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Product category: Communications ICs (Wireless)
News Release from: Nanotron Technologies
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 30 March 2007

IEEE standard adds to chirp support

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has approved the chirp spread spectrum (CSS) physical layer (PHY) in its new wireless standard 802.15.4a

Nanotron Technologies has led global CSS standardisation and developed solutions which offer CSS' benefits: long range, high robustness and low power consumption. The new standard targets applications such as real time location systems (RTLS), industrial control, sensor networking and medical devices.

The IEEE802.15.4a standard, an amendment to the popular IEEE802.15.4, was approved by the IEEE-SA Standards Board on 22nd March 2007, and by its Board of Governors the following day.

This is the final approval for the new standard in the rigorous IEEE process.

After some IEEE format editing, the final standard is expected to be published by the IEEE in July 2007.

Draft copies are usually available on the IEEE-SA website shortly after Standards Board approval.

Nanotron's CEO Dr Jens Albers says: 'The standardisation success is yet another step in our plan to meet the market demand for wireless personal area networks (WPANs)'.

'Key customers and partners worldwide are working on chirp-based products'.

'A standard-compliant component will help increase our market share'.

'We are very proud of the foundation that has been built for CSS by our many years of hard work in the IEEE', John Lampe, Nanotron's VP Business Development and one of 4a's Technical Editors, adds.

'We expect more application-level standards to follow ISO/IEC's lead and also build on this IEEE802.15.4a PHY and MAC foundation'.

The first CSS solutions based on the new standard are being launched by Nanotron Technologies.

These products offer both robust communication with minimal power consumption and 'location awareness' - precise localisation based on Nanotron's SDS-TWR technology.

Nanotron is committed to open industry standards, and offers total solutions encompassing chips, RF modules, networking software, development tools and custom project support.

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