FMC + M-to-M

Improved availability, reachability, and cost saving enabled by FMC can be applied not only to communication between humans or humans and machines, but also to communication between machines themselves, for instance, intelligent devices with microprocessors running application-machine-to-machine(M-to-M)-with far-reaching consequences.


As shown in the first figure, we could allow persons and remote applications to monitor the status of stationary and semistationary objects in the home zone and control their behavior based on policies, changing conditions, and other factors. The home-zone objectes may interface with the home-zone M-to-M controller via low-power, close-proximity tehcnologies such as ZigBee, defined in IEEE 802.15.4 specifying wireless personal area network, and z-ware, or more manstream Bluetooch and Wi-Fi techonologies.



The applications relying on such a sybiosis of M-to-M and FMC may include inexpensive and easy-to-install, 8 standards-based, remote monitoring and control equipment. In residential applicaiton, for example, communicating thermostats, security systems, and lighting, as well as numerous mobile assets belonging to a household such as vehicles, pets, and family members, can be enabled to maintain uniform connectivity and create an M-to-M ecosystem, as depicted in Figure above.

参考：３ｇ　4g　wireless blog