The increasing ubiquity of the Internet of Things has led to a greater integration of Bluetooth mesh networks with wireless sensor technologies. Bluetooth mesh leverages the fundamental Bluetooth Low ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Near field communication (NFC) ...

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has released a Bluetooth mesh-networking specification that enables Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices to serve as large-scale networks for building ...

Bluetooth and ZigBee have much in common. Both are types of IEEE 802.15 “wireless personal-area networks,” or WPANs. Both run in the 2.4-GHz unlicensed frequency band, and both use small form factors ...

Netario, a small Manchester, England-based company, launched what it called the first public-access Bluetooth wireless network in the world. Netario plans to roll out similar networks in cities ...