Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: Nanotron Technologies
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 14 December 2006
Partnership for the
wireless sensor network market
Airbee Wireless and Nanotron Technologies have executed a partnership agreement to provide a complete software and hardware solution for the wireless sensor networking market
This teaming will simplify the time-to-market engineering for integrators and OEMs to deploy wireless mesh sensor networks through the use of embedded mesh networking software from Airbee on Nanotron's radio platforms. Developing a mesh networking solution is much more complicated than putting all of the pieces together.
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To ensure successful implementation, it is imperative to rely on partners who have the knowledge of the architecture, capability of assessing design options at the chip and module levels and evaluating numerous practical issues identifiable to applications.
Airbee has developed embedded ZigBee software technology.
The Airbee-ZNS stack has been certified by the ZigBee Alliance to the 1.0 specification.
Airbee is currently working on other platforms such TI's MSP430 and has the ability to develop applications on both multi-vendor and single vendor platform solutions.
Nanotron recently announced Nanoloc, its first location-aware transceiver.
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Nanoloc joins Nanonet in the family of products which deliver the benefits of Chirp Spread Spectrum (CSS) to demanding applications.
Applications such as logistics, industrial monitoring and control, medical and security see great benefits from Nanoloc and CSS.
'Nanotron's radio technology is proven in difficult applications, and they are the only company to offer an accurate, low-power location solution combined with global data communication,' said Raj Sundaresan, CEO of Airbee.
'We are excited to offer our customers the location-awareness, robustness and reliability of CSS.
This partnership opens the door for OEM manufacturers, Integrators and large end-users to quickly deploy and commission turnkey wireless sensor networks with immediate returns,' he said.
'Airbee's wireless mesh networking solutions integrated with Nanotron radio technology provides compelling value for deploying large scale wireless sensor networks' said Jens Albers , CEO of Nanotron.
'This integrated solution adds an important part of the wireless value-chain'.
'Both partners are stronger and closer to customers across the global market,' he added.
The two companies will participate in joint marketing efforts and mutually seek opportunities within the OEM market where sensor product companies are looking to utilise a ZigBee or ZigBee-based solution for low power mesh sensor networks which are location-aware.
Airbee is an innovator of intelligent software solutions for unwired voice and data networking.
Products include wireless mesh networking software, management platform, development tools and services.
Airbee technology is licensed by OEMs, silicon providers and integrators.
All products are designed and engineered to comply with ZigBee / IEEE 802.15.4 global standards.
Airbee technology offers affordability, greater flexibility and shorter time to market, unlike anything else now available.
To learn more about Life Unwired T with Airbee technology inside, please visit www.airbeewireless.com , or call +1 (301) 517-1860.
Since the beginning of 2005, Nanotron's Chirp technology has been a part of the IEEE draft standard 802.15.4a for wireless PANs which require extremely robust communication and low power consumption.
The company's key products work in the license-free ISM band at 2.4 GHz, and target the booming active RFID/RTLS, industrial control, medical and security markets.
The ZigBee Alliance is an association of companies working together to enable reliable, cost-effective, low-power, wirelessly networked, monitoring and control products based on an open global standard.
The ZigBee Alliance is a rapidly growing, non-profit industry consortium of leading semiconductor manufacturers, technology providers, OEMs, and end-users worldwide.
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