The document discusses connecting devices in the home using machine-to-machine (M2M) technology. It notes that over 50 billion devices are expected to be connected by 2020, including devices in homes for services like smart meters, appliances, assisted living, and energy management. While technologies like WiFi and powerline solutions can connect some devices, no single technology is suitable for all applications due to factors like device power usage, coverage, and privacy concerns. A new technology called Hanadu aims to provide whole-home coverage using powerlines while addressing these limitations.

1. Connecting the Internet of Things
Inside the Home
Russell Haggar
4th Annual Smart Grids & Cleanpower 2012 Conference
14 June 2012 Cambridge
www.cir-strategy.com/events
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2. Internet of Things: It’s Big
u Connecting up more than just the humans
2010: Cisco/IBM: “1 trillion connected devices in 2013”
2011: Cisco/Ericsson: “50 billion connected devices in 2020”
2012: GSMA: “24 billion by 2020 – $4.5 trillion market value”
u What’s connected ?
} Us
} Our devices
} Our machines
} Our world
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3. Internet of Things: It’s Big
u What’s connected ?
} Us
} Our devices
} Our machines
} Our world
u And our livestock
} “The
average cow generates about 200
megabytes of information a year”
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4. “60% of $4.5tn Value from Ten Apps”
Source: GSMA 2012
Connected Car
600
Clinical Remote Monitoring
500 Assisted Living
400 Home & Building Security
Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance
300
Next-Gen Car Usage
200 Smart Meters
Traffic Management
100
Electric Vehicle Charging
0
Building Automation
Market Value (US$ billion) by 2020
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5. “60% of $4.5tn Value from Ten Apps”
Connected Car
600
Clinical Remote Monitoring
500 Assisted Living
400 Home & Building Security
In-Building Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance
Market Value
300
Next-Gen Car Usage
= $1.0 tn
200 Smart Meters
Traffic Management
100
Electric Vehicle Charging
0
Building Automation
Market Value (US$ billion)
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6. Machine-to-Machine in the Home
u Initial
M2M momentum comes from cellular operators
u M2M in the Home cannot guarantee coverage
u Useful M2M services at home:
} Smart metering Connectivity Essentials:
} Smart appliances } Mass Market installable
} Assisted living } No more wires
} E-Health } Low cost
} Home energy management } Ubiquitous utility
} Microgeneration monitoring } Reliable and Dependable
} Low power usage
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7. Warning! Comms Engineers at Work
IoT (M2M)
gathers pace
Ethernet
Token
Ring
1980 1990 2000 2010
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8. Connectivity in the Home
u Key characteristics
} Walls and floors are hostile to radio
} WiFi radio spectrum congested by neighbours
} Mixture of battery-powered and mains-powered devices
} Broadband network likely already deployed
} No IT manager available
} Ad hoc connectivity and repositioning of appliances
} High sensitivity to cost
} High sensitivity to privacy and ownership
u Compromise around a convenient technology risks a
product’s mass market relevance
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9. Radio in the Home: WiFi Coverage
u Predictions
of 2.4GHz (eg WiFi)
4
coverage inside a building with walls
and floors
2
0
0
5
u Propagation modelling (by Manchester
Tx
10
University) ignores spectrum
15 25
20
20 15
25
30 0
5
10
congestion effects
Adjacent floor Adjacent floor
Within same floor (aerated concrete) (concrete)
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10. In-Home M2M Connectivity Options
WiFi ZigBee Bluetooth HomePlug Hanadu
Green PHY
Battery friendly N Y Y N N
Whole-house
w/o meshing
N N N N Y
Whole-house
w/ meshing
n/a Y n/a n/a Y
Power usage
< 1W
Y Y Y N Y
High node
counts
Y Y N Y Y
Full “IoT
IPv6” (6LP, ZB N Y N N Y
profiles)
Secure Sometimes Y Y Y Y
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11. In-Home M2M: Ownership
u Whose network is it ?
u Which application belongs
to which service ?
Householder u Privacy & Security
HEM u Householder’s network
extension needs to be
compartmentalised ?
Manufacturer
Monitoring Service
Energy Utility M2M • Pre-emptive
Service maintenance
• Demand Shifting • Behaviour
• Itemised Billing observance
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12. Hanadu
u In development since 2009 – greenfield approach
u Powerline complement to ZigBee
u Proprietary open specification (like ZigBee, Bluetooth, etc.)
u Ultra-small form factor
u Sub-500mW power
u Standards compliant
u Whole home coverage
u Co-existswith other
powerline solutions
u Launching in Q3 2012
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13. Close
u SupportingM2M inside the home presents huge opportunities
and scope for unified platforms
u Re-purposingan old connectivity solution risks being a
compromise too far
} Mass market solutions have to work for everyone
u No single technology will work for everything
} Hybrid approaches essential eg ZigBee/Weightless/Hanadu
u In-Home M2M has to be fully forward-looking
} Full suite of next-gen IPv6 includes 6LowPAN, ZB profiles, TR069
} Consider network compartmentalisation (“virtualisation”)
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14. Thank You
www.xsilon.com
russell.haggar@xsilon.com
VP, Business Development & Co-founder
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