[October 02, 2009] Quatech Ships Order from Welch Allyn for New 802.11 Embedded Radio Tweet Oct 02, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Quatech, Inc., a provider of wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) networking and device connectivity solutions, announced that they are shipping dual-band 802.11a/b/g radios to Welch Allyn, a global manufacturer of frontline medical products and solutions. In a release, the Company noted that the Quatech-supplied radios are utilized in Welch Allyn FlexNet for 802.11 life-critical wireless networks. FlexNet is a technology that allows clinicians to operate real-time patient monitoring on a shared 802.11 a/b/g network along with other hospital devices. This technology offers performance and scalability, the highest standards for network security, minimal bandwidth requirements for continuous monitoring data and minimal power consumption for monitor battery life. In addition to supporting continuous patient monitoring products, Quatech radios are now also available in Welch Allyn Spot Vital Signs LXi devices. Quatech added that the Quatech 802.11a/b/g radio solution enables Welch Allyn to deliver performance, reliability and security. FlexNet supports up to 24 channels in the 5 GHz band, and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) increases immunity to multipath propagation effects. In addition, forward error control (FEC) increases channel reliability. The Quatech 802.11a/b/g radio solution supports WPA2 Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)/802.11i and certificate-based authentication/802.1x (EAP-TLS, TTLS, PEAP) as well as other 802.11 standards for improved network performance. "Quatech announced our support for Welch Allyn's FlexNet technology," said Steve Runkel, Quatech president and CEO. "It is a strong endorsement of Quatech's Airborne 802.11 embedded product family, which has been deployed by industry leaders in a wide range of M2M monitoring applications, including healthcare. With the growing end-user emphasis on reliability and advanced security, Quatech is well positioned to meet the 802.11 requirements of embedded systems developers in M2M." ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]