M2M The Wireless Revolution

Jim Brazell, Laurel Donoho, John Dexheimer, Robert Hanneman, George Langdon0976850346, 9780976850342

What is M2M? M2M is an acronym for the term “Machine-to-Machine” and the birth of a 4th generation of computing. M2M is a category of information and communication technology that combines communications, computer, and power technologies to enable remote human and machine interaction with physical, chemical, and biological systems and processes. M2M represents a new kind of application for computing where data are transmitted to and from physical and biological environments. In many ways, M2M represents a “Wireless Revolution,” as all things are increasingly connected to the network via wireless telemetry. Analysts are optimistic that a spectrum of promising markets and opportunities abound with an established $100 billion market in 2005. The report provides an analysis of this technology and its markets, industries, and workforce needs in areas including critical infrastructure and heavy industry, transportation and logistics, structural health monitoring and environmental monitoring, retail and wholesale trade, healthcare and medical devices, home networking, and utilities.

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Table of contents :
M2M: The Wireless Revolution……Page 1
Table of Contents……Page 5
Preface……Page 8
Acknowledgments……Page 9
M2M Market……Page 11
M2M and the State of Texas……Page 12
Preparing the Texas Workforce for M2M……Page 13
Introduction……Page 15
M2M Trends……Page 20
Critical Infrastructure and Heavy Industry……Page 23
Transportation and Logistics……Page 25
Structural Health Monitoring……Page 30
Environmental Monitoring……Page 33
Retail and Wholesale Trade……Page 36
Utilities……Page 37
Healthcare……Page 38
Home……Page 40
Industry Value System……Page 43
Telecommunications Value Shift……Page 45
Systems Integrators……Page 46
Rise of the M2M Service Provider……Page 48
M2M Sensor Network Primer……Page 51
Evolution of M2M Sensors……Page 52
Survey of Trends, Technologies, and Workforce Needs……Page 69
Trends and Technologies……Page 70
Workforce Needs……Page 75
Wireless M2M R&D in the State of Texas……Page 83
Functional Workforce Domains……Page 85
Workforce Need: Survey Analysis and Recommendations……Page 93
Recommendations from Experts……Page 94
Technological Shifts Driving Workforce and Education Requirements……Page 95
M2M Technologies: Survey Analysis and Recommendations……Page 97
Expert Curricula Recommendations……Page 98
About the IC2 Institute……Page 100
Biographies……Page 101
Appendix A: Texas Wireless Educational Programs……Page 103
Appendix B: US and International Wireless Education Programs……Page 106
Appendix C: Wireless Research Programs……Page 108
Appendix D: Texas Wireless Companies……Page 109
Appendix E: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities of Select Wireless Jobs……Page 129
Appendix F: Bibilography……Page 136