On Tuesday 17 March 2015 14:01:20 Joao Carlos Clementoni Silva wrote: > Thanks Thiago and JinGuk. > > I asked about ZigBee and Z-Wave because we are researching sensors and > devices to use in our IoT project, and it seems that many of them support > those protocols. Now I am wondering if I am going to the wrong way. It > seems that you are supporting BT/BLE/IP because they will be standard for > IoT devices and sensors. Is this correct?
Ol? Jo?o Carlos Well... we're biased in giving the answer. We believe that IP and BTLE will be the future, which is why our colleagues working in the standard are primarily looking at those two types of media for the OIC standard. We believe that technologies like 6LoWPAN over 802.15.4 and 6lo-over-BTLE are the most likely long-term winners for low-power IoT device communication. But only time will tell. But we also recognise that Zigbee and Z-Wave have a head-start, which is why we're looking at having a plugin manager in IoTivity that will be able to talk over those technologies to devices that don't have anything else to communicate with. But it's unlikely that OIC will give its stamp of certification for those devices -- they'll always be considered "legacy". -- Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
