Bluetooth: Enabling Technology for IoT, Security issues and solutions

Zahoor Ahmad Najar¹ , Roohe Naaz Mir²

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.7 , Issue.7 , pp.58-63, Jul-2021

Online published on Jul 31, 2021

Copyright © Zahoor Ahmad Najar, Roohe Naaz Mir . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
— Internet of things(IoT) a ubiquitous network, an interconnecting large number of devices roughly to stretch 1.1 trillion by 2026. The number of devices or things is increasing per person, and an average of 5 devices per user will be in use and actively connected to the Internet. However, an exponential increase in the number of devices nearly automates everything around us because of the technology available. The communication technology involved has a significant role in realizing IoT networks. In particular, wireless communication technology has helped to accomplish the IoT concept because of no overhead of wires. In wireless communication technology, several standards are available, e.g., Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Bluetooth, RFID, etc. All the standards used have their utility and use, as per their specification, capability, and energy consumption. In this paper, we discuss the use and importance of Bluetooth Technology in IoT and address security loopholes associated with it to prevent such vulnerability. References to the literature and mathematical symbols/equations should not be included.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, IoT, Security

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