10-8-2008BAIA Panel 1
A Networking View on Biz Models and Apps for WSN
David E. Culler
BAIA Panel
Oct 8, 2008
10-8-2008BAIA Panel 2
IndustrialOperations
Instrumentatio
n Internet
The Internet of Every Thing
Sensors$46B
Micro-controllers6B
CMOSradiosG
PR
SWI
FIIEE
E80
2.15
.4
InformationEnterprise
Internet
ContinuousVisibility
• Billions of devices today sense their environment
– Homes, offices, factories, streets, hospitals, autos, …
– Data goes nowhere
• Demand for operational visibility throughout the Enterprise
– Supply chain, work flow, …
• Opportunity:– Extend reach and lower cost
through wireless embedded networks
– Provide visibility by bringing sensors to the IP Network and Web
10-8-2008BAIA Panel 3
6LoWPAN
Integration and the Tides of InnovationLo
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Time
stuff
innovation
802.15.4link 802.11 802.3
IP Network - ICMP
TCP UDP Transport
httpftp
telnet BACnet/IPCIPLon
IndustrialApplications
EnterpriseApplications
CAP
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-tolle-cap-00.txt
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10-8-2008BAIA Panel 4
Two Kinds of Interconnects
• Networks– Ethernet
– WiFi
– Serial links
• connect hosts and devices and other networks together
• Horizontally integrated
• Peripheral Interconnects
– USB, Firewire
– IDE / SCSI
– RS232,RS485
– IRDA
– BlueTooth
• connect one or more devices to a host computer
• Vertically integrated– Physical link to
application
ethernet
wifi
LoWPAN
vs
10-8-2008BAIA Panel 5
Integrating a World of Sensors
WiFiEthernet
GPRS
New Sensor
Existing Sensors
Controllers
FieldUnits
DataAnalytics
TrendingMonitoring
Management
OperationsRS232RS485
hartcomm.org
10-8-2008BAIA Panel 6
Why “Real” Information is so Important
Improve Productivity
Protect HealthHigh-Confidence Transport
Enhance Safety & Security
Improve Food & H20
Save Resources
Preventing Failures
IncreaseComfort
Enable New Knowledge
10-8-2008BAIA Panel 7
The WSN Biz Challenge
Improve Productivity
Protect HealthHigh-Confidence Transport
Enhance Safety & Security
Improve Food & H20
Save Resources
Preventing Failures
IncreaseComfort
Enable New Knowledge
10-8-2008BAIA Panel 8
Biz Models and WSNs
Real Application
Connection to the Real World
Traditional Industrial
Solution
IT – C$ – Internet boom fanta$y
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