GPS World, April 2016

WATCH MARKET OEM 2 Spirent and Oasis Smart SIM Partner on IoT Devices S pirent Communications and Taoglas President Dermot OShea in the facilitys RF chamber Taoglas Opens IoT Design Center A ntenna maker Taoglas USA has American customers in San Diego The 16000 square foot Taoglas IoTx Center offers a fully equipped design companies seeking a competitive time to market advantage for machine to machine M2M and IoT applications According to Taoglas the location offers support for customers at all stages of their product design cycle from concept to certification readiness SatNav Engineering by the Book opened a facility for its North and test location that supports APRIL 2016 WWW GPSWORLD COM GPS WORLD 27 Oasis Smart SIM have created a strategic partnership to remove connectivity and network provisioning barriers for the rapid development of connected products and devices such as cameras smart vehicles logistics and production goods The partnership marks both firms entry into the connected Internet of Things IoT business which analyst Gartner forecasts will result in 64 billion connected devices worldwide in 2016 reaching 208 billion by 2020 Before launching the new product Spirent and Oasis undertook extensive research into the hurdles that original equipment manufacturers OEMs face in making diverse connected products ranging from white goods in the kitchen to those used in animal management suitable for sale in world markets It became clear that old technologies and business models based on use of the traditional SIM were not suitable for IoT device activation and subscription provisioning on a global scale The partnership between Spirent and Oasis will introduce a two click software solution including USIM functionality that OEMs can embed into products for seamless cellular service activation in any of the worlds markets as well as life cycle management The partnership is expected to help manufacturers build better and smarter products for the connected world according to Dennis Juul Poulsen general manager of Spirent Possible uses range from connected trucks to smart running shoes all of which would have seamless instant connectivity through any cellular service provider A new book by a recognized authority in signal design and processing structured as a textbook for an upperlevel undergraduate course or a graduate course in satnav engineering will also admirably serve anyone seeking to enhance his or her skills in satnav engineering or as a reference and indicator of future paths for a practicing satnav engineer Author John Betz contributed to the international interoperability and compatibility efforts leading to the design of the GPS L1C civil signal His binary offset carrier BOC technique is used for the GPS M code signal and has been adopted by satellite navigation systems developed by Russia Europe China Japan and India He played an active role in the United States European Union negotiations that established compatibility and interoperability between GPS and Galileo More recently he provided critical analysis related to GPS modernization recommending affordable enhancements to address increasing threats and to shape the architecture of military GPS for decades to come The book comprises four large sections System and Signal Engineering System Descriptions Receiver Processing and Specialized Topi c s Inter ference Multipath Differential Assisted Satnav and more Engineering Satellite Based Navigation and Timing Global Navigation Satellite Systems Signals and Receivers John W Betz ISBN 978 1 118 61597 3 672 pages December 2015 Wiley IEEE Press Hardcover print or ebook available