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Kathleen Martin
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Is there a trend for hybrid IoT, to marry together different radio technologies to serve different use cases? Well, yes there is; but, then, there always has been. Because the internet of things (IoT) is a broad church so far as its congregation goes – and many, sometimes, worship together in order to get their messages across. “There is no one-size-fits-all connectivity solution to serve every use case; IoT is an all-for-one discipline, and not one-for-all.”
It is a recurring line in this parish; here it is voiced by Henri Bong, co-chief and co-founder at Singapore-based IoT production house UnaBiz, a one-time Sigfox practitioner that has reinvented itself as a “multi-tech” IoT solutions provider, also offering LoRaWAN and cellular IoT among low-power wide-area (LPWA) networking protocols, plus all the inbetweener tech that goes into its own version of hybrid IoT. But others say the same, almost exactly.
“The reason there is such a proliferation of wireless technologies is because no one technology perfectly serves all use cases. And hybrid approaches are a natural reflection of this fact,” remarks Svein-Egil Nielsen, chief technology officer, at IoT chip-maker Nordic Semiconductor, a business based originally in Bluetooth (and Zigbee, and proprietary 802.15.4 short-range tech) that has crossed into cellular IoT for precisely the same ends.
He adds: “In some cases, combining two technologies [delivers] a result that is technically and/or commercially superior to either technology when used in standalone mode. In fact, I see hybrid IoT becoming very common.” But we should probably consider who is on the line here; because Nordic, trading in hybrid cellular, has a reputation for premium IoT gear, compared with, say, UnaBiz, even despite the latter’s new adventures in NB-IoT and LTE-M.
Indeed, a split can be perceived in the IoT market between amped-up cross-breed systems and stripped-back pure-breed solutions. “The range of IoT applications is so vast that multiple radio access technologies (RATs) are needed, from RFID all the way to 5G-UWB,” responds Christophe Fourtet, co-founder and chief technology officer at France-based Sigfox, arguably promoting the lowest-end single-mode functionality of any LPWA tech.
Continue reading: https://enterpriseiotinsights.com/20220210/internet-of-things/the-trend-for-amped-up-cross-breed-iot-and-tension-with-stripped-back-pure-breed-iot
It is a recurring line in this parish; here it is voiced by Henri Bong, co-chief and co-founder at Singapore-based IoT production house UnaBiz, a one-time Sigfox practitioner that has reinvented itself as a “multi-tech” IoT solutions provider, also offering LoRaWAN and cellular IoT among low-power wide-area (LPWA) networking protocols, plus all the inbetweener tech that goes into its own version of hybrid IoT. But others say the same, almost exactly.
“The reason there is such a proliferation of wireless technologies is because no one technology perfectly serves all use cases. And hybrid approaches are a natural reflection of this fact,” remarks Svein-Egil Nielsen, chief technology officer, at IoT chip-maker Nordic Semiconductor, a business based originally in Bluetooth (and Zigbee, and proprietary 802.15.4 short-range tech) that has crossed into cellular IoT for precisely the same ends.
He adds: “In some cases, combining two technologies [delivers] a result that is technically and/or commercially superior to either technology when used in standalone mode. In fact, I see hybrid IoT becoming very common.” But we should probably consider who is on the line here; because Nordic, trading in hybrid cellular, has a reputation for premium IoT gear, compared with, say, UnaBiz, even despite the latter’s new adventures in NB-IoT and LTE-M.
Indeed, a split can be perceived in the IoT market between amped-up cross-breed systems and stripped-back pure-breed solutions. “The range of IoT applications is so vast that multiple radio access technologies (RATs) are needed, from RFID all the way to 5G-UWB,” responds Christophe Fourtet, co-founder and chief technology officer at France-based Sigfox, arguably promoting the lowest-end single-mode functionality of any LPWA tech.
Continue reading: https://enterpriseiotinsights.com/20220210/internet-of-things/the-trend-for-amped-up-cross-breed-iot-and-tension-with-stripped-back-pure-breed-iot
