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Wireless Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communication
Wireless Machine-to-Machine (or M2M) Communication is a crucial part of the expansion of the
Internet or the Web to also equipment. Some even say it's part of Web 3.0, that's also
being called "The Internet of Things". Not that it really matters. The
point is: There will be a hell of a lot of devices communicating on their own
with services, other devices and people. That's a promise!Just to mention a few examples:
- weather stations that autonomously (or on demand) and wirelessly report
current weather status.
- trucks, boats, containers etc that tell where they
are and if they are feeling fine.
- dogs, cats, children and elderly (not
necessarily in that priority order) that also tell where they are and how they
feel without having to do it themselves (necessarily).
- industry equipment that are monitored remotely.
- big text displays that get new content over the air
- etc etc
The
terminal part of an M2M solution is often called a GSM (or CDMA) modem or
module. I will use the term M2M module throughout these pages, as that term is
radio technology independent, and because such devices now are becoming intelligent in the sense that they can run user-developed applications internally.
As mobile radio and the Internet are being used, the M2M modules, the
services, the service operators and the end-users can be anywhere in the world.
Kind of like is shown in this diagram.
Working with M2M related projects is part of Abiro's business, primarily in
terms of feasibility studies, project definitions, project management etc, so if you
are interested in getting help with that, please let us know.
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