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Qualification test facilities

Qualify your Bluetooth® enabled product today


A Bluetooth® Qualification Test Facility (BQTF) is recognized by the Bluetooth SIG as competent to execute Bluetooth Qualification Process test cases identified within the Test Case Reference List (TCRL) as “Category A at or below the Host Controller Interface (HCI) layer.”

If your test plan generated by Qualification Workspace indicates that a required test is Category A and to be performed at or below the HCI layer, you are required to provide test results from a Bluetooth Qualification Test Facility for testing services, unless your company is a Bluetooth Recognized Test Facility (BRTF), in which case you may provide test results from your company’s own Bluetooth Recognized Test Facility. Please note that a Bluetooth Recognized Test Facility is not allowed to act as an independent testing facility for other Bluetooth SIG member companies.

It is your responsibility to contract directly with a Bluetooth Qualification Test Facility for testing services.

For more details about the Bluetooth Qualification Test Facility program, including how your company can become a Bluetooth Qualification Test Facility or a Bluetooth Recognized Test Facility, click the “Learn more about applying for the program” button below.

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Current Bluetooth® qualification test facilities

Current Bluetooth® recognized test facilities

Authorized Test ScopeSupported Testing Capabilities
RF:1Vol 2 Part A Radio Specification, in the Test Suite RF.TS, which includes receiver and transmitter tests for Bluetooth Basic Rate (BR) and Enhanced Data Rate (EDR), EDR2 and EDR3.
HS:1Vol. 5, Part A 802.11 Protocol Adaptation Layer (802.11 PAL) in the Test Suite 802.11 PAL.TS
RFPHY:1(a) Vol 6 Part A, Physical Layer Specification, in the Test Suite RFPHY.TS which includes receiver and transmitter tests for LE 1 Mb/s; with
(b) Fixed 37 bytes packet payload length, and
(c) Packet length extensions (packet payload length ranges from 37 bytes to 255 bytes)
RFPHY:2Vol 6 Part A, Physical Layer Specification, in the Test Suite RFPHY.TS which includes receiver and transmitter tests for
(a) 20 dBm Higher Output Power RFPHY
(b) LE 2Mb/s
(c) Coded PHY (125 kb/s or 500 kb/s)
(d) Stable Modulation Index
(e) All required testing capabilities associated with the RFPHY:1 test scope option
RFPHY:3Vol 6 Part A, Physical Layer Specification, in the Test Suite RFPHY.TS which includes receiver and transmitter tests for
(a) AoA/AoD (IQ Samples Coherency AoD/AoA Receiver, IQ Sample Dynamic Range AoD/AoA Receiver)
(b) All required testing capabilities associated with the RFPHY:2 test scope option
RFPHY:4Vol 6 Part A, Physical Layer Specification, in the Test Suite RFPHY.TS which includes receiver and transmitter tests for
(a) Channel Sounding (Transmitter/Receiver tests TRM-RCV, for CS)
(b) All required testing capabilities associated with the RFPHY:2 test scope option
(c) Vol 6 Part H Channel Sounding (CS) Specification, including the CS/NAD, CS/RTT, CS/TIM, CS/PM tests in the Test Suite CS.TS
RFPHY:5Vol 6 Part A, Physical Layer Specification, in the Test Suite RFPHY.TS which includes transmitter and receiver tests for
(a) HDT2, HDT3, HDT4, HDT6 and HDT7.5
(b) All required testing capabilities associated with the RFPHY:2 test scope option
BR/EDR Layers:1(a) Vol 2 Part B, Baseband (BB) Specification, in the Test Suite BB.TS
(b) Vol 2 Part C, Link Manager Protocol (LMP) Specification, in the Test Suite LMP.TS
(c) Vol 2 Part E Host Controller Interface (HCI) Specification, including the BR/EDR only HCI tests in the Test Suite HCI.TS
LE Layers:1(a) Vol 6 Part B Link Layer (LL) Specification, in the Test Suite LL.TS
(b) Vol 2 Part E Host Controller Interface (HCI) Specification, including the LE only and BR/EDR/LE HCI tests in the Test Suite HCI.TS
LE Layers:2(a) Vol 6 Part G Isochronous Adaptation Layer (IAL) Specification, in the Test Suite IAL.TS (Isochronous Adaptation Layer)
(b) All required testing capabilities associated with the LE Layers:1 test scope option
LE Layers:3(a) Vol 6 Part H Channel Sounding Specification, protocol-level testing, in the Test Suite CS.TS
(b) All required testing capabilities associated with the LE Layers:1 test scope option
LE Layers:4(a) Vol 6 Part B Link Layer (LL) Specification, LL/PAC/HDT and LL/HDT test groups, in the Test Suite LL.TS
(b) All required testing capabilities associated with the LE Layers:1 test scope option
Host LayersLayers above HCI in the Bluetooth SIG adopted Core Specifications
Traditional Profiles and ProtocolsBluetooth SIG adopted Profile and Protocol Specifications external to the Core in the Traditional rollup TCRL
GATT-Based Profiles & ServicesBluetooth SIG adopted Profile and Service Specifications operating over the GATT architecture in the GATT based rollup TCRL
GATT-Based AudioBluetooth SIG adopted next generation audio; transport agnostic control, audio streaming over LE isochronous channels, codec, and upper layer profile specifications in the GATT-Based Audio rollup TCRL
Bluetooth High Speed (HS) supportive Layers• IEEE 802.11 PHY in the Core TCRL
• MAC Layers (IEEE 802.11-2007) in the Core rollup TCRL
Mesh LayersBluetooth SIG adopted Mesh Protocol, Mesh Model, and Mesh NLC Profile Specifications in the MESH-MMDL rollup TCRL
IOPT (Interoperable Product Testing)Test cases listed in the IOPT rollup TCRL