Bluetooth low energy

Bluetooth/Bluetooth Smart also known as Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is an evolution of Bluetooth designed for enhanced battery life. Bluetooth Smart achieves its power-saving capability by defaulting to sleep mode and only waking when needed. Both operate in the 2.4 GHz frequency range. Bluetooth Smart implements high-rate frequency-hopping spread spectrum and supports AES encryption.

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