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DASH7TM Technical Overview Webinar

Hosted by the DASH7 Alliance

December 2, 2009

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Agenda & Speaker Intro

Intro to DASH7 Alliance Paul Ritchie, DASH7 Executive Director

DASH7ology 101 JP Norair, Applications Engineer, Savi Technology

Case Study: Evigia & DASH7 Rob Hower, Director Integration Engineering, Evigia

DASH7 Standardization & Certification Ryad Semichi, Director Standards Technology, Savi Technology

Q&A Please email questions to paul@dash7.org

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A non-profit consortium advancing the use

of DASH7 wireless sensor networking

technology with more than 30 participants

from across the globe

www.dash7.org

The DASH7 Alliance

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Goals of the Alliance

1. Improve and extend the ISO 18000-7 standard

2. Certify DASH7 product compliance and interoperability

3. Educate the marketplace

4. Encourage development of new DASH7 innovations

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Robert W. Hower

Evigia Systems, Inc.

www.evigia.com

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DASH7 Product Engineering

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Evigia Background

Low-power wireless sensor development

Custom integrated circuits and MEMS

Small, low-cost, low-power systems

Why DASH7

Improved range transmission in the presence of metal/concrete (433 MHz)

Longer battery life

International Standard

Northrup Grumman Evigia team selected as one of four teams for RFID III contract

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Product Development

Core commands

DASH7 hardware platform

Base required commands

Additional commands to improve performance for customer

Flexible hardware designs Extended memory, sensors, serial connection

Different form factors

Modifiable layers

Hardware

Protocol layer

Software interface

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Full suite of DASH7 products

6 tags License plate tag

Minimal commands low cost

Asset Tag

Database low memory

Asset Tag with non-replaceable battery

Small form factor

Data rich tag

Large memory, USB interface

Sensor tag

Sensors, memory, alarm readout

Container security tag

Breach sensors

2 readers Hand held

Portable, barcode scan

Fixed/transportablereader

High functionality

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DASH7 products

Designed for rugged conditions

Wide temperature range, weather, shock/vibration

Range 300 500 ft

Reliability

4+ year battery life

Interoperability

Communications between any DASH7 compliant tags and readers

Low EMI

Certified for any aircraft

1DASH7 & Standards

Ryad Semichi

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2Standards: from DASH7 to ISO

Requirements DASH7 ISO

Outreach TechnologyTest

&

Certification

JTC1/SC31

WG4

RFID

TC104:Freight

Containers

Industry

Consortiums

Market

Research

SDOs

Best

practices

Publications

Development

priorities.

New Features

Extension &

Core Specs

Whitepapers

New Features

Performance

Enhancements

Conformance &

Interoperability

Test Methods

Certification

Program

WG5

RTLS

WG6

MIIM

WG7

Security

ISO Contributions:

-Technical reports, Whitepapers,

DASH7 Specifications

-Implementation guides

- Industry Reports & Requirements

3Standards development cycle

(*): http://www.iso.org/iso/standards_development/processes_and_procedures/deliverables/deliverables_schema-2.htm

Products

DASH7

Ratified

PublicationsCertified

+

Active ISO

Participation+

< 6 months

(*)ISO Development Cycle: Average time from proposal to publication

18 to 24 months

=

Accelerated Standards

roadmap to :

- Meet todays needs with todays expertise and solutions.- encourage innovation

- enrich and extend feature set

- enable faster time to market

DASH7 is committed to

introducing all of its technical

specifications to ISO.

4DASH7 Certification

Applications Solutions Features Technology

Providers

Vertical & Regional Markets

DASH7 Test and Certification (in development): Supporting market growth

Increased DASH7 adoption

Test procedures:

- Documented

- Automated

- Executed the same

way around the world

Test Centers:

- Accredited

- Audited

- Operating as a global

network

- Collaborating and

supporting Manufacturers

Certification:

- Per product

-Global and across industries.

- Meets compliance &

interoperability requirements

- Delivered by the DASH7

Alliance.

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DASH7 is a Membership Org

Open Membership

3 levels: Charter, Principal & Associate

Non-Profit Technical Advisory Board

Major Opportunity to Influence A Very Strategic Wireless Technology

Email paul@dash7.org or visit www.dash7.org for more details

Members Only meeting scheduled for Feb. 2-3, 2010 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.