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Bluetooth™ Qualification Procedure

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Rev. 1992A–11/00

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Scope

The purpose of this document is to provide an outline of the

procedure that is followed in order to qualify a product in

compliance with Bluetooth.

Overview

The Bluetooth wireless technology is an open specification

for short-range wireless communications between elec-

tronic devices. It is anticipated that a large number of

Bluetooth devices from many vendors will soon appear on

the market. In order to minimize or eliminate interoperability

problems, a specific set of procedures are followed as

defined by the Bluetooth Qualification Program (BQP). This

is a necessary requirement before a product can be quali-

fied in compliance with Bluetooth. The Bluetooth

qualification is the process by which a manufacturer dem-

onstrates compliance to the Bluetooth specification and the

BQP is the framework that establishes the qualification

rules and procedures.

Note that the BQP is carried out independently of any man-

datory regulatory type approval defined by national or

international regulations.

Any manufacturer of a Bluetooth wireless technology prod-

uct must have signed a Bluetooth SIG membership

agreement. When this product complies with the Bluetooth

specification, it is added to the Qualified Products List. This

grants the Member Company a Bluetooth license covering

royalty-free intellectual property patent rights and allows it

to use the Bluetooth brand on products and marketing

activities according to the Bluetooth Brand Book.

At the time of this writing, the Bluetooth qualification pro-

cess is still under implementation and may change before

the final specification is defined. Updated information is

found at www.bluetooth.com under the heading

“Qualification”.

Qualification Procedure Outline

Figure 1 illustrates the basic Bluetooth qualification

procedure.

The Manufacturer becomes first an Adopter and pulls all

necessary qualification documents from the web. Links are

established with BQB (Bluetooth Qualification Body) and

BQTF (Bluetooth Qualification Test Facility). Where

required testing is done at an accredited BQTF and the test

results become a part of the compliance folder. A success-

ful review of the compliance folder by the BQB leads to

listing of the Adopter product as Bluetooth Qualified.

The compliance folder contains complete product

information:

• Product description, including Bluetooth Profiles

supported, name, model number, hardware, software

and firmware version numbers.

• Reference design schematics, parts list and all printed

circuit board diagrams.

• Reference design application note and technical

description.

• Functional block diagram.

• User documentation, manual or guide.

• Declaration of compliance by the manufacturer.

• Completed ICS (Implementation Conformance

Statement) and IXIT (Implementation Extra Information

for Testing) forms.

• Test report from accredited BQTF, showing that all active

test cases of the Bluetooth Test Case Reference List

(TCRL) as of date of application reception by BQB are

completed.

• Test report from Adopter, showing that all tests required

of the Adopter are completed.

• Qualified Product Notice and Listing Notice is provided

by the BQB.

Figure 1. Bluetooth Basic Qualification Procedure

Adopter

(Manufacturer)

Product

Tested

Declerations and

Documentation Reviewed

Qualified

Products List

BQA

BTQF

BQB

Test Report

Checked by

BQB

Qualification

Program

Documents

Pulled from

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Testing

Bluetooth qualification testing is based on testing against a

reference test system (Conformance testing) as well as

functional testing against another operational Bluetooth

product (Interoperability testing). The test specifications

cover:

•Radio frequency qualification testing

•Protocol conformance testing

•Profile conformance testing

•Profile interoperability testing

Test Categories

Four test categories are described in the TCRL tables:

•Category A: Product testing on validated and

commercially available qualification test equipment by a

recognized BQTF.

•Category B: Product testing using standard test

equipment performed by either the manufacturer or a

BQTF. A declaration of compliance with evidence is

required.

•Category C: Product testing using standard test

equipment performed by either the manufacturer or a

BQTF. A declaration of compliance without evidence is

satisfactory.

•Category D: Preliminary test case with no official

qualification value. It serves the purpose of informing

manufacturers about upcoming test cases.

The TCRL lists all applicable tests together with their

category status.

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