A report titled ‘WTRS Wireless Sensor Network Technology Trends Q1 2012 – Subscription’ has been added by Research and Markets to its offering.
The report by West Technology Research Solutions provides critical insights by analyzing competitive activities of the major industry alliances and discusses the market penetration of related wireless sensor network protocols, including Bluetooth Low Energy, ZigBee, Low Power WiFi, Dash7, Z-Wave, Wavenis, IEEE 802.15.4 and EnOcean. Additionally, the report also outlines market opportunities for OEMs and provides information on the development of standards.
The wireless sensor networks market is witnessing a steady growth and is likely to be integrated into building and home applications as manufacturers look for opportunities to reduce operation and installation costs. The report indicates that utility management and energy use monitoring will contribute to the market growth. The potential opportunities for wireless sensor networks are in applications that do not have a potential for large chip volumes but present strong business cases.
Analyzing near and long-range drivers of the WSN market, the report provides evaluation of energy harvesting technologies used in wireless sensor networks and provides a five-year forecast of sales volume, unit shipments, average selling price by geography and vertical market segment and details the wireless sensor network technologies available in the market.
The companies mentioned in the report include CEL, EnOcean Alliance, ANT Alliance, Dust Networks, Bluetooth SIG, Freescale, Helicomm, Eazix, Greenpeak, FlexPanel, IWT, Jennic, Itron, Korwin, Microchip, LG, Radiocrafts, RF Micro Devices, Oki Semiconductor, Texas Instruments, UBEC, ZigBee Alliance, Virtual Extension, Panasonic and Siemens.