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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

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Wi-fi Sensor Network Solutions With Extended Battery Life

Wi-Fi Sensor Network Solutions With Extended Battery LifeNew company launches, fixes crosshairs on Wi-Fi sensor networks.

GainSpan Corp. recently announced the formal launch of the company and its Wi-Fi sensor network solution that leverages the Wi-Fi infrastructure while providing five to ten years of battery life (up to ten years on an AA battery) for sensors and other connected devices. The business started in 2004 with a goal to accelerate the adoption of new wireless usage models for sensor network applications.

GainSpan leverages the Wi-Fi infrastructure while providing five to ten years of battery life for sensors and other connected devices.

GainSpan was spun out to create a business which delivers products that capitalize on low power 802.11 technology in management and monitoring sensor systems.
"Incubated in Intel's New Business Initiatives (NBI) Group, GainSpan was spun out to create a business which delivers products that capitalize on low power 802.11 technology in management and monitoring sensor systems," says Rich Wykoff, general manager of NBI.

The company's solutions enable users to deploy Wi-Fi sensors that improve indoor and outdoor air quality, reduce energy consumption, cut costs and improve operational efficiencies. Furthermore, because Wi-Fi utilizes standard IP networking protocols, organizations can more easily share data across multiple systems, including building and industrial automation systems and enterprise IT management systems and backend applications.

"GainSpan is based on the simple idea of using an existing, widely deployed technology to enable new usage models," says Vijay Parmar, GainSpan president and CEO. "We took this idea one step further by providing silicon and software to speed deployment of these new models. GainSpan will innovate around these basic tenets to create a broad range of solutions that can improve usage capabilities worldwide."

A Roster Filled With Pros

GainSpan's management team is comprised of seasoned executives with expertise in networking, communications and semiconductor technologies. Parmar, who was the former General Manager of the business while at Intel, brings more than 20 years of semiconductor, networking and wireless industries experience to his capacity as president and CEO of GainSpan.

"Our team has broad expertise in networking, semiconductor and wireless technologies, and is applying that knowledge to the emerging usage models for Wi-Fi sensor networks," says Lewis Adams, co-founder and CTO. "The success of our solutions is directly attributed to our team's expertise and our experience in working together before and after the spin-out from Intel."

Adams, co-founder and CTO, spent over 30 years at Intel where he was chief technologist on multiple emerging communications technologies, such as cable, DSL, satellite, RFID and 802.11. His efforts resulted in several new internal businesses and technology innovations for the company and its intellectual property portfolio.

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