GPS World, October 2018
MOBILEUPDATE GCF and TTA Provide Certification for oneM2M T he Global Certification Forum GCF and Telecommunications Technology Association TTA will launch a global certification solution for global internet of things IoT standards body oneM2M in early 2019 as part of its work to increase interoperability to the IoT ecosystem The solution which will incorporate oneM2Ms current TTArun certification program recognizes the critical importance of mobile technologies in IoT enabled M2M solutions a trend expected to accelerate with the advent of 5G OneM2M certification through GCF will be key to ensuring proper functionality and compliance with industry standards for fast efficient and secure IoT solutions in the connected world GCF said Technologies that comply with oneM2M standards will ensure seamless connectivity and interoperability with back end networks as well as allowing for safe and secure transactions OneM2M is a global organization that creates technical specifications common use cases and architectural principles to ensure that machine to machine communications can operate effectively on a worldwide scale OneM2M architecture is based on a common M2M service layer which can be readily embedded within vendors hardware and software solutions ensuring interoperability between the myriad of IoT devices in the field and M2M application servers worldwide TTAs mission is to support global oneM2M certification services it is the official oneM2M testing and certification organization HERE ALTAIR SEMICONDUCTOR PARTNER ON IOT TRACKING H ERE Technologies and Altair Semiconductor are partnering to integrate HERE tracking and positioning software into Altairs ALT1250 dual mode LTE Cat M1 NB IoT chipset This will enable HERE customers system integrators and tracking device manufacturers to significantly reduce device time to market and provide hardware based security The two companies plan to reduce overall power consumption of an end to end tracker application by optimizing the way the device communicates with the cloud The ALT1250 includes a GNSS receiver an RF front end supporting all commercial LTE bands within a single hardware design a hardware based security framework and an internal application MCU subsystem The integration of HERE tracking and positioning software means the chipset will be able to locate itself using the strength of cellular signals even when it is not possible to obtain a GNSS fix The chipset can take advantage of the ability of HERE to provide online and offline positioning based on its database of cellular towers Image amesteohart Shutterstock com via GCF Image Altair Semiconductor OCTOBER 2018 WWW GPSWORLD COM GPS WORLD 47
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