THE INGENU BLOG

November 1, 2016

Ingenu’s Machine Network Goes Live in New Orleans to Support Oil & Gas, Logistics and Transportation Applications

RPMA network comes online in another Southern US market to enable IoT applications

SAN DIEGO  – November 1, 2016 – Ingenu Inc.™, the company that delivers purpose-built IoT connectivity, today announced the launch of the New Orleans Machine Network™, adding another market in the Southern US to its national coverage map for machine connectivity.  In addition to smart city applications, the New Orleans network will support oil & gas, logistics and transportation applications, which are leading industries in the region utilizing IoT (Internet of Things) technology.

The New Orleans metropolitan area supports a thriving shipping and logistics industry, which is a major driver in emerging industrial IoT applications.  The oil and gas industry is also taking advantage of the technology for monitoring and pipeline usage analysis.  The New Orleans Machine Network will provide coverage to the state’s largest metropolitan area, reaching 240 square miles and serving a population of nearly one million.

Ingenu’s Machine Network is powered by the company’s patented RPMA® (Random Phase Multiple Access) communication technology, which provides robust, reliable connectivity across a variety of operating environments. Ingenu’s Machine Network build-out is now underway across the United States, and is targeted to serve 30 major metropolitan areas by the end of 2016.  The Machine Network currently provides more than 100,000 square miles of wireless coverage for a host of IoT applications. For specific information on the New Orleans Machine Network, visit www.ingenu.com/technology/machine-network/cities/new-orleans.

“The Southern US is an important region for the Machine Network as it is where most of the country’s goods are manufactured, transported and delivered,” said Tom Gregor, president and general manager, Machine Network, Ingenu.  “We are excited to bring the power of RPMA connectivity the New Orleans metro area to further enhance the capabilities this thriving industrial market has to offer.”

About RPMA
Utilizing globally available spectrum, Ingenu’s RPMA® (Random Phase Multiple Access) technology is purpose-built for M2M/IoT connectivity, offering unparalleled range, coverage and capacity with extremely low power requirements and longer-lasting battery life. It uniquely enables devices to connect more efficiently and cost-effectively in both the uplink and downlink. Requiring fewer towers to provide coverage to large areas (1:10 to 1:30 radio towers needed for RPMA vs. cellular), RPMA is rapidly becoming a global standard for IoT communication. For more information on RPMA technology, visit  www.ingenu.com/technology/rpma/

About Ingenu Inc.
Ingenu™ is building the first wireless Machine Network™, the world’s largest IoT network dedicated to LPWA (low-power, wide-area) connectivity for machines only. Operating on universal spectrum, the company’s RPMA® technology is a proven standard for connecting Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) devices around the world, with 38 private networks deployed over seven years. The Machine Network will have further reach, global range and longer lasting battery life than any existing network. It is also future-proof: enabling technology solution providers to maximize their product’s efficiency and longevity, with unparalleled control and visibility. Ingenu is led by a highly experienced team and backed by one of the strongest boards in the industry, including veterans from Verizon and Qualcomm. Information about Ingenu can be found at www.ingenu.com, or follow us on Twitter @ingenunetworks.

October 27, 2016

Ingenu Continues Midwest Expansion with Machine Network Deployment in Columbus, Ohio

RPMA network to deliver IoT connectivity to leading smart city in the US

SAN DIEGO  – October 27, 2016 – Ingenu Inc.™, the company that delivers purpose-built IoT connectivity, today announced it has expanded its network footprint in the Midwest region with the availability of the Machine Network™ to the metropolitan area of Columbus, Ohio.  The Internet of Things (IoT) network will serve applications including transportation, logistics, smart city and smart grid, providing coverage to Ohio’s third-largest metropolitan area, reaching nearly 500 square miles and serving a population of over 1.1 million.

Ingenu selected Columbus for its Machine Network expansion as a result of the advancements the city has made in terms of smart city technology. Columbus was recently awarded a $40 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation as a winner of its “Smart City Challenge”, and plans to fully integrate innovative technologies into its extensive transportation network.  The City of Columbus has since launched the Smart Columbus initiative to expand its smart technology to applications such as street lighting, connected vehicles, event management and logistics.

“The Columbus market is well positioned to benefit from the value of the IoT,” said Tom Gregor, president and general manager, Machine Network at Ingenu. “The technology enables so many applications that we take for granted such as lighting up a sidewalk, finding a parking space or attending a sporting event.  Reliable connectivity is the main driver of IoT applications, and we are pleased to be able to provide these capabilities to an innovative city like Columbus.”

