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The Rise of Autonomous Device Networks - a White Paper by Wirepas and Frost & Sullivan
The Internet of Things (IoT) for Industries is transforming both the
consumer and the business landscape, offering tremendous opportunities
for agile suppliers. However, businesses founded on connectivity across
devices, geographies, applications and services require diversity in
business models. Each industry and company will need a customized
approach to connectivity based on its unique requirement. As a result,
the existing "massive IoT" approach of having a common monolithic
connectivity solution must be relooked to accommodate the diverse
possibilities of connectivity requirements in the future. In this
regard, a de-centralized and self-organising device network is a more
economical, reliable, and scalable approach towards connectivity. Within
the Industrial Internet paradigm in particular, an autonomous device
network offers significant benefits. Essentially, the choice of
connectivity solutions in business models should steer technical
developments in Industrial IoT (IIoT) as opposed to a one-size-fits-all
standard.
In its whitepaper, Wirepas, along with research partner Frost &
Sullivan, explores the suitability of autonomous device networks as a
base for the IoT model. The White Paper (News - Alert), The Rise of Autonomous Device
Networks, maps this idea against select emerging IIoT applications such
as Smart Cities, Smart Meters, logistics, asset tracking, and the
Industrial Internet, highlighting the key business requirements for
successful transitioning.
While the wide area approach to connectivity is relevant for many
business applications, a de-centralized and autonomous device network
should be the automatic choice fo connectivity when scalability is a
critical parameter for success.
"From an availability point of view, autonomous device networks with
de-centralized architecture offer the best availability," argues Jussi
Numminen, Head of Radio Strategy and IPR at Wirepas and co-author of the
White Paper. "When applicable, the data should be stored, analyzed and
used locally to optimize availability."
"From an operational standpoint, the seat of intelligence in a connected
enterprise is not one of primary concern," adds Frost & Sullivan (News - Alert)
Industrial Automation & Process Control Program Manager Karthik
Sundaram. "Whether it is centralised somewhere deep in the system or
located in an anonymous location, real value for autonomous device
networks can only be achieved through a de-centralised intelligence
framework."
With IoT becoming the single biggest opportunity for industrial
suppliers to adopt and promote their solutions and services, the focus
should be on adopting the best communication approach to optimize
prospects.
"We believe that business systems and models work best if they are kept
simple and optimized rather than made complicated," concludes Jussi
Numminen. "Therefore, simplicity should be a key goal in design and
unnecessary complexity should be avoided. This applies also to device
connectivity in IoT applications."
To receive a copy of the White Paper please contact Sebastian Linko,
Marketing and Communications, Sebastian.linko(at)Wirepas.com
Wirepas in brief
Wirepas is focused on providing the most reliable, optimized, scalable
and simple to use connectivity for large-scale IoT applications. With
Wirepas Connectivity there is no need for traditional repeaters, because
every wireless device is a smart router of the network. The connected
devices form the network - easy as that. In nature, things are
communicating and making autonomous decisions based on de-centralized
protocols that fulfill the need as efficiently as possible - nothing
more, nothing less. This is also what Wirepas is all about. Wirepas has
its headquarters in Tampere, Finland and offices in Brazil, France,
South Korea and the United States.
Things connected - Naturally, www.wirepas.com
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