Appairent Technologies Demonstrates First IEEE 802.15.3 Standard Solution; IEEE 802.15.3 Delivers Robust Multimedia Experience.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2004 Appairent Technologies Inc. is the first company to demonstrate a home-entertainment solution using the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.15.3 Standard. The IEEE 802.15.3 Standard was designed from the ground up to provide high quality delivery of multimedia content throughout the home to portable and stationary consumer electronic devices. Appairent Technologies recently demonstrated its solution at the 2004 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , showcasing a home-media server wirelessly streaming DVD-quality MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). 2 video with Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound An audio recording and playback system that uses five or more channels plus a subwoofer channel. See 5.1 channel and 3D audio. audio to multiple speakers and video displays. The demonstration highlighted the ability to stream video with synchronized audio to independent front and rear speaker systems. Recognizing that today's multimedia consumer experience is not limited to a single room, Appairent also demonstrated the ability to penetrate multiple walls and deliver DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. quality multimedia experience to remote displays. The demonstration also proved that Appairent's robust Transpairent Radio system operates effectively in the presence of simultaneously operating microwave ovens, 2.4 GHz cordless phones, 802.11 access points and Bluetooth(TM) radios. Appairent's Transpairent Radio Evaluation System (TRES TRES Tree Swallow (bird species Tachycineta bicolor) TrES Transatlantic Exoplanet Survey TRES Threat Radar Emitter Simulator ) is a development platform for applications that use the 802.15.3 standard to deliver multimedia content and data. The wireless link operates in the globally available 2.4 GHz band at data rates of up to 55 Mb/s with throughput in excess 42 Mb/s. About Appairent Technologies, Inc. Appairent Technologies was spun out from Eastman Kodak Company in January 2002. Appairent is a provider of standards-based wireless modules, chips and protocol stackware. Appairent's embedded high-speed radio systems take advantage of the IEEE 802.15.3 standard and work underway in Task Group 3a to enable wireless multimedia communication in consumer electronic and PC products. (Appairent is a trademark of Appairent Technologies, Inc. IEEE is a trademark of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.) Editor's note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : A video clip of the CES demo is available at the company's Wen site (www.appairent.com). |
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