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Ep. 7 | The Wi-SUN-Powered Future of IoT Smart Cities with Renesas and Landis+Gyr

Moore's Lobby · 7 Aug 2020 · 45m · Episode 7

What this episode covers

Peter Canasco of Renesas and Jeff Sheb of Landis+Gyr discuss Wi-SUN, an open, IP-based mesh protocol for smart cities and utilities. They compare Wi-SUN’s mesh topology and FSK modulation against LoRa’s star topology and Chirp Spread Spectrum, highlighting Wi-SUN’s suitability for high-data-rate applications like smart metering. The guests detail Renesas’s certified software stacks and modules, and Landis+Gyr’s use of pre-certified modules to balance time-to-market with cost, while emphasizing the critical importance of antenna design in final product integration.

Most relevant to

large enterprises

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Renesas, Landis+Gyr, Rohde & Schwarz, Cisco
Also
Wi-SUN, LoRa, Narrowband IoT

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