Bluetooth low energy

The Bluetooth SIG follows the market demand for low energy consumption respectively lesser battery wear out. This 2007 Bluetooth SIG adoption move for the 2001 Nokia 'Wibree' proposal was necessary to include low battery consumption operational modes for newly designed devices to communicate with other Bluetooth devices yet deployed.
However, the compatibility depends on applications that run on existing Bluetooth devices and made capable for digesting the respective low energy transmissions with software updates. In addition to creating a market for sensors, watches and other existing devices, Bluetooth low energy’s ability to connect low power devices to mobile phones offers a great variety of new applications.
Comparable solutions with other industry standards (e.g. ZigBee) or international standards (e.g. IEEE 805.15.4) show the path.