On quinta-feira, 11 de fevereiro de 2016 12:52:46 PST ??? wrote: > Hi Thiago, > > > >>Do we need BT? No, seriously, is it required? Can we not require a socket > >>interface, like IPv4 and IPv6? > I think the majority of smartphones and smartwatches on the maket today do > include BT/BLE support and developers can make a IoTivity program with it.
Indeed, but what are they going to communicate with? What kind of other devices will have BTLE OIC support and not WiFi nor 6LoWPAN/Thread? > >>Remember that BT-GATT is not specified in OIC, it's purely an IoTivity > >>extension. And remember that the Bluetooth SIG is working on > >>6lo-over-BTLE, which solves the problem by giving us IPv6 > I agree with Mr. Uze's opinion. > 6lo-over-BTLE can solves the problem. However, it'll takes years to get > useful. That's Bluetooth SIG's fault. Anyway, the point is that this is not an easy topic. There are good reasons to do it, but it must be done very, very carefully. And I'd like to know of the benefits (the question above). -- Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
