Method and apparatus to facilitate pairing between wireless devices
A method and apparatus to facilitate pairing between a first wireless device and a second wireless device includes a pairing apparatus for determining ( 304 ) an address of the second wireless device and writing the address to the first wireless device to bypass an address discovery process between the first and second wireless devices. The pairing apparatus also initiates ( 312 ) removal of an input and output capability indication in at least one of the first wireless device or the second wireless device to control an association model type that is applied during a pairing process, between the first and second wireless devices, which uses the address of the second wireless device. The removal of the input and output capability indication is reversed ( 318 ) upon confirming ( 316 ) a successful pairing between the first and second wireless devices.
1. A method performed by a pairing apparatus to facilitate pairing between a first wireless device and a second wireless device, the method comprising:
determining an address of the second wireless device;
writing the address of the second wireless device to the first wireless device to bypass an address discovery process between the first wireless device and the second wireless device;
after writing the address of the second wireless device to the first wireless device, sending, by the pairing apparatus and to at least one of the first wireless device or the second wireless device, a first instruction to initiate a removal of an input and output capability indication in the at least one of the first wireless device or the second wireless device, wherein the removal of the input and output capability indication causes a selection of an association model type that is applied during a pairing process between the first wireless device and the second wireless device, wherein the pairing process does not require user input, and wherein the at least one of the first wireless device or the second wireless device disables the input and output capability indication responsive to receiving the first instruction from the pairing apparatus;
after receiving, by the pairing apparatus, an indication of a successful pairing between the first wireless device and the second wireless device, sending, by the pairing apparatus and to the at least one of the first wireless device or the second wireless device, a second instruction to reverse the removal of the input and output capability indication in the at least one of the first wireless device or the second wireless device.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
initiating a wireless connection between the first wireless device and the second wireless device to support the pairing process after the removal of the input and output capability indication.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the writing the address comprises:
writing a Bluetooth device address of the second wireless device.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the removal of the input and output capability indication causes a selection of a Secure Simple Pairing Just Works association model that is applied during the pairing process.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the pairing process is performed over a link that is out-of-band to a Bluetooth link, the method further comprising:
providing an authentication key to the first wireless device and the second wireless device using the link that is out-of-band to the Bluetooth link.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the authentication key is received from the pairing apparatus.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
writing to the first wireless device a Bluetooth local name for the second wireless device.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pairing process is performed within a radio frequency enclosure coupled to the pairing apparatus.