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nRF8001 Product Specification
Revision 1.2
4 Bluetooth low energy features
nRF8001 includes Bluetooth low energy protocols and profiles (see Figure 2.) that are defined in the
Bluetooth Core specification v4.0 in the following volumes:
• Volume 2 Part D: Error Codes
• Volume 3: Core System Package Package [Host Volume]
• Part A: Logical Link Control and Protocol
• Part C: Generic Access Profile (GAP)
• Part F: Attribute Protocol (ATT)
• Part G: Generic Attribute Profile (GATT)
• Part H: Security Manager (SM)
• Volume 6: Core System Package [Low Energy Controller Volume]
nRF8001 supports the peripheral role as defined in the Bluetooth low energy specification Volume 3, Part
C, 2.2.2.3 Peripheral Role. All mandatory features for a device operating in the peripheral role are
supported. In addition to the mandatory features, a subset of optional features are available for use.
Access to these features is specified in Part B of this document. Detailed information of the Bluetooth low
energy features supported in nRF8001 can be found in the Bluetooth design listings as specified in
Chapter 2 on page 9
.
Figure 2. Bluetooth low energy layers implemented in nRF8001
Physical Layer (PHY)
Link Layer (LL)
Logical Link Control and Adaptation
Protocol (L2CAP)
Attribute Protocol
(ATT)
Security
Manager (SM)
Generic Access
Profile (GAP)
Generic Attribute
Server
Generic Attribute
Client