The M2M Evolution

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The M2M Evolution
Presented by Robert Schoenfield Aeris Craig
Priest SensorLogic
1130 a.m. 1200 p.m. Lake Michigan B
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The M2M Evolution
Presented by Robert Schoenfield SVP Business
Development robert.schoenfield_at_aeris.net
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• Major M2M Markets Today
• Commercial and Consumer Telematics
• Residential and Commercial Security
• Retail
• Utilities
• Industrial
• Technologies and business models today can serve
  emerging markets
• not traditionally thought of as M2M
• Future M2M Markets
• Evolving from cost-savings to delivering new
  services
• Embedded devices integrated with handsets
• Consumer Electronic Devices

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• Which technology to integrate with the
  application?
• Wireless IP or Wired IP
• Standards
• Device costs
• Usage costs
• Life of the device vs Life of the network

CDMA
GSM
1XRTT
Wi-Fi
HSDP
SMS
EV-DO
GPRS
LTE
Voice
WiMax
UMTS
EDGE
VOIP
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M2M Evolution
Presented by Craig Priest
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• First Generation Old School Daze
• New Technology Built by the lowest bidder
• Flying The Trace - Many Great Stories that
  will never happen again
• Began new level of accuracy between foot
  soldier and airborne systems

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• The Second Generation Transportation Industry
• Expensive Satellite Networks limited use
  (Tractors)
• Deregulation increased number of carriers, but
  only large fleets could participate
• Most M2M Systems were/are Asset Maintenance
  Systems only
• Devices were one-way communication systems with
  no intelligence

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Today - Asset Management for the Masses

• Smarter devices (2 Way control with
  Geo-Awareness intelligence)
• Cost Efficient Hybrid Networks and Hardware
  Deployments
• Medium to Small Fleets Participate
• Supply Chain Managers just now hearing about
  M2M (e.g. Wal-Mart Trailers)

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• Today - Centralized Management
• Great for Machines not good for Man
• Very Little Logic on the edges still hub and
  spoke systems.
• Old Assets (i.e. Smart Containers) need
  replaced to take advantage edge intelligence

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• Next Generation Man Friendly
• Architectures for Decision Making on the
  Edges
• Driver-Centric Dispatching
• UWB defining new opportunities to add value to
  Mans Daily Activity

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