Chapter 12. The Generic Profiles

Our examination of the profiles begins with two that we call the generic profiles because they are fundamental to Bluetooth wireless communication. The generic access profile, or GAP, is the basis for all other profiles. It describes the fundamental operations necessary for two Bluetooth devices to establish communication, including the discovery of devices, link establishment and configuration and security considerations. The GAP is tightly coupled with the group of Bluetooth transport protocols described in Chapters 6 and Chapters 7. The service discovery application profile, or SDAP, describes fundamental operations necessary for service discovery, an operation often performed soon after a communication link ...

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