After five years of work, the Finnish Nokia introduced Wibree, the latest wireless communication technologies. Its aim is to be complementary to Bluetooth to work in conjunction with the standard, but also on their own.
"Wibree is similar to local area networks (LAN) wireless, but optimized for small devices," says Jani Tierala, head of business development at the research centre of Nokia.

Bluetooth and Wibree operate in the same frequency band of 2.4 GHz, for a range of about ten meters.But the similarity stops there. These technologies differ in terms of applications and power consumption. The first agrees to the dissemination of data flow constants such as voice, while Wibree is more suited to data transfers more sporadic, requiring much less energy .
It thus appropriate to link phones and electronic devices to watches, wireless keyboards and mice, sensors sports, toys or monitors heartbeat.In the latter case, energy consumption would be equivalent to 10% of that of a Bluetooth connection.

A cost of integration very low

Wibree "is the first open technology to provide connectivity between mobile tools or PC, and these smaller devices with a button cell battery.What boost growth in these markets, "Nokia.
Another argument of size, the cost of implementing Wibree alongside Bluetooth in the same unit. It would be "very very low," says Tierala. And in the case of an integration "lonely", Nokia speaks of a dollar.
In preparation for the marketing of products with Wibree, Nokia is already working with companies - CSR, Broadcom, Epson and Nordic Semiconductor - as well as the designer of electronic equipment Finnish sports, Suunto. Finns prepares specifications d interoperability, scheduled for the second quarter of 2007.