POTOMAC, Md., Feb. 23, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Airbee Wireless Inc. (Pink Sheets:ABEW), innovators of intelligent software for wireless communications, has unveiled the second application in its UltraLite(TM) Medium Access Control ("MAC") software series. The Airbee UltraLite(TM) MAC is an intelligent wireless protocol stack software that facilitates communications for short range wireless devices.
Airbee software enables consumer and business devices to connect to each other over short distances without using wires. The Company's overall platform facilitates both machine-to-machine and people-to-machine voice and data connections, typically ranging up to 900 feet for voice and 240 feet for data.
Airbee's latest innovation supports the Star topology using a proprietary protocol that facilitates communication between a "master" controller and its "slaves" powered by the Airbee UltraLite(TM) MAC. System integration testing is currently underway, and the finished product is expected to be available for customers by the end of the first quarter.
"The Star product is an ideal solution to wirelessly connect devices in the home automation, home security and industrial automation spaces," said Airbee's chief technical officer, Ram Satagopan. "This expansion of our product base is a major step toward our goal of supplying the MAC software stack to fit a variety of applications in numerous network topologies and standards."
Airbee UltraLite(TM) products operated in the Star configuration provide secure, reliable communications where control from a single point is desired. The Star topology achieves low power consumption since slave devices go into sleep mode when not polled by the master and the master sleeps when not polling the slaves.
About Airbee Wireless
Airbee Wireless develops and licenses innovative, intelligent software for wireless communications. The technology is embedded on microchips for use in many applications and devices serving the consumer and business marketplace. The Company's competitive edge is attributed to utilizing a software approach vs. a hardware approach -- enabling it to provide lower cost, greater flexibility and shorter time to market for its customers. To learn more about the Company, please visit its website at: www.airbeewireless.com.
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