Telematics Solutions

White papers

If you want to understand more about wireless technology, or how to incorporate wireless into your products, we have a range of White Papers to guide you through the basics. We aim to explain the issues in plain English so that you can make an informed decision about the technology and your own product design.

For a more controversial read, try our Opinion Pieces, which debate the direction of the wireless industry.

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Trust me - I'm not a doctor. The changing nature of Healthcare

Healthcare is about to change as two disruptive forces come together. Those forces are Internet connected consumer medical devices and websites that bring the use of cognitive behaviour research and e-therapy to remote treatment. Together they’re poised to combine their respective segments of expertise to produce a new generation of consumer health products. It has the potential to be the most disruptive change to medicine in two centuries. If it succeeds it will take healthcare out of the hands of today’s professionals and transfer it to the High Street as a true consumer offering.

This White Paper explains these new developments and highlights the opportunities that exist for new players to disrupt the market for consumer healthcare.

		The Need for Platforms in M2M One of the biggest constraints in the M2M market is the lack of standard platforms that connect machines back to databases on the Internet. This White Paper explains the advantages of moving towards a platform approach if M2M deployments are to grow from hundreds to hundreds of millions. It also highlights the inadequacies of some of the "platforms" that are currently being promoted.

		Wireless Connectivity – the key to enabling Personal Medical Technology eHealth, Telecare and Assisted Living are becoming key phrases in any discussion of the evolution of national healthcare policies. To enable this, the availability of mass market wireless technology to support these devices is necessary. EZURiO's new White Paper looks at the standards serving this growth and discusses the issues that the industry and healthcare providers need to address to deliver new services based on the availability of “Always ON” patient data.

The promise of eHealth

Health systems around the world are heading towards a crisis. Populations are becoming less healthy, with a frightening rise in long term chronic conditions. At the same time, demographic changes mean fewer people are working to pay for the increased healthcare burden.

This paper investigates the issues and explains how eHealth or telecare could contribute to solving this problem. It also assesses the barriers to progress and suggests disruptive steps to overcome them, including the possibility of web companies like Google taking the lead in the provision of remote healthcare.

It’s time for M2M to move beyond cellular modems

If you've ever wondered why growth in the telematics industry is so sluggish, there's a simple answer - the cost of cellular modems and network subscriptions make it uneconomic for all but a few critical applications. Yet the dinosaur of cellular continues to be a millstone around the neck of telematics by claiming it as its domain.

EZURiO's new White Paper points out the truth - there's a new kid on the block called Wi-Fi, that's changing the dynamics.

		Wibree - the marvellous world of microdata The announcement by the Bluetooth SIG that it is embracing Wibree opens the floodgates for a proliferation of low power wireless applications. EZURiO’s Wibree White Paper explains the advantages of the standard and how it will be used for developing location based services, personal healthcare devices and eHealth offerings, home automation, energy conservation and remote control.

An introduction to Wibree

Wibree is poised to revolutionise the market for wireless devices that connect through our mobile phones. By providing a low power connection option it opens up possibilities for everything from medical devices through to personal fashion and telematics applications.

This White Paper explains its genesis and outlines the application areas that are likely to result in a meteoric growth for the Wibree standard.

Bluetooth and 802.11 Coexistence

Despite sharing the same 2.4 GHz spectrum, it’s possible for Bluetooth and 802.11 to be good neighbours, even if they’re implemented within the same device.

This application note explains the problems of coexistence and shows how EZURiO’s modules can be used within the same device.

		Bluetooth expands into non-consumer markets An article by Simon Finch of Cambridge Silicon Radio explaining the applications of Bluetooth in the M2M arena. Originally published in Incisor.

		Lowest cost of ownership - the decision to make or buy for short range wireless Embedding wireless into a product requires many skills, and it does not just stop at the circuit design. It encompasses production test investment, approvals and ongoing commitment to a standards roadmap. This White Paper spells out the issues to help embedded designers decide what is the most cost effective route.

		Choosing a Short Range Wireless Technology There are plenty of different short range wireless standards, and a lot of them spend most of their time trying to persuade you they are the best. This white paper cuts through the hype of the different standards to let you decide which wireless technology meets your requirements.

		Understanding Range Range is one of the most difficult concepts in Short Range Wireless not least because many companies quote a theoretical range that bears little relationship to what is achieved in practice. This paper explains the different design features that determine real working range. It also introduces some of the more subtle practicalities, such as connection hysterisis, where the range to make a connection is different to the working range.

		Using the Microsoft Bluetooth Stack Microsoft’s Service Pack 2 for Windows XP includes its own Bluetooth stack. The stack has limited support for Bluetooth applications compared to other Windows-based implementations, but many users will find it meets their requirements. This paper explains how to make the most of it.