In recent years, with the continuous development of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, big data and other technologies, the scale of the Internet of Things market has also continued to expand, its maturity has continued to increase, and "connection" has become increasingly important. At the same time, users’ demand for low-power, wide-coverage, and low-cost connections has become increasingly urgent, and low-power wide area networks (LPWAN) have emerged as the times require. According to a research report by Global Market Insights, the LPWAN market size will exceed US$80 billion by 2027.
In order to further promote the cross-domain development of IoT technology, and to reduce the application cost of LPWAN technology and achieve lower cost, lower power consumption, and wider IoT applications, on March 30, the ZETA Alliance joined hands with China Sensor and IoT The "LPWAN 2.0 Smart Internet of Things Special Committee and ZETA Alliance Member Conference" co-sponsored by the Internet Industry Alliance was successfully held at Shenzhen Futian Convention and Exhibition Center.
With the theme of "Gathering Technology Together, Unbounded IoT", the conference gathered China Mobile IoT, Tianyi IoT, Changhong Xinwang Technology, Hangzhou Memory, Robustel, Zongxing Technology, Inabata Industry and other industry leading enterprises , to jointly discuss issues such as LPWAN2.0 technology evolution trends, new scenario applications, and helping LPWAN2.0 sensors go overseas, so as to promote the implementation of technology and accelerate the digital transformation and upgrading of the industry.
- New connection: Technological innovation promotes LPWAN2.0 ubiquitous IoT and helps connect new ecology
As users have increasing demands for diversified connections such as network coverage, scenario implementation, cost control, and technological innovation, the market is in urgent need of deeper penetration, lower costs, and wider coverage to meet more ubiquitous IoT needs. Scenario LPWAN technology emerges. Traditional LPWAN technology can no longer meet customers' connection needs, and the market urgently needs to open up and enter the "LPWAN 2.0 era".
As a new generation of LPWAN technology, ZETA aims at the new blue ocean of the "sinking market". As early as 2020, it proposed "LPWAN2.0 Ubiquitous Internet of Things", aiming to achieve lower cost, lower power consumption, Smarter network connectivity. At the conference, Yan Xiaojie, VP of ZETA Technology, the original manufacturer of ZETA technology, pointed out in his speech that in the face of many industry pain points such as high costs, single solutions, poor ecology, and technological blockade, the IoT market needs more ubiquitous IoT solutions. ZETA can use Thanks to technological innovation, it can achieve lower power consumption, longer transmission, and stronger anti-noise capabilities. At the same time, it can adapt to more application scenarios at a lower cost, explore deeper blue ocean markets, and create Updated connections, thus promoting the realization of LPWAN2.0 ubiquitous IoT.
It is worth mentioning that Yan Xiaojie mentioned in his speech a "LPWAN2.0 chip" ZETA 1826A based on the patented physical layer technology Advanced M-FSK. It is "small in size, high in performance and low in cost", suitable for scenarios such as smart meters, wireless sensors, home security, industrial energy, supply chain logistics, etc., and provides full "core" support for LPWAN2.0 new connections. In addition, ZETA will also open up DSP capabilities to improve computing power, supplemented by "chip-network-cloud platform" to provide comprehensive connection support for LPWAN industry partners, so as to build a broader IoT ecosystem.
In the context of accelerating the construction of Digital China, operators that mainly promote NB-IoT are also accelerating the deployment of non-cellular connection networks. Qiu Jiang, Director of the Intelligent Module Product Department of China Mobile IoT, pointed out: “With the advent of the era of superhuman things, connections are changing from quantitative to qualitative changes, and IoT applications are shifting from consumer to industrial, creating a new blue ocean for value growth. At the same time, things Superman also gives new connotations to connections, realizes five upgrades of traffic, products, customers, services, and operations, and builds a new value operation system." China Mobile IoT has built a fully connected product system with "cellular + non-cellular" collaborative development, "public network + private network" collaborative coverage, and integrated applications in scenarios such as smart parks, smart animal husbandry, and smart inspections in the energy industry. In addition, China Mobile IoT has also joined hands with the ZETA Alliance to jointly create an application ecosystem, promote the integrated development of industries, build full-connection application service capabilities, meet diverse connection needs, and promote the digital and intelligent transformation and development of the industry.
Also as an operator, China Telecom Tianyi IoT also said that there are many pain points in the traditional private network, and the market is calling for new networking methods to meet customers' needs for fast, low-cost, simple maintenance, and cost-effective networking. Tianyi IoT The related layout of LPWAN technology products is underway. At the same time, E-surfing IoT has also launched a cross-domain networking service for 5G commercial and enterprise private networks, providing hardware access and networking management platform tools, which are mobile and portable, do not occupy optical fiber resources, are applicable to a variety of scenarios, and can quickly realize low-cost Cross-domain networking.
At the conference site, the ZETA Alliance and the China Sensor and Internet of Things Industry Alliance under the guidance of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly initiated and established the "LPWAN2.0 Smart IoT Special Committee". The special committee takes "LPWAN2.0 Ubiquitous Internet of Things" as its vision. The establishment of the LPWAN2.0 Smart IoT Special Committee can not only promote the evolution and application of ZETA with many sensor companies with the help of the resource advantages of the SIA Alliance, but also further open up the LPWAN 2.0 industry chain and allow more companies to integrate into LPWAN 2.0 ecosystem, coexistence and prosperity, development and growth.
