Bluetooth® Core Specification Version 5.4

Technical Overview

Key Updates in Bluetooth 5.4

This document provides a technical overview of the Bluetooth Core Specification Version 5.4. It details several significant updates and changes introduced in this version, offering a concise summary and explanation of each advancement.

Featured Topics

  • Periodic Advertising with Responses (PAwR): Explores PAwR as a new Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) logical transport designed for energy-efficient, bi-directional communication in large-scale one-to-many topologies.
  • Encrypted Advertising Data: Introduces a standardized approach for the secure broadcasting of data within advertising packets.
  • LE GATT Security Levels Characteristic: Describes a new GATT characteristic that allows devices to indicate the required security mode and level for GATT functionality.
  • Advertising Coding Selection: Covers the Host's ability to specify preferred long-range coding options for LE extended advertising.

Further Information

For more in-depth details on the Bluetooth Core Specification and its features, please visit the official Bluetooth website.

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