Ingenu’s Machine Network is powered by the company’s patented RPMA® (Random Phase Multiple Access) communication technology, which provides robust, reliable connectivity across a variety of operating environments. Ingenu’s Machine Network build-out is now underway across the United States, and is targeted to serve 30 major metropolitan areas by the end of 2016.  The Machine Network currently provides more than 100,000 square miles of wireless coverage for a host of IoT applications. For specific information on the Columbus Machine Network, visit www.ingenu.com/technology/machine-network/cities/columbus/

 

About RPMA

Utilizing globally available spectrum, Ingenu’s RPMA® (Random Phase Multiple Access) technology is purpose-built for M2M/IoT connectivity, offering unparalleled range, coverage and capacity with extremely low power requirements and longer-lasting battery life. It uniquely enables devices to connect more efficiently and cost-effectively in both the uplink and downlink. Requiring fewer towers to provide coverage to large areas (1:10 to 1:30 radio towers needed for RPMA vs. cellular), RPMA is rapidly becoming a global standard for IoT communication. For more information on RPMA technology, visit  www.ingenu.com/technology/rpma/ 

About Ingenu Inc.

Ingenu™ is building the first wireless Machine Network™, the world’s largest IoT network dedicated to LPWA (low-power, wide-area) connectivity for machines only. Operating on universal spectrum, the company’s RPMA® technology is a proven standard for connecting Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) devices around the world, with 38 private networks deployed over seven years. The Machine Network will have further reach, global range and longer lasting battery life than any existing network. It is also future-proof: enabling technology solution providers to maximize their product’s efficiency and longevity, with unparalleled control and visibility. Ingenu is led by a highly experienced team and backed by one of the strongest boards in the industry, including veterans from Verizon and Qualcomm. Information about Ingenu can be found at www.ingenu.com, or follow us on Twitter @ingenunetworks.

October 26, 2016

Cellular Carriers, Information Cascades, and LoRa

I recently finished listening to the book Algorithms to Live By which takes algorithms from computer science, economics, and other fields and applies them to appropriate life circumstances. As a data scientist, this book was a great nerd out session for me filled with great insights. One of the concepts that you’ve encountered and maybe even heard of is called the information cascade. Though not always applicable, you can think of this as one way to explain the snowball effect. It is one of many ways to answer the question of why people, companies, nations, friends, and others do something that as individuals they would never do but as group end up doing, despite having different preferences.

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October 24, 2016

Industry Perspective on Unlicensed Low Power Wide Area Networks

A question I am asked often multiple times a day on sales calls is,”What about Sigfox and LoRa?”  RPMA, or Random Phase Multiple Access, is often compared to, or thought to be on par with, competing unlicensed low-power, wide-area networks such as Sigfox and LoRa.  I am writing today to tell you why that is far from the truth.

RPMA was created from the ground up to be the simplest, the most robust, and the most secure network for machine to machine communication.  It is the only network purpose-built from the ground up to serve machines exclusively.

Let’s start with simplest.  What if I told you there was a singular wireless network that could cover the earth (and no I’m not talking about Skynet Mr. Terminator)?  With near infinite scalability, extremely long range, and a spectrum that is available in every country on the planet, RPMA can do just that.  Device makers could create a single SKU that could operate on any part of the planet.  RPMA runs on the 2.4 GHz band for the very reason of being able to cover the world with a single network.  Sub-GHz competitors may point to the fact that sub-GHz frequencies can inherently penetrate further than a 2.4 GHz wave.  The point, however, is moot for RPMA because with the combination of RPMA’s processing gain, receive sensitivity, and antenna diversity, it boasts the highest link budget in the wireless industry.  That means RPMA broadcasts further and penetrate deeper than any sub GHz competition.  Lastly, with a network built from the beginning to be able to scale to billions of endpoints, it creates a simple job for product managers.  One SKU can serve any customer in the world, under any RPMA network, at any device count.

Let’s talk robustness.  A single RPMA access point can demodulate and receive up to 1000 simultaneous transmissions over the network.  There is virtually no such thing as a collision on an RPMA network.  That fact coupled with a 100 percent message acknowledgment rate will leave even the most skeptical feeling secure and satisfied.  That vastly overshadows competing unlicensed low power wide area networks that do not even have full bi-directional communication for message acknowledgment, and cannot receive two simultaneous signals without a collision and a resend.

