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Bluetooth® 5 quadruples
range, doubles speed,
increases data broadcasting
capacity by 800%
New version of Bluetooth technology
delivers
“connectionless”
IoT,
advancing beacon and location-
based capabilities in home,
enterprise and industrial
Kirkland, Washington – June 16,
2016 – The Bluetooth Special
Interest Group (SIG) announced
that its next release, coming
late 2016 to early 2017, will be
called Bluetooth 5 and will include
significantly
increased
range,
speed, and broadcast messaging
capacity. Extending range will
deliver robust, reliable Internet of
Things (IoT) connections that make
full-home and building and outdoor
use cases a reality. Higher speeds
will send data faster and optimize
responsiveness.
Increasing
broadcast capacity will propel the
next generation of “connectionless”
services like beacons and location-
relevant information and navigation.
These Bluetooth advancements
open up more possibilities and
enable SIG companies – now at
an all-time high of 30,000 member
companies – to build an accessible,
interoperable IoT.
“Bluetooth 5 will transform the
way people experience the IoT by
making it something that happens
simply and seamlessly around
them,” said Mark Powell, executive
director of the Bluetooth SIG.
“Increasing operation range will
enable connections to IoT devices
that extend far beyond the walls
of a typical home, while increasing
speed supports faster data transfers
and software updates for devices.
And now with the ability to broadcast
a much richer set of information,
Bluetooth 5 will make beacons,
location awareness, and other
connectionless services an even
more relevant part of an effortless
and seamless IoT experience”
Bluetooth 5, projected for release
in late 2016 to early 2017, will
quadruple range and double
speed of low energy connections
while increasing the capacity of
connectionless data broadcasts
by 800 percent. It achieves all this
alongside its industry-leading power
performance. With the major boost
in broadcast messaging capacity,
the data being transferred will be
richer, more intelligent. This will
redefine the way Bluetooth devices
transmit information, moving away
from the app-paired-to-devicemodel
to a connectionless IoT where there
is less need to download an app or
connect the app to a device.
More than 371 million Bluetooth
enabled beacons are projected to
ship by 2020, according to Patrick
Connolly, Principal Analyst at ABI
Research. With eight times the
broadcast messaging capacity,
Bluetooth 5 will further propel the
adoptionanddeployment of beacons
and location-based services in the
home automation, enterprise, and
industrial markets. In scenarios
where contextual awareness like
navigation and pin-point location
are crucial – such as hassle-free
airport navigation experiences,
asset tracking of warehouse
inventory, emergency response,
even smart city infrastructure that
helps the visually impaired be more
mobile – Bluetooth 5 will send
custom information people actually
find useful in that moment without
connection and application barriers.