PISCATAWAY, NJ –  The IEEE has approved a new wireless standard, IEEE 1902.1  -  Standard for Long Wavelength Wireless Network Protocol, which improves upon the visibility network protocol known as RuBee.

RuBee is a bidirectional, on-demand, peer-to-peer, radiating, transceiver protocol operating at wavelengths below 450 Khz. This protocol works in harsh environments with networks of many thousands of tags and has an area range of 10 to 50 feet.

The standard is expected to be used in healthcare for managing patient flow and high valued assets, high security government facilities, assets visibility and mission critical tool management in aerospace industries, firearm management and visibility in government armories, livestock management and mobile asset management.

"Establishing RuBee as an IEEE standard will offer a range of benefits to the healthcare industry, government law enforcement agencies, livestock industry, retailers, industrial manufacturers and RuBee Equipment Systems manufacturers," said John K. Stevens, CEO and chairman of Visible Assets Inc. and chair of the IEEE 1902.1 working group.