CIR Conference - Smart Connectivity
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The document discusses smart buildings and connectivity challenges. It notes that while many "things" are being developed for the Internet of Things, connectivity within buildings is often overlooked. Proper infrastructure design is key for smart buildings to support thousands of real-time sensors and mix of networks. Integrating processing capabilities into buildings may help cloud platforms cope with bandwidth and response needs for large-scale smart city deployments. Holistic approaches will be important to enable smart infrastructure to scale.
CIR Conference - Smart Connectivity
- 1. © Xsilon Ltd 2017 8th Smart Grids Cleanpower Conference 19-20 June 2017, Cambridge, UK www.cir-strategy.com/events www.xsilon.com Smart Homes, Smart Energy, Smart Grids Smart Connectivity ? …join the follow up 9th SGCP18 26-27 June Cambridge, UK
- 2. © Xsilon Ltd 2017www.xsilon.com Our Background u Smart building connectivity – since 2007 u Smart Homes: Approach supported by ARM, Samsung, Nest, Hive, … u Smart Metering, Demand Response u Consumer-facing solutions u Deep experience of heterogeneous approaches
- 3. © Xsilon Ltd 2017www.xsilon.com Our Background u Smart building connectivity – since 2007 u Smart Homes: Approach supported by ARM, Samsung, Nest, Hive, … u Smart Metering, Demand Response u Consumer-facing solutions u Deep experience of heterogeneous approaches u New, wider focus on smart buildings } Commercial } New build & Retrofit } Industrial-scale deployments, Smart Cities
- 4. © Xsilon Ltd 2017www.xsilon.com Observations u Connectivity is assumed to be already solved } IOT: All the effort has been on the “I”, not the “T”
- 5. © Xsilon Ltd 2017www.xsilon.com To put it another way… IOT Lots of “Things” being developed Very little focus on solving the “Internet” connectivity piece within the building (where the Things live)
- 6. © Xsilon Ltd 2017www.xsilon.com Observations u Connectivity is assumed to be already solved } IOT: All the effort has been on the “I”, not the “T” u In-Home: “WiFi for everything” } But: ZigBee forecasts suggest c.900m chipsets in 2021 } Low-hanging fruit keeps VP Sales happy in short term ? } “Horses for Courses” more likely to keep mass market happy in long run u In-Commercial: } Bespoke, engineered solutions migrating to off-the-shelf approaches } Network stability needed for industrial scale roll-out – cutting-edge not always appreciated } Lots of “Non-I” IOT solutions (eg Sigfox, NB-IOT, …)
- 7. © Xsilon Ltd 2017www.xsilon.com (IT) Infrastructure Design is Key Proper Smart Buildings: u 1000s of sensors generating ad hoc network traffic in real-time u Mix of sensors and comms networks u In-sensor smartness will filter messages… to an extent
- 8. © Xsilon Ltd 2017www.xsilon.com (IT) Infrastructure Design is Key Proper Smart Buildings: u 1000s of sensors generating ad hoc network traffic in real-time u Mix of sensors and comms networks u In-sensor smartness will filter messages… to an extent u Cloud-based IOT platforms are in vogue, but can they cope ? } Response times } Network bandwidth } Integration of AI with messaging infrastructure } Likely winners will deploy AI/processing hardware into the building
- 9. © Xsilon Ltd 2017www.xsilon.com At the End of the Rainbow ? u Deeply instrumented smart infrastructure can scale } and scale, and scale, … u Smart building -> Smart buildings -> Urban infrastructure u Smart Cities deployed organically ? u Holistic, integrated approaches will be key u Commercial drivers ?
- 10. © Xsilon Ltd 2017www.xsilon.com More Information Contact point: Russell Haggar Chief Executive russell.haggar@xsilon.com +44 7889 607 855 Xsilon Ltd www.xsilon.com Registered in UK: Companies House no. 06484594