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PRELIMINARY
CYW43353
5. Bluetooth Baseband Core
The Bluetooth Baseband Core (BBC) implements all of the time critical functions required for high-performance Bluetooth operation.
The BBC manages the buffering, segmentation, and routing of data for all connections. It also buffers data that passes through it,
handles data flow control, schedules SCO/ACL TX/RX transactions, monitors Bluetooth slot usage, optimally segments and pack-
ages data into baseband packets, manages connection status indicators, and composes and decodes HCI packets. In addition to
these functions, it independently handles HCI event types, and HCI command types.
The following transmit and receive functions are also implemented in the BBC hardware to increase reliability and security of the TX/
RX data:
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Symbol timing recovery, data deframing, forward error correction (FEC), header error control (HEC), cyclic redundancy
check (CRC), data decryption, and data dewhitening in the receiver.
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Data framing, FEC generation, HEC generation, CRC generation, key generation, data encryption, and data whitening in
the transmitter.
5.1 Bluetooth 4.1 Features
The BBC supports all Bluetooth 4.1 features, with the following benefits:
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Dual-mode bluetooth Low Energy (BT and BLE operation)
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Extended Inquiry Response (EIR): Shortens the time to retrieve the device name, specific profile, and operating mode.
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Encryption Pause Resume (EPR): Enables the use of Bluetooth technology in a much more secure environment.
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Sniff Subrating (SSR): Optimizes power consumption for low duty cycle asymmetric data flow, which subsequently extends
battery life.
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Secure Simple Pairing (SSP): Reduces the number of steps for connecting two devices, with minimal or no user interaction
required.
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Link Supervision Time Out (LSTO): Additional commands added to HCI and Link Management Protocol (LMP) for improved
link time-out supervision.
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QoS enhancements: Changes to data traffic control, which results in better link performance. Audio, human interface
device (HID), bulk traffic, SCO, and enhanced SCO (eSCO) are improved with the erroneous data (ED) and packet bound-
ary flag (PBF) enhancements.
5.2 Bluetooth Low Energy
The CYW43353 supports the Bluetooth Low Energy operating mode.