Let’s finish with security.  Imagine a small Internet of Things device, a tracker, that serves the purpose of parents being able to know the location of their children.  One may reasonably suppose that the location of the child should be sent over a secure, encrypted network.  The National Institute of Standards and Technology has defined a 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard.  That means that an additional 128 bits or 16 bytes must be transmitted with each message to create a secure digital signature.  Sigfox provides virtually no encryption (and cannot with a fixed 12 byte message size), and LoRa provides only a 32-bit encryption.  Both are well below the recommended standards.  RPMA has a flexible packet size and easily supports 128 bit encryption just to name one of many security features built in.

While many may presently associate RPMA with the networks of Sigfox and LoRa, this will dramatically change as more and more familiarize themselves with the technologies behind the marketing.

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October 14, 2016

Ingenu’s RPMA vs Licensed LPWANs

The cellular industry is built for human interface.  RPMA was built from the ground up to provide connectivity exclusively for machines.

It is no secret that the Internet of Things is still very much a fragmented industry.  I am constantly asked “why RPMA?” and “what about the new cellular standards for IoT?”  Just to be clear, in the little over a year since Ingenu announced it would be rolling out a nationwide RPMA network in the United States, the cellular industry has discussed LTE Cat-0, LTE Cat-1, LTE Cat-M1, LTE Cat-M2, and NB-IoT each as  being the answer to the IoT connectivity conundrum.  Good thing machines don’t move as fast as the typical human consumer, or Mr. Machine would have already dumped his soon to be dead 2G phone for a variety of new non-working phones powered by non-existent networks.  While the cellular industry does “seem” to be settling around LTE Cat-M1 and NB-IoT, we still have yet to see their networks, radio modules, devices, or applications in the real world.  On the contrary, RPMA has been real world tested, and used in a variety of applications over the past eight years.  It is real.  It is now.  It is here to stay.  In stating my case for RPMA over the proposed cellular IoT networks, I will claim that RPMA is technically better, creates an easy global application, and prioritizes machines.

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October 13, 2016

Tampa Bay Machine Network Delivers IoT Connectivity with Ingenu’s RPMA Network

Florida’s third largest metropolitan area is latest market to join the ever-growing nationwide network rollout

SAN DIEGO – October 13, 2016 – Ingenu Inc., the pioneer in delivering connectivity exclusively to machines, today announced the availability of its Machine Network™ in Tampa Bay, Florida. The purpose-built Internet of Things (IoT) network serves a population of nearly 3 million and provides connectivity across the state’s third largest metropolitan area. The Machine Network will serve a diverse set of IoT applications, including environmental monitoring, logistics and transportation, as well as smart city and smart grid.

Ingenu’s patented RPMA® (Random Phase Multiple Access) communication technology powers the Machine Network, which provides robust, reliable connectivity across a variety of operating environments. With just 16 RPMA access points, the Tampa Bay network serves over 2,500 square miles of area, with each access point covering an average of 159 square miles, thus utilizing considerably less infrastructure than other low-power, wide-area or cellular options.

“Tampa is the gateway to Florida’s High Tech Corridor, which provides the resources and innovation to create a variety of useful IoT applications,” said Tom Gregor, Ingenu’s president and general manager, Machine Network. “There are many opportunities for IoT solutions in the Tampa region and Ingenu’s Machine Network will power the development and connectivity of these solutions.”

Ingenu’s Machine Network build-out is now underway across the United States, and is targeted to serve 30 major metropolitan areas by the end of 2016.  The Machine Network currently provides more than 100,000 square miles of wireless coverage for a host of IoT applications. For specific information on the Tampa Bay Machine Network, visit http://www.ingenu.com/technology/machine-network/cities/tampa/

 About RPMA

Utilizing globally available spectrum, Ingenu’s RPMA® (Random Phase Multiple Access) technology is purpose-built for M2M/IoT connectivity, offering unparalleled range, coverage and capacity with extremely low power requirements and longer-lasting battery life. It uniquely enables devices to connect more efficiently and cost-effectively in both the uplink and downlink. Requiring fewer towers to provide coverage to large areas (1:10 to 1:30 radio towers needed for RPMA vs. cellular), RPMA is rapidly becoming a global standard for IoT communication. For more information on RPMA technology, visit  www.ingenu.com/technology/rpma/

 About Ingenu Inc.
Ingenu™ is building the first wireless Machine Network™, the world’s largest IoT network dedicated to LPWA (low-power, wide-area) connectivity for machines only. Operating on universal spectrum, the company’s RPMA® technology is a proven standard for connecting Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) devices around the world, with 38 private networks deployed over seven years. The Machine Network will have further reach, global range and longer lasting battery life than any existing network. It is also future-proof: enabling technology solution providers to maximize their product’s efficiency and longevity, with unparalleled control and visibility. Ingenu is led by a highly experienced team and backed by one of the strongest boards in the industry, including veterans from Verizon and Qualcomm. Information about Ingenu can be found at www.ingenu.com, or follow us on Twitter @ingenunetworks.

