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The Link Manager Protocol is the language which the link managers in each Bluetooth device
use to speak to one another. The Link Managers set up secure transmissions using what is called
a challenge-response system. This encryption and trust allows piconets to form. The Link
Manager also oversees prioritizing of bandwidth for the disparate demands of asynchronous data
traffic, and the more immediate needs of audio traffic. Link Managers also provide a control on
power use, through power conservation based on device proximity. Reductions in broadcast
strength determined by the Link Manager, can save hours worth of uptime.
The Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol (L2CAP) hides lower level details from the
higher levels. The changes in frequency are masked at this level, allowing the middleware
protocols to remain blissfully ignorant of Bluetooth's frequency hopping. Packets from higher
level protocols are also broken up at this level into more bite-sized chunks, suitable for the
Baseband/Radio Protocols.
The HCI Layer is an optional piece of the Transport Layer. In order to facilitate
communication between the lowest and highest levels of the protocol stack, the HCI , or Host
Controller Interface allows the Application Group of protocols to interact with the baseband and
radio layers through a standardized interface. The actual Bluetooth devices as well as
applications that may interact with them will be created by several different vendors, making the
HCI layer an important standard that will assist companies in implementing Bluetooth devices.
The Middleware Protocol Group connects the Transport level protocols with the protocols
spoken by Bluetooth aware applications. The Middleware group consists of the RFCOMM
protocol, the IrDa Interoperability protocol, the Service Discovery Protocol, and the Telephony
Control Protocol.
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