Easy and safe pairing for bluetooth smart

Meli, Marcel; Rion, Olivier; Widmer, Lukas

doi:10.21256/zhaw-1996

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Publication type:	Conference paper
Type of review:	Not specified
Title:	Easy and safe pairing for bluetooth smart
Authors:	Meli, Marcel Rion, Olivier Widmer, Lukas
DOI:	10.21256/zhaw-1996
Conference details:	13. Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, 9-10 November 2016
Issue Date:	2016
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	WEKA Fachmedien
Language:	English
Subjects:	Bluetooth smart; Secure; Pairing; Smartphone
Subject (DDC):	004: Computer science 621.3: Electrical, communications, control engineering
Abstract:	The configuration of Bluetooth Smart devices in a secure way is a challenging task. Even more so for early versions of this wireless protocol. The use of NFC can facilitate the task, but requires devices and phones that support the NFC standard. This adds costs, both to the smartphone and to the Bluetooth Smart device. Additionally, many smartphones on the market do not (openly) implement NFC. This further limits the number of users that can use that short range RFID standard to configure wireless systems. In this work, we address these issues. We suggest that easy configuration with nearly all smartphones is possible, by using the screen of smartphones to generate an optical code. That signal is detected using a low cost photosensitive element on the side of the Bluetooth Smart device. The information thus generated can be used to generate a key that helps secure the wireless communication between the 2 parties.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/7033
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	School of Engineering
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Embedded Systems (InES)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen School of Engineering

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Meli, M., Rion, O., & Widmer, L. (2016). Easy and safe pairing for bluetooth smart. 13. Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, 9-10 November 2016. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1996

Meli, M., Rion, O. and Widmer, L. (2016) ‘Easy and safe pairing for bluetooth smart’, in 13. Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, 9-10 November 2016. WEKA Fachmedien. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1996.

M. Meli, O. Rion, and L. Widmer, “Easy and safe pairing for bluetooth smart,” in 13. Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, 9-10 November 2016, 2016. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1996.

MELI, Marcel, Olivier RION und Lukas WIDMER, 2016. Easy and safe pairing for bluetooth smart. In: 13. Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, 9-10 November 2016. Conference paper. WEKA Fachmedien. 2016

Meli, Marcel, Olivier Rion, and Lukas Widmer. 2016. “Easy and Safe Pairing for Bluetooth Smart.” Conference paper. In 13. Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, 9-10 November 2016. WEKA Fachmedien. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1996.

Meli, Marcel, et al. “Easy and Safe Pairing for Bluetooth Smart.” 13. Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, 9-10 November 2016, WEKA Fachmedien, 2016, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1996.