 

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October 11, 2016

Ingenu Announces Machine Network Availability in Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

Public machine-centric network to serve smart city, mining, energy and IoT applications

SAN DIEGO – October 11, 2016 – Ingenu Inc., the pioneer in delivering connectivity exclusively to machines, today announced the availability of its Machine Network™ in the Greater Salt Lake City area. With a coverage area of over 650 square miles, the network provides Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity to Utah’s most populous metropolitan area, serving more than 99 percent of the population of over 1.6 million.  The public machine-centric network will deliver connectivity to a variety of IoT applications, including smart city, smart grid, mining and others.

Ingenu’s patented RPMA® (Random Phase Multiple Access) communication technology powers the Machine Network, which provides robust, reliable connectivity across a variety of operating environments. Although the topology of the Salt Lake City area is diverse, the range and capacity attributes of RPMA enable reliable coverage over the metro area, utilizing just nine access points.

“The greater Salt Lake area has become one of the hottest technology hubs in the country and we’re thrilled to bring RPMA technology to the area in support of its rapid growth,” said Tom Gregor, president and general manager of the Machine Network, Ingenu.

Ingenu’s Machine Network build-out is now underway across the United States, and is targeted to serve 30 major metropolitan areas by the end of 2016.  The Machine Network currently provides more than 100,000 square miles of wireless coverage for a host of IoT applications. For specific information on the Salt Lake City Machine Network, visit http://www.ingenu.com/technology/machine-network/cities/salt-lake-city/

 About RPMA
Utilizing globally available spectrum, Ingenu’s RPMA® (Random Phase Multiple Access) technology is purpose-built for M2M/IoT connectivity, offering unparalleled range, coverage and capacity with extremely low power requirements and longer-lasting battery life. It uniquely enables devices to connect more efficiently and cost-effectively in both the uplink and downlink. Requiring fewer towers to provide coverage to large areas (1:10 to 1:30 radio towers needed for RPMA vs. cellular), RPMA is rapidly becoming a global standard for IoT communication. For more information on RPMA technology, visit  www.ingenu.com/technology/rpma/

 About Ingenu Inc.
Ingenu™ is building the first wireless Machine Network™, the world’s largest IoT network dedicated to LPWA (low-power, wide-area) connectivity for machines only. Operating on universal spectrum, the company’s RPMA® technology is a proven standard for connecting Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) devices around the world, with 38 private networks deployed over seven years. The Machine Network will have further reach, global range and longer lasting battery life than any existing network. It is also future-proof: enabling technology solution providers to maximize their product’s efficiency and longevity, with unparalleled control and visibility. Ingenu is led by a highly experienced team and backed by one of the strongest boards in the industry, including veterans from Verizon and Qualcomm. Information about Ingenu can be found at www.ingenu.com, or follow us on Twitter @ingenunetworks.

 

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October 10, 2016

88 Miles?! Was Einstein Wrong About the Speed of Light?

Let me start by admitting that cherry picking range is not directly relevant to building a commercial networks that must have deep reliable coverage. We cannot draw an 88 mile radius circle around one of our tower based Access Points and make the credible claim that by πr2,we can cover 24,000 square miles with a single tower. However, there is an indirect relevance in that the same aspect that allows RPMA to be used to build deep, reliable coverage (i.e. link budget) is the same aspect that allows for some truly amazing cherry picked results.  Other technologies advertise their cherry pick, so we will play that game and show you quite an amazing cherry in the process.

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October 10, 2016

Vula Telematix eyes national M2M network

itweb_logo_smlIT Web – October 10, 2016 – Networking solutions provider Vula Telematix has rolled out what it calls the first public telecommunications network in the country exclusively for machine-to-machine communications.

The company says the “machine network” operates on universal spectrum, using patented Random Phase Multiple Access technology – a standard for connecting the Internet of things (IOT). Read more>>

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