Organizations including Qualcomm and Wiliot have announced the formation of the Ambient IoT Alliance, a multi-standard ecosystem of ambient IoT manufacturers, suppliers, integrators, operators, users, and customers.
Ambient IoT is an ecosystem for devices that draw energy from ambient radio waves, light, motion, heat, or any other widely available, pervasive source. Bluetooth, 5G Advanced, and 802.11bp could help support this class of devices, which offers high scalability and, potentially, lower costs than non-ambient versions, the alliance said. The term ambient IoT could apply to a wide variety of “battery-less things,” such as sensors for location, temperature, and humidity.
In the press release, the Ambient IoT Alliance said their ecosystem is not meant to replace any other standardization activities; instead, the group will promote ambient IoT and contribute documentation, support, and use cases to standardization efforts where appropriate.
Who are the founding members of the Ambient IoT Alliance?
Founding members of the Ambient IoT Alliance include:
- Atmosic.
- Infineon Technologies AG.
- Intel.
- PepsiCo.
- Qualcomm.
- VusionGroup.
- Wiliot.
The group’s founders hope businesses, telcos, technology vendors, and standards bodies will join to speed up the formal, global standardization of ambient IoT already in progress among the IEEE (Wi-Fi), Bluetooth SIG, and 3GPP (5G Advanced).
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