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DWWs Ultra-Low Power IP cores
enable new business opportunities for OEMs designing competitive
wireless solutions focused on various market segments
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Wireless Sensor Networks (e.g home and
industrial applications)
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Mid data rate wireless applications
(e.g. voice or audio)
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High date rate,
streaming applications (e.g. Video or Data/Voice
Back-Bone-Network)
Sensors - Key Elements of
Monitoring and Control Applications
Sensors are becoming more and more
an important part of a automation process in various
applications (like building automation, Energy monitoring &
control system). New Technologies make detection of these senses
objective, quantifiable and on the other side available over a
flexible networks. Technology as an aid and a supplement to
human senses means giving technology a human the ability to
control and monitor processes automatically anytime - anywhere.
Nothing within the field of electrical engineering comes closer
to this than sensor technology embedded in a wireless network.
If the active components, the so-called actuators, are taken
into account as well, many possibilities of supporting human
life become available.
This also applies to working life, where the degree of
automation has continuously increased in recent years. On the
one hand, this facilitates are meaning an increase of
value-added goods produced, on the other hand it means a relief
from monotonous physical labour and an improvement of quality of
life.
With home automation, it is just the other way round: Here, a
direct improvement of quality of life is intended, e.g. by
increasing the comfort of people's
homes. Another, by no means less important, side-effect of a
reasonable automated control will be a more efficient use of
resources.
Enabling
new business opportunities based on high performance WSN
networks
One of DWWs aim is to improve the performance and flexibility of
wireless sensor network based on e.g. FSK or 801.15.4-2003 (2.4
GHz or 868 MHz with 20/40 Kbps) ICs, which are used e.g. in home
automation applications. Due to the well known issues with FSK
based IC solutions, wireless sensor networking and the
transmission of sensor data has been limited to very small home
applications.
Due to DWWs IP cores very competitive wireless solutions for WSN
are available:
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Much higher data rates in limited
bands (e.g. 250 / 500 kbps in the 868 MHz band).
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Best coverage in indoor environments.
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Less
complex ICs, resulting in less power consumption and longer
battery life time.
These high performance solutions based on DWWs IP cores are now
allowing OEMs to build new wireless network applications in
market segments like industrial control or Security, where e.g.
FSK based ICs have failed. The IP Core is based on the PSSS
based IEEE802.15.4-2006 Sub 1GHz PHY
Wireless Sensor Networks
Possible applications are:
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Building / Home Automation, monitoring
and Control
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Entrance
System (doors, garage)
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AMR (Automatic Meter
Reading)
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Window
monitoring
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Lightning
Control
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Access
Control
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HVAC
Control
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Security monitoring
Industrial / Enterprise Processing & Automation
Typical applications are:
Energy and Utility Automation
Typical applications are:
RFID & Logistics
Typical applications are:
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Container Security
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Cold Chain Monitoring
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Asset Tracking
Mid data rate Wireless
Applications
Typical applications are:
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Audio Headphones, speaker, etc.
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Control PC Mouse, games
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Monitoring Pictures of homes
High data rate Applications
Typical applications are:
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