The mobile will host the client application which will connect to the server application in a hotspot environment and provide the mobile with internet access. Keywords—IGAP, Bluetooth Hotspot, Bluetooth, Algorithm, Implementation of IGAP.