Farming might not sound like the most hi-tech of industries. But the truth is that it’s an increasingly likely candidate for IoT innovation. Intelligent automation and controls can help organisations operating in the sector strike the right balance between productivity and protecting the environment. Use of IoT in farming can, for example, help farmers to …
How Wi-SUN FAN Can Support Emerging Use Cases in Smart Farming Read More »
There’s no getting away from the difficulties that have faced us all in the past year. Despite this, I am pleased to report that Wi-SUN Alliance has still achieved some notable successes during the past 12 months. Of particular note is that it’s been a record year for Wi-SUN FAN (Field Area Networks) product certification. …
A Year in Review: Partners, Members, and Record Numbers Read More »
To build the cities of tomorrow, urban planners and city authorities must tackle the challenges of today. Over half of the world’s population now lives in cities, according to the UN Population Division. By 2050, it’s estimated that around three-quarters will do so. Top of mind right now is the global pandemic that continues to …
Can Standards-based Connectivity Deliver Smarter Streets? Read More »
Smart and connected cities are no longer what is desired – today, they are the expectation. In a previous blog, IoT and Smart Cities: What are Some of the Use Cases?, we considered how smart city applications driven by the internet of things are helping to improve the quality of life of those residents and …
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As the rural to urban demographic shift continues to take place around the world, there is little doubt that smart city network infrastructure will have a crucial role to play in uplifting quality of life in ways that are sustainable. In 2020, 56.2% of the world’s population resided in urban areas – by 2050, that …
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In conjunction with QualityLogic, the Wi-SUN Alliance now offers the Wi-SUN FAN v1.0 Test Bed Controller (TBC). The TBC is a software application that initiates FAN 1.0 traffic on a test bed consisting of multiple routers and other supporting hardware. The TBC is designed to manage Conformance and Interoperability testing for FAN 1.0 on the …
Announcing the
Wi-SUN FAN v1.0 Test Bed Controller Read More »
Most local authorities are still taking baby steps in the deployment of internet of things (IoT) sensors and exploring the options for the supporting network technology. Long range wide area networks (LoRaWAN) have made inroads, narrow band IoT is in some applications, 4G has been used and the nationwide roll out of 5G is stirring …
Making the Case for Wi-SUN in Local Authority IoT Read More »
A chilly and damp November evening may not have been the best timing for an outdoor event in London but it provided an ideal opportunity to ‘showcase’ the City of London Corporation’s next step into Smart City IoT, a 12,000 unit smart street lighting deployment built on Wi-SUN technology, to the media. We were privileged …
Wi-SUN technology provides the platform for City of London Smart City Initiative Read More »
By: Dr. HH Li, President of Vertexcom Technologies In the era of the IoT, it is necessary to achieve one object, one address and everything on the Internet, so that each device connected to the Internet can be identified by its own IP address, maintain network interconnection and interoperability, and perform any form of two-way …
No one can dispute that we have entered the age of the Internet of Things (IoT). Some industries are a few years into the adoption process, including smart cities and utilities looking to utilize the IoT for applications from smart grid and advanced metering to connected street lighting, to help deliver costs savings and drive …
Growth of IoT solutions within the Utility industry is growing considerably each year. There are many pitfalls and mistakes that can be prevented by understanding how to configure your IoT network early on. Which networks, what kind of devices, how to improve outage management, protect deployments against security breaches, ensure long lifecycles of devices and …
Jeremy Laundergan, Vice President of Consulting Services, EnerNex We take it for granted. Being able to connect our devices, computers and gadgets to a Wi-Fi network is fairly straightforward and routine. We have a new device or we are traveling, so we identify a Wi-Fi network, which is either publicly available or has security credentials, …
Addressing Utility Field Area Network Interoperability Read More »
