Companies including Qualcomm and Wiliot have announced the formation of the Atmospheric IoT Alliance, a multi-standard ecology of external IoT producers, suppliers, architects, operators, users, and customers.
External IoT is an ecology for devices that draw energy from external television waves, light, movement, heat, or any other widely available, widespread source. Bluetooth, 5G Advanced, and 802.11bp could help support this group of products, which offers great flexibility and, possibly, lower prices than non-ambient types, the empire said. The term external IoT may apply to a wide variety of , “battery-less points”, such as sensors for area, heat, and moisture.
In the media release, the External IoT Alliance said their ecosystem is not meant to replace any other standardization activities, otherwise, the group will market external IoT and add documentation, support, and use cases to standardization efforts where appropriate.
Who were the Ambient IoT Alliance’s founding members?
The Ambient IoT Alliance’s founding members include:
- Atmosic.
- Infineon Technologies AG
- Intel.
- PepsiCo.
- Qualcomm.
- VusionGroup.
- Wiliot.
The group’s founders hope businesses, telcos, technology vendors, and standards bodies will join to speed up the formal, global standardization of ambient IoT already in progress among the IEEE ( Wi-Fi), Bluetooth SIG, and 3GPP (5G Advanced ).
What is the Ambient IoT Alliance capable of?
The Alliance wants to connect the wireless radios in mobile devices and appliances to more IoT-connected devices. The Ambient IoT Alliance sees this method being used in” supply chains, retail channels, and healthcare delivery services”.
The technique also offers a chance to gather the sizable amounts of data that artificial intelligence can sort through. The group suggested that an integrated IoT could harness the potential of AI to realize the ROI potential and transform supply chains or customer experiences.
Potential options for energy reduction are available for the ambient IoT.
As batteryless devices, ambient IoT components offer a way to reduce energy use and, at best, minimize maintenance time.
” Ambient IoT is well aligned with Infineon’s strategic focus on IoT and Energy leadership and our motto of driving digitalization and decarbonization”, said Dr. Kamesh Medapalli, senior vice president, Connected Secure Systems, Infineon Technologies.
Specifically, proponents of ambient IoT say it can “rearchitect” the way wireless tracking devices use energy.
According to Atmosic CEO David Su,” Ambient IoT is the key to sustainable IoT adoption.” According to the author,” It allows us to rearrange wireless tracking solutions so that businesses can operate at maximum efficiency and without using very little power or harvested energy.”
