The WTRS Emerging WCN Application Report: Utilities, Agriculture, Medical &

The WTRS Emerging WCN Application Report: Utilities, Agriculture, Medical & Transportation, 2006 Edition

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: West Technology Research Solutions, LLC
Published: October 2006
Product Code: R684-54

Description

The WTRS Emerging Application Report examines the market potential, state of the involved standards bodies, barriers to entry for emerging technologies and components, relative attractiveness of emerging wireless technologies. Utilities, Agriculture, Transportation, and Medical wireless applications under consideration today are among those with the most risk to market entry. Understanding the market drivers and inhibitors in these sectors is essential to companies developing Wireless Control Network technologies and also to those considering adopting the technologies into their end products.

“Utilities theoretically stand to benefit from Automated Meter Reading with a wireless mesh operating in a neighborhood to reduce manual labor, operational expenses, and theft,” says Dr Kirsten West, Principal Analyst of WTRS. “In fact, the largest real and sustainable application for wireless control networks in AMR for the next few years will be that of ‘load shedding.”

The Emerging Wireless Control Network Application Report from WTRS uncovers:
(1) The applicability of Wireless Control Network technology to the Utilities, Agriculture, Transportation, and Medical segments.
(2) It is possible that any one of these applications will loom large in the future, but for the present they are the pervue of isolated pilot programs at best.
(3) An analysis of the impact of evolving regulatory issues in the Agricultural, Transportation, and Utilities sectors.
(4) Dominant use cases for emerging wireless control networks in Utilities applications.
(5) Risks associated with entry into the Agriculture, Transportation, Utiltiies, and Medical sectors.
(6) The impact of smart card manufacturers on the development of near field communication (NFC) in the Medical sector.
“Wireless Control Networks” are systems which utilize wireless technologies as the underlying platform to deploy networks for sensor and control applications. Examples of technologies and protocols included in the “Wireless Control Network” are WSN (wireless sensor networks), M2M, mesh networking, ZigBee, INSTEON, IEEE 802.15.4, RFID, Z-Wave, Wavenis, low data-rate UWB, and others.

Using only publicly available information, meticulously gathered from public patent sources, company information, and other research this report is truly an invaluable resource for any company participating in the Telecom sector, or planning a potential entry into this market.

Table of Contents

Report Chapters: Executive Summary; Transportation Application Analysis; Medical & Healthcare Application Analysis; Utilities Application Analysis; Agriculture Application Analysis; Wireless Control Network Technology Adoption Market Forecasts; UWB in Medical & Healthcare Applications; UWB in Transportation Applications; IEEE 802.15.4 Adoption in Utilities Applications; ZigBee Adoption in Utilities Applications
Tables
Scope: Key RF Patents for Tire Pressure Monitoring Applications; Summary Poin
Figures: UWB in Medical & Healthcare Applications Shipment Forecast (2006 - 2011; UWB in Transportation Applications Shipment Forecast (2006 - 2011); IEEE 802.15.4 in Utilities Applications Sales Forecast (2005 - 2011); IEEE 802.15.4 in Utilities Applications Shipment Forecast (2005 - 2011); ZigBee in Utilities Applications Sales Forecast (2005 - 2011); ZigBee in Utilities Applications Shipment Forecast (2005 - 2011)

Ordering and More Information

Price and Delivery Options

MindBranch has been the leading provider of industry and investment research from more than 550 independent research firms since 1992. With over 90,000 market research reports, MindBranch is your trusted source of competitive business intelligence.