ANT is a proven ultra-low power (ULP) wireless protocol that is responsible for sending information wirelessly from one device to another device, in a robust and flexible manner.
With millions of deployed nodes, ANT™ is perfectly suited for any kind of low data rate sensor network topologies – from peer- to-peer or star, to practical mesh – in personal area networks (PAN) which are well suited for sports, fitness, wellness and home health applications. As well ANT is a practical solution for local area networks (LAN) in homes and industrial automation applications.
A 2.4GHz practical wireless networking protocol and embedded system solution, ANT is specifically designed for wireless sensor networks (WSN) that require:
- ultra low power – runs on a coin cell for years of operation
- highly resource optimized – fits into a compact sized memory
- network flexibility and scalability – self-adaptive and able to do practical mesh
- easy to use with low system cost – operates independently with a single chip
ANT devices may use any RF frequency from 2400MHz to 2524MHz, with the exception of 2457MHz, which is reserved for ANT+ devices. Similarly ANT devices may use the public network key, a private network key, or a privately owned managed network key; but may not use the ANT+ network key, which is also reserved for ANT+ devices.
For further details, please click https://www.thisisant.com/developer/ant-plus/ant-antplus-defined/.
Hordon Kim, International Editor, hordon@powerelectronics.co.kr
