Why Bluetooth IoT

Connectivity is an ongoing challenge for IoT. For enterprise organizations and IoT solution providers, the broad connectivity challenges include:

1. Competing protocols and technologies in a chaotic IoT eco-system
2. Competitive pressures of entire industries in “disruption,” and
3. Social and cultural forces moving at “analog” speed amidst exponential changes in technology occurring at “digital” speeds.

In IoT, the “connectivity” layer is at the center of these challenges. The lack of team communication and/or radio frequency (RF) range presents several connectivity issues. Many of today’s specific IoT connectivity technologies include the use of tablets and cell phones as gateways, cellular LPWAN and Wi-Fi to name a few. However, they all have significant IoT limitations.

• Tablets are costly and not designed for widespread IoT connectivity adaptation.
• Wi-Fi’s high power demands and lack of sensor options compared to low-power options simply doesn’t scale with a  return on investment (ROI).

Today’s IoT developers are abandoning older connectivity options like pads, tablets, and Raspberry Pi and seeking new ways to lower costs and still scale their IoT applications. While cellular low power wide area networks (LPWANs) promises are alluring, it bypasses existing infrastructure. Moreover, many organizations hesitate to adopt LPWANs because of monthly fees, additional layers of infrastructure, proprietary protocols and lack of worldwide standardization.

Several IoT industries, like industrial IoT (IIoT), are maturing quickly and need to operate efficiently. Bluetooth IoT connectivity is emerging as the go-to standard and is being adopted by many industries.

Many are turning to Bluetooth, due to its low cost, worldwide standardization, and Bluetooth low energy (LE). BLE is no longer the short-range, one-to-one connectivity option. The evolving nature of Bluetooth now allows for long-range capabilities as well as many-to-many connectivity options.

Cassia Networks’ series of patents are focused on bringing ROI to the center of IoT connectivity. Cassia’s patented long-range Bluetooth routers deliver one-to-many Bluetooth IoT. Additionally, the Cassia IoT Access Controller (AC) delivers big data power to IoT applications.

Cassia’s Bluetooth IoT products and solutions provide the scalability needed to provide today’s device manufacturers with long term ROI. By adding long-range, one-to-many “connection density” to the existing advantages of Bluetooth, combined with big data and edge processing capabilities, IoT solution providers have the competitive advantages they need to succeed in today’s IoT environment.