Internet of Things (IoT) Wireless
The Internet of Things wireless networking topic section includes comprehensive resources on sensor networks, modules, communication and design, as well as protocols such as Wi-Fi, Zigbee, NFC and LPWAN.
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Tip
26 Jun 2023
6 IoT architecture layers and components explained
Having a clearly defined IoT architecture framework greatly improves the chances for success of an enterprise's connected deployment. Continue Reading
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Tip
24 Oct 2022
CBRS vs. Wi-Fi: What's the difference?
Citizens Broadband Radio Service enables private LTE networks and supports enterprise WAN deployments. But that doesn't mean Wi-Fi is going away anytime soon. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 May 2018
IoT inflection points you aren't thinking about and what they mean for developers
As businesses move from IoT experimentation to real-world IoT applications, there are a number of inflection points emerging. Twilio's Chetan Chaudhary discusses what these mean for developers. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 May 2018
What the T-Mobile-Sprint merger means for IoT
How will the T-Mobile-Sprint merger affect enterprise mobility and IoT connectivity? MOBI's Josh Garrett takes a look. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 May 2018
Mission-critical IoT: What every business needs to know to prosper
Keysight Technologies' Cheryl Ajluni offers three things any business or product maker can do starting today to improve their chance of mission-critical IoT success. Continue Reading
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22 May 2018
Smart city initiatives eschew gadgetry, focus on people
IT pros are finding practical ways to make people-centric smart city initiatives their focus rather than getting distracted by technology. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 May 2018
Mobile network operator strategies for IoT
Where are the real IoT business opportunities for MNOs to strategize and achieve volume, scale and growth? Huawei's Medhat Mahmoud discusses. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 May 2018
Why smart operators are turning to AI to prepare for 5G
The success of a 5G network rollout, says Aricent's Ben Pietrabella, will depend in large part on the operator's ability to harness AI across the network value chain. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 May 2018
CBRS, LAA and haven't we been here before?
Unlicensed spectrum bands, such as CBRS and LAA, aim to increase blanket connectivity, but what about white space initiatives? Can they help improve IoT connectivity? ADRF's Greg Najjar discusses. Continue Reading
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25 Apr 2018
Battle of the IoT networks: Cellular versus Wi-Fi
Cellular or Wi-Fi. Given each technology's bandwidth, cost, coverage and security characteristics, which should IoT application developers choose? Sierra Wireless' Philippe Guillemette discusses. Continue Reading
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16 Apr 2018
A new era for the connected mobile ecosystem
Embedded SIMs and soft SIMs are gathering pace, says Tata Communications' Tim Sherwood, helping IoT device manufacturers quickly and seamlessly connect devices worldwide. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Mar 2018
The future of IoT connectivity: Plug in your business, not your technology
The secret to choosing IoT connectivity technology, says Deloitte Consulting's Helena Lisachuk, is about focusing on your business not on the technology. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
26 Mar 2018
Intelligence at the well: Keeping staff safe and profits up
The right technology can help keep small- and medium-sized oil and gas producers in the game. However, as FreeWave's Scott Allen explains, connecting intelligent systems with the right technology ... Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Mar 2018
Iridium Next satellites to bring broadband IoT to every corner of the globe
The Iridium Next satellites have helped the company embrace the IoT explosion, changing its business model objective from cell phone connectivity to satellite IoT. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Feb 2018
Network densification is the key to IoT growth
To accommodate the estimated 35 billion connected devices coming on the scene by 2020, says ADRF's Greg Najjar, mobile network density and availability will both need to increase at incredible rates. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Feb 2018
Where are my people? Using IoT to sense location
IoT will drive employee productivity and improve customer interaction. Mindtree's Srinivas Bhagavatula discusses the benefits and challenges of using location sensing in the enterprise. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Feb 2018
IoT network integrators: Key to meeting the needs of enterprise customers
There is a lack of neutral network integrators able to deliver IoT network solutions using multiple technologies. Wireless 20/20's Berge Ayvazian explains. Continue Reading
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News
13 Feb 2018
Particle Mesh brings mesh networking to IoT
With the Particle IoT mesh network, the company aims to help customers solve connectivity challenges and improve the collection of IoT data. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Feb 2018
Dawning of the digital security border: A new standard for wide area perimeter and border security
Technology-based perimeter security may have a potential use case in the U.S. again thanks to low-power sensors and the new 802.16s industrial wireless standard. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Feb 2018
Building real-world IoT systems: Using SMS to connect sensors in the wild
Connecting and powering IIoT sensors in the wild is challenging. Bryan Hughes of SpaceTime Insight explains how an old standby, SMS, may just save the day. Continue Reading
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06 Feb 2018
IoT is revolutionizing natural disaster prediction
While natural disasters are outside the control of humans, IoT is being used to minimize the adversity resulting from natural occurrences and save lives. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Feb 2018
Wearables: The next wave of enterprise IoT?
