Conectric Networks, LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF193-CSO1

Description

Conectric has designed advanced wireless communication protocols and a dynamic-asynchronous-hybrid low power network architecture built on Open Source Real-time Embedded Operating Systems (RTOS). The solution allows wireless Smart Sensor devices to transmit up to 10’s of Millions of messages or events with a 10-year operating life in near-real time, without a wired or constant power source. Networks are ad-hoc and commissioning-less, with a self-discovering mesh of powered routers and sleepy, battery powered sensor nodes making them very easy to install and operate reliably. The protocol is used in environmental Smart Sensors and control systems for dynamic building analytics and energy management as well as existing two wire automation system to wireless integrations as well as energy monitoring systems. Capabilities extend to advanced cyber security applications for building management systems. Network edge processing software can be run in virtually any computing environment including highly constrained processors to enable the seamless integration of such low power ad-hoc wireless networks to both existing Building Management Systems (BMS) and to a Cloud-based data storage and analytics engines using common standard protocols such as the ASHRAE BACnet IP and RESTful JSON.