18-04-2012, 03:31 PM
X- Internet
X-Internet-WhitePaper.pdf (Size: 344.16 KB / Downloads: 66)
Introducing the Future: The Extended Internet
Twenty years ago, it was almost unimaginable how the brick-sized cell phone device that
some top-level businesspeople were using would soon change our lives. A few years later,
when e-mail was introduced, it was hard to imagine all the information, entertainment,
convenience and communication that today’s Internet would bring. Similarly, the X-Internet
can be difficult for people to “get” upon first hearing about it.
But, without a doubt, the X-Internet will transform lives and businesses in much more
powerful ways than the PC or even today’s Internet itself. Today’s Internet connects people
to people. Oftentimes it’s not a direct connection, but think about it: retail sites, databases,
games, content, search engines and more are all ultimately created by people, using
display formats that make sense to people, with the sole purpose of serving other people.
The X-Internet goes much further: It adds connectivity for physical objects, creating a
wealth of new opportunities for intelligent interaction between people and things, and even
between things and other things.
Advanced, cooperative wireless technology
The X-Internet will connect all kinds of things in all kinds of spaces. Mobility will be
the norm. That means, first and foremost, that the X-Internet will depend on pervasive
wireless connectivity. At the same time, different X-Internet applications will have different
requirements for radio frequency, range, data rate and cost — so cooperative wireless
technologies will be required to allow systems based on multiple standards to work
together seamlessly.
In an X-Internet enabled home, for example, low data-rate systems such as home
security, monitoring, and environmental control will share the same network that
streams high-bandwidth music, video, and games to entertainment devices throughout
the house. Enabling technologies for the X-Internet must automatically resolve the
differences between various radio technologies and communications protocols to allow
seamless interaction.
Context awareness
True seamlessness depends on the ability of devices and even inanimate objects to sense
their environment, and to communicate their own presence and context to other relevant
devices and objects. Depending on the application, context-aware nodes may sense:
• The technical environment, including what networks and devices are within range, what
RF standards are in use, what applications and content are available and so on. This
mode of awareness enables X-Internet nodes to automatically join available networks and
exchange data as required by the application.
Energy efficiency and self-generation of power
New sensing, control and radio technologies need the ability to operate in the field for very
long times while consuming very little power — or even scavenging all the power they
need from the environment. Many X-Internet devices will still use battery or line power,
but new types of nodes will be deployed by the thousands — often in extremely small
packages and difficult locations — making it difficult or impossible to change batteries.
New energy-scavenging technologies will enable nodes to operate indefinitely without
batteries. An emerging generation of photovoltaic technology will allow so-called “solar”
cells to operate using the ambient light in your house — and the cells will be small enough
to incorporate invisibly in windows and even paint. Other technologies will enable nodes to
scavenge energy from thermal energy, kinetic motion and other environmental sources.
Standards
Open architectures based on global standards will be required for X-Internet devices
from different vendors — designed for different purposes — to interoperate seamlessly
across multiple bands, devices and countries. Proprietary implementations that don’t
“play well together” in an open fashion will be doomed to failure. Motorola is helping to
design and promote the adoption of standards at all technical levels to enable X-Internet
interoperability, creating a level playing field for vendors and consumers alike.
Built-in intelligence
Because the X-Internet will be based on highly distributed computing across vast numbers
of nodes, Motorola is building intelligence into devices to facilitate rapid deployment,
self-management and easy reconfiguration. This intelligence is required at all levels: in
processor architectures, routing technologies, programming languages, management
protocols and applications.
For example, the home of the future could contain thousands of X-Internet nodes. Users
will require an easy way to configure these nodes, and to reconfigure them as their needs
change or when the house sells. The elements of the X-Internet and the ways they interact
will be incredibly complex, involving multiple layers of intelligence — but Motorola is
working to ensure that this complexity results in incredibly simple end-user interaction.
Advanced data interpretation
The X-Internet will require new models for data distribution and aggregation, data
filtering and fusion, intelligence gathering and knowledge creation. With all the sensor
data and control capabilities that will be available, applications will need the ability to
extract meaningful information from the wealth of available data in order to come to new
conclusions about the world and manage systems more efficiently. Motorola is helping
define and build the high-level technical framework to allow diverse systems to share data,
interpret it within context and use it in new ways.
Exception-based control
Ultimately, all the new knowledge gathered and synthesized by X-Internet applications
must be put to use in ways that support a seamless experience, managing most of your
life automatically while you do the rest by means of exception-based control. Human
interaction with systems should be at the highest level possible, while the systems
themselves take care of all the detail. Systems should make intelligent observations about
the user’s behavior and surroundings, so that even exception-based control becomes less
necessary over time. Motorola is the industry pioneer in devices that are designed to adapt
to the user, rather than vice versa.
