Smart connected devices from leading IoT, networking, and electronics providers are now achieving certification for the new Field Area Network (FAN) 1.1 program from the Wi-SUN Alliance.
Exegin Technologies, Kyoto University / Nagano Japan Radio Co Ltd / Nissin Systems Co Ltd, Landis+Gyr, Renesas Electronics, Silicon Labs, and VertexCom have become the first companies to achieve FAN 1.1 certification.
The recently launched Certification Program will ensure that products, including smart meters, smart sensors, and other utility IoT devices, can successfully interoperate in a multi-vendor data network in compliance with the FAN 1.1 wireless mesh specification. Network builders across key sectors can now benefit from the new capabilities of FAN 1.1, including:
- Low-power operation to support water metering, gas metering, and other low power field sensing use cases requiring battery life of ten years or more.
- High performance link speeds of up to 2.4 Mbps to support AMI 2.0 requirements.
- Expanded global support for 800 and 900 MHz regions.
- Compatibility with existing Wi-SUN FAN networks.
“We are very pleased to unveil the first certified products and vendors as part of our FAN 1.1 Certification Program,” said Wi-SUN Alliance CEO Phil Beecher. “Utilities and municipalities can now adopt these devices into their existing networks knowing that they can interconnect with other products in one common, interoperable ecosystem that boasts enterprise-class security and more efficient network-wide usage of available bandwidth.”
“Wi-SUN FAN 1.1 offers significant benefits when compared with other sub-GHz, Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) technologies, providing greater reliability and resilience through self-healing mesh routing, and best-in-class enterprise level security,” Beecher continued.
The progress of certification of FAN 1.1 devices can be followed on the Wi-SUN website here, as more and more devices achieve the new certification. FAN 1.1 integrates smoothly with existing FAN 1.0 networks, which can support million scale device deployments across wide geographical areas. With FAN 1.1, manufacturers can also take advantage of much higher data-rate performance of up to 2.4 Mbps with the new OFDM specification to implement new applications that will benefit from the order-of-magnitude higher speed. In addition, FAN 1.1 devices can be used globally, including the Americas, APAC, and EMEA.
The FAN 1.1 wireless mesh technology is designed to support self-healing communications between a variety of devices used for applications from environmental monitoring to smart metering. FAN 1.1’s network reformation capabilities allow a swift recovery if the network was to go down and gracefully handles power outages or local RF obstructions to ensure communications remain uninterrupted.
Learn more about the Wi-SUN FAN 1.1 certification program here: https://wi-sun.org/certification-3/
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About Wi-SUN
The Wi-SUN Alliance is a global non-profit member-based association comprised of industry leading companies. Its mission is to drive the global proliferation of interoperable wireless solutions for use in smart cities, smart grids and other Internet of Things (IoT) applications using open global standards from international standard development organizations, such as IEEE802, IETF, TIA, TTC and ETSI. With more than 300 members worldwide, membership of the Wi-SUN Alliance is open to all industry stakeholders and includes silicon vendors, product vendors, services providers, utilities, universities, enterprises and municipalities and local government organizations.
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