M2M : Machine 2 Machine

Omnitrol provides end to end control and automates the exchange of information on the edge of the network making applications smarter and more efficient – the mantra of M2M

With the proliferation of intelligent edge devices, such as WiFi enabled PDA’s, RFID, barcode readers, mobile handhelds, sensors, automation machinery, robotics, PLC controllers, etc. the need to distribute real-time service intelligence to the edge is reaching critical mass. The network paradigm of dumb pipes feeding massive server clusters is shifting, intelligent service oriented network architectures are emerging to improve Enterprise Applications Integration (EAI). Smarter edge appliances with integrated application ready middleware support have become the logical evolution to handle the explosion of message traffic at the edge.

The new paradigm of “always-on” event processing requires business networks to capture, analyze and respond intelligently to key events in real-time while maintaining contextual integrity that needs to be highly-tailored to individual business processes and their exacting requirements. Intelligent edge appliances, like the OMNITROL™ with integrated application processing not only enable more deterministic latency and real-time resolution, but also simultaneously reduce the onslaught of millions of messages that would otherwise overload their networks and hosted servers. This new distributed services paradigm requires a new generation of application oriented network infrastructure solutions.

Provides a gamut of M2M services…

Round Solutions is a specialist and value added Distributor, Designer, Solutions Provider and Competence Centre for M2M applications. The company has two business units.

The division Industrial Communication Technology is focused on distribution and design of GSM Modem, GPRS Modem, RF modules, terminals and components for M2M communication. Round Solutions is focused on a small number of manufacturing partners with the prime objective of assisting its customers with the design-in of and provision of complete system level solutions. Round Solutions offers a range of leading-edge products.

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The picture of a future with wireless sensor networks-webs of sensory devices that function without a central infrastructure–is quickly coming into sharper focus through the work of Los Alamos National Laboratory computer scientist Sami Ayyorgun.

Proponents of this new technology see a world with deployments to improve a wide range of operations. Engineers could wirelessly monitor miles of gas and oil pipelines stretching across arid land for ruptures, damage, and tampering. Rescue workers might detect signs of life under the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake, thanks to a network of sensors inside the structure. Armed forces could keep an eye on a combat zone or a vast international border via a sensor network that could promptly provide alerts of any intrusion or illicit trafficking.

“It’s not easy to envision the impacts that sensor networks will make, both socially and economically,” Ayyorgun said. “Like many other researchers, I think they are likely to rival the impact that the Internet has made on our lives.”

Ayyrogun has developed a new communication scheme that brings the reality of these and other applications a step closer. He has shown for the first time that concurrent gains in many measures of performance are possible, including connectivity, energy, delay, throughput, system longevity, coverage, and security.

In recognition of the multifaceted improvements Ayyorgun’s research makes on state-of-the-art technology in this field, his recent paper, “Towards a Self-organizing Stochastic-Communications Paradigm for Wireless Ad-hoc/Sensor Networks,” has been nominated for the Best-Paper Award from a pool of more than 250 manuscripts at the International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Ayyorgun will present the paper at this prestigious meeting of the IEEE beginning September 29, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Like cell phones, wireless sensor networks depend on small, independently powered devices, often called motes, to communicate. But unlike cell phones, which always relay their signal through a base station such as a tower, multihop sensor motes use each other to relay signals, transmitting communiqués through a series of “hops” from one mote to the next. Without the need to build a mesh of base stations that must be wired or have a substantial supply of energy, creating information-bearing ad-hoc networks to suit each unique set of circumstances would significantly reduce costs.

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A prototype system to monitor micro climate to manage the growth of grapes. Also see Grape Networks that has a similar solution.

On a rolling hillside planted with row upon row of Cabernet grapes, viticulturist Jason Cole waxes eloquent about the elusive notion of terroir, a term French farmers use to describe the je ne sais quoi of crops harvested in any given locale.

“Grapes, chocolates, coffee, these are all incredibly good at soaking up their environments and spitting them out in their fruits,” said Cole, who oversees the preening and pampering of more than 500 acres of vines planted at the Stagecoach Vineyard in Napa County.

That vineyard is a test bed for a new wireless sensing technology that measures soil wetness, wind speed, temperature and humidity to take the statistical pulse of the vineyard’s microclimates to help determine how often and how much to irrigate.

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