X-Internet-WhitePaper.pdf (Size: 344.16 KB / Downloads: 66)
Introducing the Future: The Extended Internet
Twenty years ago, it was almost unimaginable how the brick-sized cell phone device that
some top-level businesspeople were using would soon change our lives. A few years later,
when e-mail was introduced, it was hard to imagine all the information, entertainment,
convenience and communication that today’s Internet would bring. Similarly, the X-Internet
can be difficult for people to “get” upon first hearing about it.
But, without a doubt, the X-Internet will transform lives and businesses in much more
powerful ways than the PC or even today’s Internet itself. Today’s Internet connects people
to people. Oftentimes it’s not a direct connection, but think about it: retail sites, databases,
games, content, search engines and more are all ultimately created by people, using
display formats that make sense to people, with the sole purpose of serving other people.
The X-Internet goes much further: It adds connectivity for physical objects, creating a
wealth of new opportunities for intelligent interaction between people and things, and even
between things and other things.
Advanced, cooperative wireless technology
The X-Internet will connect all kinds of things in all kinds of spaces. Mobility will be
the norm. That means, first and foremost, that the X-Internet will depend on pervasive
wireless connectivity. At the same time, different X-Internet applications will have different
requirements for radio frequency, range, data rate and cost — so cooperative wireless
technologies will be required to allow systems based on multiple standards to work
together seamlessly.
In an X-Internet enabled home, for example, low data-rate systems such as home
security, monitoring, and environmental control will share the same network that
streams high-bandwidth music, video, and games to entertainment devices throughout
the house. Enabling technologies for the X-Internet must automatically resolve the
differences between various radio technologies and communications protocols to allow
seamless interaction.
Context awareness
True seamlessness depends on the ability of devices and even inanimate objects to sense
their environment, and to communicate their own presence and context to other relevant
devices and objects. Depending on the application, context-aware nodes may sense:
• The technical environment, including what networks and devices are within range, what
RF standards are in use, what applications and content are available and so on. This
mode of awareness enables X-Internet nodes to automatically join available networks and
exchange data as required by the application.
Energy efficiency and self-generation of power
New sensing, control and radio technologies need the ability to operate in the field for very
long times while consuming very little power — or even scavenging all the power they
need from the environment. Many X-Internet devices will still use battery or line power,
but new types of nodes will be deployed by the thousands — often in extremely small
packages and difficult locations — making it difficult or impossible to change batteries.
New energy-scavenging technologies will enable nodes to operate indefinitely without
batteries. An emerging generation of photovoltaic technology will allow so-called “solar”
cells to operate using the ambient light in your house — and the cells will be small enough
to incorporate invisibly in windows and even paint. Other technologies will enable nodes to
scavenge energy from thermal energy, kinetic motion and other environmental sources.
Standards
Open architectures based on global standards will be required for X-Internet devices
from different vendors — designed for different purposes — to interoperate seamlessly
across multiple bands, devices and countries. Proprietary implementations that don’t
“play well together” in an open fashion will be doomed to failure. Motorola is helping to
design and promote the adoption of standards at all technical levels to enable X-Internet
interoperability, creating a level playing field for vendors and consumers alike.
Built-in intelligence
Because the X-Internet will be based on highly distributed computing across vast numbers
of nodes, Motorola is building intelligence into devices to facilitate rapid deployment,
self-management and easy reconfiguration. This intelligence is required at all levels: in
processor architectures, routing technologies, programming languages, management
protocols and applications.
For example, the home of the future could contain thousands of X-Internet nodes. Users
will require an easy way to configure these nodes, and to reconfigure them as their needs
change or when the house sells. The elements of the X-Internet and the ways they interact
will be incredibly complex, involving multiple layers of intelligence — but Motorola is
working to ensure that this complexity results in incredibly simple end-user interaction.
Advanced data interpretation
The X-Internet will require new models for data distribution and aggregation, data
filtering and fusion, intelligence gathering and knowledge creation. With all the sensor
data and control capabilities that will be available, applications will need the ability to
extract meaningful information from the wealth of available data in order to come to new
conclusions about the world and manage systems more efficiently. Motorola is helping
define and build the high-level technical framework to allow diverse systems to share data,
interpret it within context and use it in new ways.
Exception-based control
Ultimately, all the new knowledge gathered and synthesized by X-Internet applications
must be put to use in ways that support a seamless experience, managing most of your
life automatically while you do the rest by means of exception-based control. Human
interaction with systems should be at the highest level possible, while the systems
themselves take care of all the detail. Systems should make intelligent observations about
the user’s behavior and surroundings, so that even exception-based control becomes less
necessary over time. Motorola is the industry pioneer in devices that are designed to adapt
to the user, rather than vice versa.