Radiocrafts and Kamstrup announce interoperability for new low power metering standard

Radiocrafts AS and Kamstrup now announce interoperability for the new C-mode in prEN13757-4:2010.
The new C-mode ("Compact mode") has been specified to reduce the power consumption and  increase the lifetime of battery operated utility meters. Kamstrup and Radiocrafts have actively taken  part in the revision of the EN 13757-4, the only European Norm for wireless meter reading. This work has lead to a very efficient communication mode for battery operated utility meters.
Compared to previous modes the new C-mode offers a new physical layer with optimized data coding giving an increased throughput of more than 50% for meter transmissions and over 200% for communication to the meter. A new optimized link layer and compression of data in the application layer gives further increase in data throughput, and hence increased battery lifetime. And a new  optimized encryption scheme has been implemented to increase the security of the data communication and ensure privacy of the consumer.
The new C-mode is supported in the MULTICAL 21 ultrasonic water meters from Kamstrup, and the RC1180-MBUS module from Radiocrafts.

See the press release for more information.