Address management for Bluetooth devices

An apparatus for wireless communication at a first device, comprising:

• a processor,
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• exchange Bluetooth device address information with a second device based at least in part on a low energy connection between the first device and the second device;
• determine, amongst the first device and the second device, a role of the first device based at least in part on exchanging the Bluetooth device address information and a quality condition of the first device relative to a quality condition of the second device, wherein the role of the first device comprises a secondary role for communication with a source device in accordance with a first instance of the quality condition of the first device relative to a first instance of the quality condition of the second device;
• identify a primary address associated with the second device based at least in part on the exchanged Bluetooth device address information and the role of the first device comprising the secondary role;
• receive source device connection information from the second device;
• and
• pair the first device with the source device based at least in part on the primary address of the secondary device and the source device connection information received from the second device.

An apparatus for wireless communication at a first device, comprising:

• means for exchanging Bluetooth device address information with a second device based at least in part on a low energy connection between the first device and the second device;
• means for determining, amongst the first device and the second device, a role of the first device based at least in part on exchanging the Bluetooth device address information and a quality condition of the first device relative to a quality condition of the second device, wherein the role of the first device comprises a secondary role for communication with a source device in accordance with a first instance of the quality condition of the first device relative to a first instance of the quality condition of the second device;
• means for identifying a primary address associated with the second device based at least in part on the exchanged Bluetooth device address information and the role of the first device comprising the secondary role;
• means for receiving source device connection information from the second device;
• and
• means for pairing the first device with the source device based at least in part on the primary address of the secondary device and the source device connection information received from the second device.