Page 18 - DECT Today - Issue 1 - April 2014

TECHNOLOGY INSIGHT working reliably many years from now. home gateways. Due to the nature of the ULE • Remote medical access Technologies which operate on more standard, which re-uses the base DECT • Emergency helpline congested frequency bands struggle to protocol, the existing component hardware is make such a guarantee, due both to the already capable of running ULE, making it a The DECT-ULE Network interference from multiple technologies low cost software upgrade which can be and applications, and potential conflicts if implemented in-life for the gateway, without The Concentrator: To set up a home network new equipment also using the same interruption to the existing user service. The with ULE, a base station is required which frequency is installed in the home, which cost saving benefit is most significant for represents the concentrator for the various may interfere with existing installations of BSPs. Because they have no need to develop different nodes in the system - sensors and sensors and actuators. This can be a new hardware or integrate another actuators. complicated, inconvenient and time- technology and can introduce new services The Network Nodes: Populating the home consuming issue for the end consumer, onto existing gateways, ULE becomes a very network, sensors and actuators can be where previously working existing devices strong candidate for this market. developed and simply configured to connect. in the home cease to function for no For more information and to read about explicable reason. Not so in the protected • Video/Audio: This unique advantage of ULE DSP Group solutions, please go to “ULE: The DECT band. allows for parallel video and audio Concentrator - Addressing the ideal applications, and can re-utilize the native technology solution”. • Superior Secure Range: The long range communication connectivity to PSTN or IP achievable by ULE, at least 50 metres in backbone, providing immediate SMS or buildings and over 600 metres in the open voice notifications of events happening air is combined critically with high security, within the home to the outside world. About DSP Group thanks to the very latest encoding DSP Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSPG) is a technologies and signatures. All ULE – Potential leading global provider of wireless chipset communication is encrypted – there is no applications solutions for converged communications. unencrypted mode – and all Delivering semiconductor system communication and packets are ULE is the ideal radio standard for sensors and solutions with software and reference authenticated. The range is well proven actuators, such as for use in smoke, designs, DSP Group enables OEMs/ODMs, with DECT technology, including the ability movement, and temperature detectors, or in consumer electronics (CE) manufacturers to handle thick walls as seen in many ventilation, air conditioning, and heating and service providers to cost-effectively traditional houses, significantly further and systems. ULE also enables many other develop new revenue-generating reliable than competitive home networking applications and business models. These range products with fast time to market. At the technologies from operator-enabled services, closed forefront of semiconductor innovation systems for security services, solutions and operational excellence for over two • Lowest Cost of Ownership: There are a marketed and installed by electricians, and decades, DSP Group provides a broad number of considerations which need to be components which are available from retail portfolio of wireless chipsets integrating taken into account when evaluating system outlets, all of which can be integrated DECT/CAT-iq, ULE, Wi-Fi, PSTN, HDClear™, cost. ULE benefits from a star topology, seamlessly into existing infrastructures. video and VoIP technologies. DSP Group which results in fewer nodes in the system enables converged voice, audio, video and and longer achievable range from an Here are some of the most important data connectivity across diverse mobile, individual device, without the need for a applications: consumer and enterprise products – from repeater, reducing total system cost. mobile devices, connected multimedia Building on the underlying DECT • Home Automation screens, and home automation & security technology provides key additional benefits • Smart plugs to cordless phones, VoIP systems, and for the reduced system costs in two • Energy consumption awareness home gateways. For more information, significant ways. • Lighting control please visit www.dspg.com. • Remote smart metering Firstly, the installed base of DECT, with over • White goods/appliance control DSP Group is a Promoter Member of 820 million connections sold worldwide and • Security the ULE Alliance which continues to increase at over 100 • Access control – door phone million per annum (source: DECT Forum/MZA), • Window/door sensors provides a secure supply chain, with multiple • Glass break detector source semiconductors with high volume • Smoke detector impact on the resulting chipset costs. • Water/gas detector Secondly, the re-use of simple plug and play • Baby monitor mechanisms deployed by DECT products will • Security camera make ULE easy to install for consumers • Climate control without the need for a truck roll, which is • Thermostats/heating control time consuming and costly. This simple home • Ventilation installation function is also expected to • Window blinds improve the rate of end user adoption. Last • Air-conditioning but not least, ULE will benefit from the • Healthcare existing installed base of DECT/CAT-iq in • Patient monitoring 18 DECT Today - The Success Story Continues · www.dect.org