 - Wibree, also called "Baby Bluetooth," is a low-power wireless local area network (WLAN) technology that facilitates interoperability among mobile and portable consumer devices such as pagers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), wireless computer peripherals, entertainment devices and medical equipment.
Originally conceived by Nokia and developed in conjunction with Broadcom, CSR and others, Wibree is similar to Bluetooth but consumes a small fraction of the battery power. Wibree operates at a range of 5 to 10 meters (about 16.5 to 33 feet) with a data rate of up to 1 megabit per second (Mbps) in the 2.4-GHz radio-frequency (RF) band. Wibree may be deployed on a stand-alone chip or on a dual-mode chip along with conventional Bluetooth.
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| Bluetooth overview: Bluetooth overview -- discover how it's used and where it fits into the world of wireless. |
| A Bluetooth update: Discover the real beauty of Bluetooth -- the rich set of capabilities and applications defined at higher levels of the Bluetooth protocol stack. |
| Nokia's Wibree vs. Bluetooth as PAN of choice: John Shepler explains Wibree, Nokia's new Personal Area Network initiative. |
| "Mobile Computing," Chapter 4: Emerging technologies: This chapter covers Bluetooth, RFID, WiMax-802.16, Mobile IP, IPv6 and Java Card. |
| Wireless Hacks, 2nd Edition: Hack 2 -- Set up Bluetooth on Windows XP: The Bluetooth wireless standard gets computers and gadgets talking to each other. This chapter from "Wireless Hacks, 2nd Edition" shows how to set it up on Windows XP. |
| Wireless Hacks, 2nd Edition: Hack 1 -- Set up Bluetooth on Linux: Linux kernels from 2.6 onward have easy-to-use tools for Bluetooth. Hack 1 shows you how to set up BlueZ stack, the officially supported way to use Bluetooth in Linux. |
| Step-by-Step Guide: Five Bluetooth security basics: Learn how to protect your network from Bluetooth threats with these five steps for securing Bluetooth devices in the enterprise. |
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