Wireless sensor network snaps into existing IP infrastructure
Offers Internet-like resiliency and scalability for easily creating and managing large and widespread sensing systems
The PhyNet IP-based wireless sensor network (WSN) platform lets users form large, resilient Internte-Protocol-based WSNs and centrally manage collections of those WSNs as an integral part of the enterprise IP infrastructure. As such, the platform is the first WSN to address large-scale enterprise sensing applications — allowing sensor applications to reside around the world, across campus, or in the next room.
The platform extends standard IP technology from the enterprise network through the sensor network mesh to individual sensor nodes, letting nodes communicate directly with any other IP devices on the enterprise network regardless of connection medium (IEEE 802.15.4 radio, 802.11 Wi-Fi, Ethernet, etc.).
By placing a scalable internetworking tier — the first “WSN router” -– between sensor networks and the server-based functions that control them, the platform eliminates the need for them to be collocated. Further, the platform works with standard well-tested IP interoperability, management, and security tools, eliminating the need for untried dedicated schemes.
The platform includes the PhyNet Management Server, the PhyNet Router, and the company’s IP sensor nodes, including the new IPserial Node. The server manages collections of WSNs and displays sensor data on a Web-based user console for setup, diagnostics, management, and services.
Connecting via LAN or WAN IP to the server, the router forms an internetworking backbone between an IPv6 Low-Power Wireless Personal-Area-Network-based WSN and its server-hosted applications; using multiple routers in a single WSN eliminates performance bottlenecks and single-point-of-failure network weaknesses. The routers connect via IEEE 802.15.4 low-power radio links to the IP sensor nodes, including the IPserial Node, which supports digital sensors, dataloggers, and devices with legacy serial connectors. (From $7,995 for a one-server, two-router, 12-node system — available now.)
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