M2M Wireless Security
Looking at Security in the M2M world -
This is a snip from Berg Insight…
Wireless M2M is also increasingly being used for fixed location security, according to Berg’s research. The research firm notes that “a single landline connection between the premises alarm system and the alarm receiving center is no longer deemed sufficient for high security situations.” The use of a secondary wireless link reduces the chance of disruption and makes communication much more reliable, Berg says. Late last year, the UK adopted a European standard for alarm systems (EN 50131) that requires dual signaling in most stores and offices.
Overall, Berg estimates that there will be nearly four million alarm systems connected to wireless networks in Western Europe by 2010
Besdes to the “dual signaling” requirement by the new standard, i think there ist one more reason to choose wireless M2M:
Using the “always-online” feature of GPRS, EDGE, UMTS networks, the health of the signalling can always be monitored - no dead lines in wireless M2M.
I write on http://m2m-blog.de about wireless M2M.
February 24th, 2008 at 5:00 pm