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Nokia Introduces New Personal Network Protocol

Oct 3, 2006, 1:21 AM by (staff)

Nokia Research in cooperation with wireless chip manufacturer Broadcom and others has developed a new standard to allow small devices to communicate with each other over short distances. Wibree is a low power wireless protocol that can transmit at up to 1 Mbps at distances of up to 10 meters. It is not designed as a replacement for Bluetooth, but as a complement to it. Sports sensors, input devices and other light data peripherals like watches can use a tiny dedicated Wibree radio to communicate with a mobile device, which can use a combination Bluetooth / Wibree chip for maximum personal networking options. The Wibree specification is under review and should be complete in the second half of 2007.

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PEZ

Oct 3, 2006, 7:57 AM

HOW so?

How does this exactly compliment bluetooth? You might as well just USE bluetooth in these situations where you need a "low power short distance wireless protocol".

Good golly.

Jayshmay

I agree, I agree! ! ! Bluetooth is just fine.

raulr

Especially when bluetooth 2.0 is faster! Is there really a need for this? From wikipedia:

Bluetooth 2.0

This version is backwards compatible with 1.x. The main enhancement is the introduction of Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) of 3.0 Mbps. This has t...
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Roadkill

Wibree is touted as being extremely low power and is intended for devices that use button cell batteries.

/shrug

Don't most bluetooth headsets run off of button cell batteries, albeit 2 or 3 at a time? Granted they don't last that long when act...
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maokh

Oct 3, 2006, 11:02 AM

Why not use Zigbee?

..sounds like an attempt to push out zigbee and bluetooth in favor of a protocol/hardware of which its interlectual property can be controlled and capitalized upon.

Go figure.

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