Airbee Wireless Demonstrates Product Maturity with Latest Networking Software for Industrial and Large Commercial Consumer Markets

Airbee Leverages Low-Power RF Mesh Networking Software Expertise and Delivers Reliability, Robustness and Resilience to Customers with Airbee ZNS-PRO
ESC 2007

ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Airbee Wireless (OTCBB:ABEW), a leading end-to-end provider of intelligent embedded software solutions, today unveiled Airbee’s ZNS-PRO, a new version of the company’s well-established ZigBee™ Network Software (ZNS) protocol stack. This version is readily-deployable and especially tailored to meet the needs of the industrial and large commercial consumer markets. Airbee’s solutions arm customers with key software elements that play a vital role in the network’s ability to resist failure, to recover from hard and soft failures, and to operate continuously.

Airbee’s embedded ZNS ZigBee protocol software is designed to deliver the greatest flexibility and quality to the designer. As such, Airbee’s intelligent networking software solutions offer maximum portability among a myriad of microcontrollers and any IEEE 802.15.4 radio. With such versatility of the protocol stack, the ZNS-PRO solution is built for custom implementations. The inherent simplicity, scalability and self-healing operation of Airbee’s mesh networking solutions have attracted a broad range of OEMs and integrators, including developers of industrial motor control and automation applications.

The introduction of ZNS-PRO is a key milestone in bringing ZigBee Pro to reality. Demonstrating its commitment to technology leadership, Airbee is one of five companies in the Golden Unit group for the latest ZigBee Pro standard. The ZigBee specifications are designed to bring OEMs the latest improvements afforded by the technology. Leading the industry for low-power mesh networking, Airbee is instrumental in furthering this vision with a complete portfolio of ZigBee-compliant software solutions. Following on the heels of ZigBee Pro, the next ZigBee standard will be 2007 certification.

"The successful implementation of a mesh network depends on its software elements, and is a direct function of the robustness, resilience, and reliability afforded by the operating software and network stack. We’ve demonstrated our serious intent to be a major player alongside other companies in the market by incorporating these benefits," said Raj Sundaresan, CEO and director of Airbee Wireless. "Airbee’s comprehensive technology portfolio is built around, but reaches beyond, ZigBee, further strengthening our ability to meet the demands of real-world deployments and application development. With our platform-agnostic solutions, our mission is to extend the existing ZigBee networking foundation to afford OEMs the benefits of reduced risk and ease-of-use when deploying wireless connectivity outside of the lab."

In addition to Airbee’s standard wireless products, the company provides application development and support services necessary for developers to complete their product. ZigBee solutions require an RF transceiver, a microcontroller for application processing and a ZigBee stack. Developing a ZigBee solution is more complicated than putting all of these elements together. To ensure successful ZigBee implementation, it is imperative to rely on a partner who has knowledge of the architecture, is capable of assessing design options at the chip and module levels, and can evaluate numerous practical issues identifiable to applications.

Airbee Wireless at ESC 2007

Airbee will demonstrate its low-power mesh networking technology at the upcoming Embedded Systems Conference, April 2 – 5, in San Jose, California. For more information and to set up a meeting with Airbee at the show, please contact taryn@ardellgroup.com.

About Airbee Wireless Products

Airbee has created a full spectrum of product offerings tailored to meet the particular requirements from early product development through productization, certification, and production ramp-up. The company’s product offering leverages an extensive background as a short-range wireless and Low-Power mesh networking pioneer, along with the expertise of the industry’s broadest and deepest development team. Airbee provides a portfolio of ZigBee-ready networking software for any number of 802.15.4 radio/microcontroller combinations used in ZigBee networks. Designed and engineered to comply with ZigBee / IEEE 802.15.4 global standards, Airbee's embedded software offers affordability, a streamlined path for end-product certification, shortened time to market, and the flexibility to tailor specific product features within a comprehensive software environment.

About Airbee Wireless

Airbee Wireless is a pioneer and the leading expert in short-range wireless and low-power wireless mesh networking, as well as the last remaining independent software provider in this market segment. Airbee provides OEM developers a unique blend of proven standards-compliant software solutions, hardware-independent implementation alternatives and the hands-on assistance to assure product success. Airbee is one of the first companies to have a software platform certified to the most current ZigBee 2006 specifications. For more information, please visit www.airbeewireless.com.