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ABSTRACT
Smart communicating objects and the Internet of Things, arrived on the scene a few years ago. Their objective is unique: to make our environment communicate. Confined until recently to science-fiction movies, the ubiquity of the Internet, along with significant advances in hardware and software, now allows for the deployment of this new segment of the Internet. This article describes the practical challenges posed by these new types of networks; technical solutions are proposed, including one based on open standards.
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Cédric CHAUVENET: Engineer R Watteco Ph. D
INTRODUCTION
Several years ago, the ability of Internet Protocol (IP) to offer a single communications interface to a single network spanning multiple physical media created the Internet revolution, gradually reducing the spectrum of non-IP protocols to niche markets.
The same paradigm shift is taking place in the fieldbus market, with IP/6LoWPAN protocols gradually replacing dedicated fieldbus protocols, massively reducing the costs of deploying and using these networks.
In this article, we will describe the technological breakthrough introduced by these new communicating objects in terms of energy, maintenance, hardware, cost and the number of objects to be deployed. We will then present the technologies and standard protocols developed in this context, and in particular the advantages of using the IP protocol to create networks of intelligent, autonomous objects covering a very broad spectrum of applications. Finally, we will present a commercial solution developed by Watteco, based on a use case: building instrumentation.
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KEYWORDS
IP | IdO | smart objects
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Bibliography
- (1) - Alexandra Institute - Inspriring the Internet of things. - Comic Book powered by the Alexandra Institute and partially funded by the FP7 ICT « Internet of Things Initiative » http://www.alexandra.dk/uk/services/Publications/Documents/IoT_Comic_Book.pdf ...
Websites
IPSO Alliance http://www.ipso-alliance.org
6LoWPAN Tutorial (available online) https://blog.st.com/tutorial-6lowpan-guide-creating-network-sending-data-internet/
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Events
Watteco is a regular exhibitor at the SmartGrid and Intelligent Building System (IBS) trade fairs in Paris.
Standards and norms
IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks. Part 15.4, Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (LR-WPANs), IEEE (2011).
Watteco is an active member of the IEEE, IETF and ETSI standards bodies. Watteco is also a founding member of the IPSO alliance, where it regularly takes part in interoperability events and collaborates on the definition of optimized application profiles for smart...
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