Optical Wireless Communications High-Speed Bluetooth Secure Pairing Towards Developing a Trust Protocol

Abstract

Bluetooth wireless technology is a short-range radio frequency wireless information transfer technology that connects any Bluetooth enabled device to another Bluetooth enabled device. The Bluetooth Service Discovery Protocol, as specified by the official website for the Bluetooth wireless technology, represents a considerable security vulnerability because it only provides a low level of security during identification. Many applications of the technology, such as in automobiles, tend to lag the state-of-the art. Many studies have indicated that Bluetooth's security needs some improvements. This research adds to the existing literature and seal the loopholes providing a systematic review of Bluetooth wireless technology security and systematically analyzing scholarly proposed solutions to the vulnerabilities. A qualitative review of the literature, followed by a design science step to develop a solution. A taxonomy of Bluetooth attacks is quantified with threat level ratings, along with Bluetooth risk mitigation and countermeasures. Finally, A thematic coding analysis, presents a proposed solution to Bluetooth wireless technology vulnerabilities.