Internet of Things North America

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1 Internet of Things North America All trademarks, logos, images referenced belong to their respective organizations; Creative Commons free to share and use license. No modifications made.

2 That Last Mile again: The IOT Version Connecting Devices in the Wild J. Jobin, PhD Mobile Solutions Researcher GE Global Research San Ramon, CA

3 Internet of Things IOT Internet of Everything M2M H2M Internet of Devices Internet of People and Things 3

4 What does connectivity buy us? 4

5 General Electric Formed in 1892 Schenectady, NY Research lab 1900 Today: 100+ countries $146 billion revenue 300,000+ employees 5

6 GE assets The Industrial Internet 6

7 The value to customers is huge Connected machines could eliminate up to $150 billion in waste across industries Industry Segment Type of savings Aviation Commercial 1% fuel savings Estimated value over 15 years (Billion nominal US dollars) $30B Power Gas-fired generation 1% fuel savings $66B Healthcare System-wide 1% reduction in system inefficiency $63B Rail Freight 1% reduction in system inefficiency $27B Oil and Gas Exploration and development 1% reduction in capital expenditures $90B Note: Illustrative examples based on potential one percent savings applied across specific global industry sectors. Source: GE estimates 7

8 Alright, connectivity is good great! 8

9 Cool, let s connect assets to the cloud Cloud Assets More and more assets are being connected to the Internet of Things 9

10 IOT connectivity many options and many, many more 10

11 Not so cool remoteness of locations

12 In the tundra, far, far away GE operations countries Many assets pipelines, windmills, substations, turbines Often in remote places limited or no connectivity 12

13 In the desert Physically extreme conditions Many assets are old 30+ years but expensive Cannot simply replace 13

14 Over the seas and far away Difficult to lay out undersea cables Expensive, hazardous 14

15 Connectivity is tough Too far from civilization Difficult to justify cellular towers or cable Internet Connecting devices in the wild is difficult 15

16 The last mile again since the 19 th century

17 What are the current options? Cellular 2G/3G/4G DSL Satellite Delay Tolerant Networks Fiber or a hybrid of these 17

18 Existing Low Speed Network Use existing low speed network (dial-up, 2G/3G) upload very limited info (warnings, summary) e.g., low speed mobile data access, dial-up modem Not enough bandwidth Good local computing and analytics required 18

19 Satellite Network (SAT) Satellite network for remote sites Relative lower data rate and sensitive to weather conditions Ubiquitous but expensive 19

20 Satellite Network (SAT) Assets generate lots of data Current satellite costs - exorbitant Needs initial data processing / compression before upload 20

21 Dedicated Network Long-haul backhaul for high bandwidth access WiMAX with directional antennas and relay stations Wireless network is easier to deploy Transmission towers need to be installed and maintained 21

22 Fiber or DSL Fiber/DSL to the nearest ISP - Dedicated physical line deployment Expensive to build and maintain over a long distance 22

23 Delay Tolerant Network (DTN) Regular pickups to transport local archived data, e.g., Trucks to transport hard drives A truck load of hard drives moving on highway is a very high bandwidth network Large volume of data but with longer delay. 23

24 Delay Tolerant Network (DTN) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to collect data from ground nodes can cover large areas quickly can only collect limited info per flight How often to fly? How much to collect? Concerns battery, security 24

25 DARPA Mobile Hotspots DARPA Mobile Hotspots program Remote connectivity up to Gbit/s speeds Drones for high-speed wireless connectivity /04/07.aspx SWAP constraints Size, Weight, and Power 25

26 Transient network connectivity Google Project Loon: Airborne balloons to provide ~3G speed. Titan Aerospace unmanned drones for WiFi in remote places 26

27 Facebook and internet.org Bringing connectivity to the 2/3 rd of the world without connectivity Partners Ascenta, NASA JPL, NASA Ames Research Center, National Optical Astronomy Observatory Principle different size communities need different solutions 27

28 Hybrid model Combination of the options to achieve real-time monitoring and compensate some shortcomings DTN to collect comprehensive data for offline analytics SAT to collect critical info for real-time asset monitoring 28

29 Many options no easy solution, yet

30 IOT adoption is growing exponentially However, that Last Mile is always tough Existing connectivity options - not always feasible Challenge for the community to explore 30

31 --- The poor little big machines need our help 31

32 Thank you J. Jobin