Bluetooth virtualisation

摘要

Embodiments of the present application relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, Bluetooth systems, RF systems, self-powered wireless devices, and consumer electronic (CE) devices. More specifically the present application relates to provision of networked based services to Bluetooth-enabled devices. The present application describes a very low-cost, multi-purpose, rapidly re-purposable Bluetooth node that may sit at the edge of a network and may be configured to allow a network system to dynamically add and remove different Bluetooth capabilities and allow for a much higher level of management of Bluetooth devices that are interacting with the network.

主权项

1. A method for providing network based services to Bluetooth-enabled devices, comprising:
encapsulating host controller interface (HCI) packets on a Bluetooth (BT) host device; forwarding the encapsulated HCI packets over a network, to a compute engine in communication with the network; implementing from a non-transitory computer readable medium, profiles and applications contained in the encapsulated HCI packets on the compute engine; and forwarding HCI packets from the profiles and applications on the compute engine to a BT HCI controller and baseband processor.