Ubiquitous micro Network Framework is a software platform to develop extremely small ubiquitous network devices. micro Network Framework is a variation of Ubiquitous Network Framework that focuses on the minimum functionalities required for the implementation of TCP/IP communication functionalities and is optimized as an SDK (Software Development Kit). This makes it possible to develop network devices with a very small amount of resources.

micro NF consists of Ubiquitous Kernel, which is a kernel supporting multi-threads intended for use with embedded systems, and a TCP/IP protocol stack.

So far, a large ROM/RAM capacity, high CPU performance and other criteria have been required to provide network functionality for embedded products, and reducing cost has been a major issue. As is the case with Ubiquitous Kernel, each protocol stack is designed to operate very compactly and efficiently. Using this variation of Ubiquitous Network Framework, which attaches importance to code size and focuses on the minimum required functionalities, makes it possible to provide network functionality in an environment with a smaller amount of hardware resources and to develop extremely low-cost network devices. micro NF also makes it possible to create leading-edge network devices according to customer’s ideas that have been difficult to commercialize so far.