Enterprises are adopting wearables to reap the benefits of people-generated data. However, few realize the challenge of securing them. MOBI's Josh Garrett offers tips to keep enterprise wearables safe. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
26 Jan 2018
NFC unlocks opportunities in technology at CES 2018
NFC Forum's Paula Hunter highlights four products from CES 2018 that are good examples of NFC technology fueling innovation and product development. Continue Reading
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Tip
22 Jan 2018
5G wireless technology influences telecommunication's future
The capabilities of 5G wireless technology and event-driven networking hold the promise for telecommunication's future, but solving the remaining challenges will determine the outcome. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
10 Jan 2018
A careful look at RF for your IoT PCBs
When it comes to IoT PCBs, radio frequency is a whole new ballgame. NexLogic's Zulki Khan explains the RF considerations to keep in mind. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Jan 2018
Enterprise mobility: What to expect in 2018
MOBI's Josh Garrett discusses trends for enterprise mobility in 2018, explaining why Microsoft will be relevant in mobility and why exclusive BYOD is out. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Jan 2018
Evolution of wireless: Marching toward interoperability and simplicity
Bluetooth SIG's Jim Katsandres explains where the wireless revolution started and how it is evolving to handle the IoT landscape of the present and future. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
04 Jan 2018
Wired to wireless: The next big change in advanced metering infrastructure and connected societies
802.11s will allow us to rethink how wireless networks are designed in individual homes and businesses and, eventually, communities and smart grids. Continue Reading
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Tip
01 Jan 2018
Four telecom infrastructure trends driving network of the future
Four telecom infrastructure trends -- SDN, NFV, IoT and 5G -- are driving the network of the future, but telecom networks are more likely to transform in 2020, not 2018. Continue Reading
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Definition
26 Sep 2017
LPWAN (low-power wide area network)
Low-power WAN (LPWAN) is a wireless wide area network technology that interconnects low-bandwidth, battery-powered devices with low bit rates over long ranges. Continue Reading
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Definition
28 Jun 2017
Zigbee
Zigbee is a standards-based wireless technology developed to enable low-cost, low-power wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) and internet of things (IoT) networks. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Jun 2017
Understanding which flavor of LPWAN is right for you
It is becoming more important than ever for businesses to ensure they have the right IoT strategy and LPWAN technologies in place to suit their needs. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
04 May 2017
Why are IoT developers confused by MQTT and CoAP?
For IoT device communication, two specialized, competing protocols stand out: MQTT and CoAP. Take a look at what they are and when to use them. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Dec 2016
Real-time data management will be the keystone of IoT
While consumer-grade internet of things devices are hogging the limelight, it will be in real-time data management where the value of IoT lies. Continue Reading
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Tip
22 Nov 2016
Mobile edge computing promises wide variety of uses
Mobile edge computing can bring applications and data closer to the end user, resulting in lower latency and better data analytics for network virtualization and IoT. Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Nov 2016
XMPP: IoT protocol winner, or second place to MQTT?
XMPP has come a long way from its beginnings as Jabber, but is the lightweight XMPP-IoT specification ready for the spotlight? Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Oct 2016
Making a smart home system smart: Why connectivity is not enough
A smart home system requires more than just internet connectivity to be considered smart. Learn the benefits of a system-level product design approach. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Aug 2016
IoT + NFC: Four reasons why IoT needs NFC
Learn four key capabilities near field communications, or NFC, provides that will help move IoT to more wide-scale adoption. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Jun 2016
Constrained Application Protocol: CoAP is IoT's 'modern' protocol
CoAP is taking the place of older, 'heavy' protocols and helping bring the promise of the internet of things to constrained, low-power devices. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Jun 2016
Why 2.4 GHz still makes sense for most IoT applications
While many have been quick to jump to the 5 GHz "band"-wagon, the classic 2.4 GHz wireless band still has a place in an IoT world. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Jan 2016
An inside look at beacon technology, manufacturers and use cases
Beacons have been making headlines for a couple of years now, yet their true potential has not been reaped. Is it finally the beacon's time to shine? Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Jan 2016
Using mesh networking to interconnect IoT devices
Need a relatively simple, inexpensive way to interconnect your IoT devices? Mesh networking is emerging as an attractive option for a wide range of low-power, low-data-rate IoT applications. Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Aug 2015
NFV use cases emerge as IoT evolves
NFV use cases in an Internet of Things environment are taking shape, as CSPs turn to virtualization to support the growing number of smart devices. Continue Reading
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Definition
02 Apr 2015
active RFID (active radio frequency identification)
Active RFID (radio frequency identification) tags are continuously operating, battery-powered sensors that gather and transmit data to a reading device. Continue Reading
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Definition
29 Nov 2014
Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE)
Also marketed as Bluetooth Smart, Bluetooth LE was introduced in the Bluetooth 4.0 specification as an alternative to Bluetooth Classic. Like its predecessor, Bluetooth LE uses frequency hopping wireless technology in the 2.4 GHz unlicensed radio band to interconnect nearby devices. Continue Reading