2) New scenarios: LPWAN2.0 technology will be extended to more application scenarios to promote the digital and intelligent development of the industry
In recent years, the wave of industrial digitalization has been rolling forward, and digital and intelligent transformation has become a "must option" for the development of various industries. As one of the underlying core technologies of the Internet of Things, LPWAN technology can solve the problem of wide-area coverage and large-scale network connection in the application process of the Internet of Things, and make up for the shortcomings of traditional cellular technology. With the continuous innovation and development of LPWAN technology, LPWAN technology has ushered in huge development opportunities and business opportunities under the background of industrial digital transformation.
At the conference, Tan Bin, Sichuan Changhong New Network Technology Product Director, was a guest speaker and talked about the demands of supply chain management and the difficulties encountered in promoting digitalization. Supply chain management needs to realize data collection, presentation and sensing, and then apply it to specific business scenarios. However, it also faces problems such as cost control, power consumption restrictions, complex usage environments, and data privatization deployment. Thanks to the introduction of ZETA technology, the emerging LPWAN 2.0 technology has made up for its application shortcomings. Changhong New Network Technology has used this to launch forklift & land cow status motion/positioning detectors, vehicle supply chain asset positioning anti-theft intelligent terminals, and asset ZETA series products such as positioning detectors and personnel positioning detectors, ZETA technology is well integrated into and applied to multi-dimensional subdivision application scenarios such as supply chain assets, personnel, and goods, helping enterprises achieve digital intelligent management.
Zheng Yihai, Robustel Internet of Things technical service expert, shared "LPWAN practices and cases in the Industrial Internet of Things." He said that in the era of Industry 4.0, the Internet of Things is an important path to realize intelligent manufacturing and digital intelligent management. Therefore, Robustel has created a trinity IoT platform of "underlying hardware + operating system + vertical application" to help enterprises open up information islands. Build smart applications. In scenarios such as factory IoT equipment monitoring, Robustel chooses the ZETA product solution to achieve one-stop service with a rich set of smart sensors, indoor and outdoor gateways and ZETA management platform, helping users overcome the difficulty of data collection from "dumb devices" Problems can be easily realized through remote wireless meter reading; at the same time, through sensors + artificial intelligence algorithms, industrial equipment failure risks can be monitored and predictive maintenance can be achieved. ZETA's technical solution has zero signal blind spots, is fast to deploy, and costs only 1/2 of similar technologies, effectively helping customers reduce costs and increase efficiency.
In the field of gas sensor applications, Gao Gu, general manager of Hangzhou Yishi, also shared ZETA gas sensor solutions and cases. He pointed out that Yishi Technology focuses on the field of online monitoring of gas sensors and has launched a gas monitoring solution by using LPWAN2.0 technology. ZETA gas sensors can collect data on various gas types such as temperature and humidity, CO2, PMX, VOC, etc., with With the advantages of easy deployment, real-time data collection, remote access, and low power consumption and battery life, it can be used in scenarios such as smart industry, smart fire protection, smart forestry/agriculture, smart environmental protection, and smart buildings. At present, ZETA gas sensors and solutions have been used in field experiments by scientific research teams such as China Agricultural University, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities.
3) New market: LPWAN2.0 technology goes overseas to open up the global IoT application market
In the era of digital economy, the Internet of Things is an important foundation for industrial digitalization. Enabled by information technology, the Internet of Things industry has a vast market and rapid business growth. More and more Internet of Things companies are optimistic about the internationalization trend, actively deploy the global market, and develop international markets. It is the general trend. Therefore, the overseas expansion of Chinese IoT technologies and companies has positive significance in promoting the development of the global IoT industry market.
Qianfan, a Chinese Internet of Things company, has a long way to go overseas. In mutual business and technical communication, while facing huge market development opportunities, there are also many challenges. China's IoT technologies and companies face challenges in channel expansion, market cooperation, technical solution integration, and network protocol access.
In this forum, Japan Inabata Industry Co., Ltd. introduced the industrial layout of Inabata and its planning and arrangement in the emerging field of Internet of Things to the audience. Isamu Fujiwara, senior manager of Inabata, said: "Inabata will leverage its strong business and channel resources and market advantages in overseas markets to help LPWAN2.0 sensor products and solutions expand overseas markets, and provide ZETA alliance partners with overseas and supply chain guarantees. and other aspects to protect us.”
At present, Inabata Industry promotes the commercial operation of LPWAN2.0 in the Japanese market with mature IoT products, technologies and services through the introduction and adoption of ZETA technology and solutions. This includes the application of ZETA sensors and product solutions in smart agriculture, smart aquatic products, and smart buildings. By using IoT technology, it helps customers realize digital transformation and improve management efficiency.
Actively embrace IoT technology and deploy IoT technology to inject new impetus into opening new markets for IoT applications. Looking to the future, internationalization is the only way for Chinese enterprises. Through ecological partners to help LPWAN2.0 technology go overseas, build a bridge of interconnection at home and abroad, help Chinese enterprises "go global" to open up the global market, and win international competitiveness. It is also technology empowerment The innovative path for industrial digital development.
The digital economy is becoming the main engine to promote the development of the global economy. Creating a technological development system for the intelligent interconnection of all things will have a profound impact on human production and lifestyle and create unlimited business opportunities. We look forward to the industry joining hands to jointly create an open and cooperative LPWAN2.0 ecosystem, and use technology and innovation to open the era of "LPWAN2.0 ubiquitous IoT".