According to the company, IP architecture is the undisputed reference for communicating applications. The telecoms industry has invested resources to design and deploy a wide range of IP based solutions, both for industrial and consumer applications, and there are few systems designed today that do not consider inter-connecting to IP. For M2M industry players, IP represents the best way to secure investments in telecoms product design, ensuring a smooth transition path as communication technologies evolve.
Despite IP benefits, however, today's M2M application deployments are still largely based on non-IP capable network technologies and devices, due to strict requirements on power consumption, coverage, device resources, or deployment costs, the company said.
To overcome these barriers, Wavecom launches a technology that extends IP networks' reach. Thanks to a RIPlink gateway that is connected on one side to the IP network, and on the other side to one or more non-IP networks, standard TCP or UDP applications can run on non-IP devices and have access to the IP network resources. No IP stack is required on the device, and the underlying non-IP network remains unchanged. The client or server IP application running on the device is seen from the IP network as a standard IP application of the RIPlink gateway. The gateway can manage several devices simultaneously, on one or more different non-IP networks, the company said.
"We are very enthusiastic about the potential of RIPlink for the M2M industry," said Davide Bassetto, Product Manager of AP Systems. "With such combined performance, simplicity and flexibility, IP applications can be deployed quickly and smoothly. Thanks to RIPlink, the M3-C is ready to embed new communication technologies and move with the market, both with wireless and wired solutions."
Ember, a ZigBee technology provider, is supplying the underlying ZigBee silicon and software used by Wavecom and APSystems for these RIPlink implementations. "RIPlink is very complementary to our implementations of the ZigBee Alliance standards," said Bob Gohn, VP Marketing of Ember. "This technology provides a simple and useful way of extending IP services to devices on standard, scalable and secure ZigBee networks."
Laurent Girault, Technical Marketing Director at Wavecom, concluded: "RIPlink is a powerful way to simplify M2M application development and deployment, while keeping the choice of the best connectivity open for each specific application. RIPlink not only provides the right technical solution: As a freely available technology it is future-proof and open, as IP is. This technology removes a barrier to growth in the M2M market, and companies adopting RIPlink will be able to improve their business efficiency and capture new opportunities."
((Comments on this story may be sent to newsdesk@closeupmedia.com))
((Distributed via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com))
http://www.10meters.com
Comments on this story may be sent to newsdesk@closeupmedia.com

More News:
Market Updates |
Stock Alerts |
All Trading News |
Stock Index