Synchronization Profile (SYNC)

The SYNC profile is used in conjunction with GOEP to enable synchronization of calendar and address information (personal information manager [PIM] items) between Bluetooth enabled devices.

Usage Scenarios

A good example might be a group of PCs (or laptops) connecting wirelessly to one "master" PC, or Network Access Point. This will also allow for remote access of the "master" PC.

Example Products

Here are a few examples of the types of devices that you might find using the SYNC:

• PC
• Laptop
• Mobile phone
• PDA

Getting Technical

The SYNC defines two roles, IrMC Server and IrMC Client.

• IrMC Server – The device that provides an object exchange server. Typically, this device is a mobile phone or PDA.
• IrMC Client – The device which contains a sync engine and pulls and pushes the PIM data from and to the IrMC Server. Usually, the IrMC Client device is a PC.

The Baseband, LMP and L2CAP are the OSI layer 1 and 2 Bluetooth protocols. RFCOMM is the Bluetooth adaptation of GSM TS 07.10. SDPis the Bluetooth Service Discovery Protocol. OBEX is the Bluetooth adaptation of IrOBEX.

The IrMC Client layer shown in the figure to the left is the entity processing the synchronization according to the IrMC specification, and the IrMC server is the server software compliant to the IrMC specification.

Need more? View the Synchronization Profile (SYNC).