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Chapter 6 - Glossary
SIG
Special Interest Group. The Bluetooth standards body & steering committee.
Silent device
A device that is in discoverable mode but cannot respond due to other baseband activity
is said to be a silent device. The device could also be in non-discoverable mode and
would also not respond to an inquiry.
SIM
Subscriber Identity Module. The SIM is a nonvolatile storage device that contains
information about your phone. This allows the SIM to be used in any GSM phone.
Slave Unit
All devices in a piconet that are not the master.
Smart peripheral
See intelligent peripheral.
SMS
Short Message Service. Similar to paging, a short text message can be delivered to a
subscriber's cellular handset. Sniff and hold mode Devices synchronized to a piconet
can enter power-saving modes in which device activity is lowered.
TDMA
An improvement over standard analog cellular service by digitizing the voice stream
thereby providing more calls per channel.
TTCN
Tree and Tabular Combined Notation. It is a special purpose notation to describe test
suites. TTCN is a language standardized by ISO for the specification of tests for
communicating systems.
TX
Transmit.
UART
Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter. A device which converts parallel
data into serial data for transmission, or it converts serial data into parallel data for
receiving data.
UI
User Interface. The area on a device that contains interface mechanisms such as displays,
dialog boxes, manuals, packaging, advertising, etc., where the user is likely to encounter
Bluetooth terminology and parameters.
Unknown device
A device that is currently not connected with the (LocDev and the LocDev has not
paired with it in the past. Also called a new device. No information about the device is
stored (e.g., BD_ADDR, link key, or other information).