They are calling it “Wibree” and it works at distances up to 30 feet. No technical details are provided, but others working on the venture include Broadcom Corp., CSR Plc, Epson and Nordic Semiconductor.
Found more data. There is actually a Wibree web site at http://www.wibree.com.
From the website: “Wibree radio specification enables dual-mode implementations to reuse Bluetooth RF parts but also to guarantees ultra low power consumption for devices with an embedded stand-alone implementation of the Wibree specification. Wibree operates in the 2.4 GHz ISM band with a physical layer bit rate of 1 Mbps and provides a link distance of 5-10 meters. The Wibree link layer provides an ultra low power idle mode operation, a simple device discovery, and a reliable point-to-multipoint data transfer with advanced power-saving and encryption functionalities. The link layer provides a means to schedule Wibree traffic in between Bluetooth transmissions.”
Wire me up.
July 20th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
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July 26th, 2008 at 6:04 am
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