Key takeaways:
- The Ambient IoT Alliance aims to create a harmonized ecosystem for ambient IoT technologies, promoting innovation and sustainability.
- Ambient IoT and AI integration promise transformative benefits for supply chains, retail, and healthcare, enhancing efficiency and customer experiences.
With ambient Internet of Things (IoT) continuing to gain importance, leading industry companies have joined together to form the Ambient IoT Alliance (AIoTA).
The mission of AIoTA, a global, cross-industry coalition working to promote and scale the future ambient IoT ecosystem, is to promote and support the development of an open, harmonized, and aligned multi-standard ecosystem.
As ambient IoT becomes accepted and pervades all industries, the insight derived from advanced analytics will continue to change how businesses operate. In the meantime, for ambient IoT to reach its full potential and transform the world, an alliance of companies is need with products and technologies that work together.
Defining AIoTA
AIoTA founding members include Atmosic, Infineon Technologies AG, Intel, PepsiCo, Qualcomm, VusionGroup, and Wiliot, all of which are invested in the advancement of ambient IoT solutions, best practices, interoperability, and other alliance efforts.
“Ambient IoT is well aligned with Infineon’s strategic focus on IoT and Energy leadership and our motto of driving digitalization and decarbonization, said Dr. Kamesh Medapalli, Senior Vice President, Connected Secure Systems, Infineon Technologies, in a statement. “We are proud to shape new industry standards like ambient IoT to foster innovation to connect billions of cost-optimized IoT devices securely, while helping to save our precious planet.
How Ambient IoT Links the Physical and Digital Worlds
Ambient IoT offers the the ability to leverage those IoT devices with standard wireless radios used in smart appliances, mobile devices, and wireless access points. This transition enables a large-scale deployment of supply chains, retail channels, and healthcare delivery services using ambient IoT technologies, that will have profound benefits for society.
The AIoTA foresees rapid ecosystem growth as businesses, telcos, technology vendors, and standards bodies join to define ambient IoT technologies within global communication standards, currently under development by the IEEE (Wi-Fi), Bluetooth SIG, and 3GPP (5G Advanced).
“As pioneers of ambient IoT solutions, it has been gratifying to work with other companies that share a common vision,” said Wiliot CTO Alon Yehezkely. “Members of the Ambient IoT Alliance believe in the transformative potential of ambient IoT, bringing their unique perspective and technology expertise.”
Explaining Ambient IoT’s Connection to AI
Ambient IoT and artificial intelligence (AI) are symbiotic technologies, each unlocking the promise of the other. A major advantage for ambient IoT is the vast data generated it generates thar enables advanced AI applications.
The simultaneous rise of ambient IoT and AI will give businesses and consumers unprecedented understanding of the world around them. Alliance members are focused on the next generation of ambient IoT standards for battery-free, low-cost technologies to connect products and assets, which can also improve AI services in the cloud.
For ambient IoT users, represents the next great data platform for leveraging AI and realizing the tremendous ROI promised by AI solutions. It forms the basis of more efficient supply chains, eliminating operational cost and waste while opening the door to new, enriched customer experiences.
“Ambient IoT is the key to sustainable IoT adoption,” said Atmosic co-founder David Su. “It allows us to rearchitect wireless tracking solutions to either use very little power or harvested energy, so everything can remain connected continuously and companies can operate at maximum efficiency.”
Visit www.ambient-iot.org to learn more.