Effnet Launches Solution to Increase Speed and Efficiency in 3G mobile systems
11/15/2001 7:32 AM EST
Effnet Launches Solution to Increase Speed and Efficiency in 3G Mobile
Systems
Effnet offers market's first comprehensive solution for wireless IP
header compression
Effnet Group announces the release of its new product suite for
improving the efficiency of wireless IP networks, such as 2.5 G and 3G
mobile systems. The new product suite is called EffnetEdge Header
Compression Suite for Mobile Networks. The products, which will begin
shipping in this quarter, help manufacturers and operators to squeeze up
to 300% more interactive content through the mobile phone
infrastructure.
As the worldwide telephone industry moves toward deployment of high data-
rate 2.5G and 3G mobile networks, the demands on the infrastructure will
be tremendous. By using a technology called header compression, the IP
packet header overhead in the communication can be reduced to a minimum,
which leaves more capacity for the actual content. This is vital to
enable glitch-free transport, especially for multimedia content such as
interactive audio and video, and games.
The EffnetEdge Header Compression Suite for Mobile Networks includes the
world's first commercial implementation of the Robust Header Compression
(ROHC) protocol specified by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
Robust Header Compression is a vital component of the ETSI (European
Telecommunications Standards Institute) and 3GPP (Third Generation
Partnership Project) endorsed UMTS standards.
Recent industry initiatives aimed at accelerating the adoption of 3G,
such as the open mobile services architecture announced this week, will
also accelerate the demand for IP header compression in mobile networks.
By enabling 3G mobile terminals and services to fully interoperate,
these initiatives will allow full-scale interactive multimedia services
to be sold into mass markets.
"Effnet has played a leading role in the development of header
compression standards, and now we have delivered the first commercial
header compression software for handsets and networks to the 2.5G and 3G
market. The Effnet ROHC integrated test environment has proven itself by
validating interoperability with major telecom manufacturers," says
Örjan Grinndal, Effnet CEO. "We can now provide every mobile telephony
player with a unique product that enables them to design IP header
compression into existing and future UMTS-compliant products. This
reaffirms our commitment to give customers a competitive edge -- the
EffnetEdge."
Product Suite Includes Multiple Protocols and Validation Environment
The EffnetEdge Header Compression Suite for Mobile Networks provides
mobile telephony operators, handset OEMs, infrastructure equipment
manufacturers, and component vendors their first opportunity to purchase
and evaluate header compression technology that satisfies the UMTS
standards for 2.5G and 3G mobile handsets. The product suite includes
all the IP header compression protocols specified by UMTS Releases 3, 4
and 5. The included products, Effnet ROHC (Robust Header Compression)
and Effnet IPHC (Internet Protocol Header Compression), implement the
official IETF standards RFC 3095 and RFC 2507, respectively. The ROHC
standard in particular, is designed to perform under the demanding
requirements of wireless communication links, which are subject to high
latency, long round-trip times and lossy transmissions. Header
compression can reduce total IPv6 packet size by as much as 75%,
increasing bandwidth and interactive response while reducing latency and
packet loss.
In addition to a complete software reference implementation of all
relevant header compression protocols, the EffnetEdge Header Compression
Suite for Mobile Networks provides a comprehensive validation
environment that facilitates testing and verification of the header
compression software within the customer's target architecture. The
validation functions allow designers to exercise their header
compression implementation with numerous test cases, which represent
statistically common channel conditions.
Header Compression Expands Bandwidth Capacity
Designed to be embedded into wireless base stations and handsets,
EffnetEdge Header Compression Suite for Mobile Networks significantly
improves IP packet transmission over links with low speeds and long
delays in high noise environments. Header compression increases
effective data throughput, allowing carriers to transmit as much as 300%
more IP traffic by reducing the bandwidth requirement for IP packet
headers. Valuable link capacity is then freed for other uses, allowing
wireless network operators to expand and differentiate their services,
without requiring an additional investment in network infrastructure to
increase the available bandwidth.
About Effnet
Effnet innovates and licenses award-winning key technologies that
resolve data speed, efficiency and security challenges in Internet
Protocol (IP) networking and IT security. Effnet focuses on software
development in Robust Header Compression (ROHC), a technology viewed as
becoming essential for providers of IP-based wireless networks. Effnet's
wholly-owned subsidiary, Wkit Security, develops copy protection
software. The Effnet group employs approx. 60 persons. Effnet Group AB
shares are traded on Sweden's Nya Marknaden (symbol: EFFN). Read more
about Effnet at www.effnet.com. Read about Wkit at www.wkit.com.
For additional information please contact:
Örjan Grinndal, CEO Effnet Group +46-(0)8-564 605 50, +46-(0)709-57
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Marika Philipson, CFO Effnet Group +46-(0)8-564 605 50, +46-(0)708-32
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