The IPSO Alliance is an organization promoting the Internet Protocol (IP) for what it calls "smart object" communications. IPSO is a non-profit organization founded in 2008 with members from technology, communications and energy companies. The IPSO Alliance advocates for IP networked devices in energy, consumer, healthcare and industrial applications.
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Smart objects are small computers (microcontrollers) with a sensor or actuator and a communication device, embedded in objects such as thermostats, car engines, light switches, and industrial machinery. Smart objects enable a wide range of applications in areas such as home automation, building automation, factory monitoring, smart cities, structural health management systems, smart grid and energy management, and transportation. The IPSO Alliance promotes the “Internet of Things”. The layered architecture of IP provides a high level of flexibility, innovation and accelerates the adoption of network-connected devices, often referred to as the “Internet of Things.”
IPSO offers webinars, interoperability events, and the publication of white papers. The Alliance also complements the work of entities such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and the ISA, all of which develop and ratify technical standards in the industrial community.
On February 15, 2013, the IPSO Alliance announced its "IPSO Challenge 2013 competition to showcase the use of the Internet Protocol (IP) in sensor/control and M2M applications enabling the Internet of Things (IOT). The first round of judging closed on April 5, 2013. The top three finalists went to Sensors Expo in Chicago on June 6, 2013 to present their prototype or product, where the winner, Redwire Consulting of Boston for their Energy Current Harvesting device was announced. Runners up included CMD Microdevices of Colorado and ViBrain Solutions of Murcia, Spain.
August 2012 In conjunction with IETF 84 in Vancouver, BC, IPSO hosted an Internet of Things interoperability demonstration using the IPv6 and Web standards for machine-to-machine (M2M) devices and cloud services in connected home, building automation, lighting and smart energy-related applications. The Alliance also participated in the Bits-N-Bites Open House, showcasing NXP's smart light bulb, Proto6's motion sensor, and the Ericsson/Sensinode in-home sensors.
June 2012 In celebration of World IPv6 Launch Day, the IPSO Alliance enabled its website to be IPv6 capable
March 2012 IPSO Alliance teams with European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to assemble companies to validate understanding of the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) base specification under development by IETF, and tests protocol implementation interoperability and conformance. Test results provided to both the IETF and Internet of Things (IoT) communities to enhance the quality of these developing standards. This event was organized in co-operation the Probe-IT project, held in Paris, France on 24–25 March 2012 and was co-located with IETF 83
September 2011 IPSO published its first quarterly newsletter.
June, 2011 IPSO announced interoperability testing
In May 2010, ZigBee Alliance and IPv6 Forum form strategic relationships with the IPSO Alliance to speed adoption of IP networked smart objects
In April 2010, IPSO conducts a series of successful interoperability tests with several independent implementations of RPL and of 6LoWPAN-HC.
In November 2008, TIME Magazine listed the IPSO Alliance and the Internet of Things as the 30th most important innovation of 2008
On October 15, 2008, members of the IPSO Alliance released uIPv6, the world's smallest IPv6 stack.
Events
October 8–10, 2013 - TIA 2013; Washington, D.C.
September 26–28, 2013 - Low Carbon Earth Summit
July 8–9, 2013 - M2M for the Oil and Gas Industry
June 24–25, 2013 - European Demand Response and Dynamic Pricing
June 20–22, 2013 - BIT 3rd Annual Congress of U-World 2013
May 13–14, 2013 - M2M+ Industry Summit; Milan, Italy
May 9–10, 2013 - International Istanbul Smart Grid Congress and Exhibition; Istanbul, Turkey
May 8–9, 2013 - M2M for the Security Industry
May 6–10, 2013 - INTEROP; Las Vegas, NV
April 22–25, 2013 - DesignWest; San Jose, CA
April 17–19, 2013 - North American IPv6 Summit; Denver, CO
April 17–18, 2013 - Energy Harvesting & Storage and Wireless Sensor Networks; Berlin, Germany
March 27, 2013 - AINA, Barcelona, Spain
March 21–23, 2013 - M2M Expo Turkey; Istanbul, Turkey
March 14, 2013 - 2nd M2M India Conclave; New Delhi, India
March 12–14, 2013 - Microgrid World Forum; Irvine, CA
March 6, 2013 - SensorsCon 2013; Santa Clara, CA
February 28 - March 2, 2013 - IIC China Conference; Shenzhen, China
February 26–28, 2013 - Embedded World Conference; Nuremberg, Germany
February 25–28, 2013 - GSMA Mobile World Congress; Barcelona, Spain
February 25–27, 2013 - Smart Energy Summit; San Antonio, TX
December 3–7, 2012 - IEEE Globecom 2012; Anaheim, CA at the Disneyland Hotel
November 29–30, 2012 - ETSI/IPSO CoAP Plugtest; Sophia Antipolis, Côte d’Azur, France
November 7–8, 2012 - Energy Harvesting & Storage USA, Wireless Sensor Networks & RTLS USA, Supercapacitors USA; Washington, D.C.
November 4–9, 2012 - IPSO Interop; Atlanta, GA
October 24–25, 2012 - 3rd ETSI TC M2M Workshop
October 23–25, 2012 - 3rd ETSI TC M2M Demonstrations & Workshop
October 16–18, 2012 - Broadband World Forum; Amsterdam, The Netherlands at the RAI Exhibition & Convention Centre
October 9–11, 2012 - Metering Billing/CRM Europe 2012; Amsterdam, The Netherlands
October 9–10, 2012 - IPSO Fall Meeting; Orlando, FL
October 8–9, 2012 - Distribution Automation Europe; London, UK in the Holiday Inn Bloomsbury
September 21, 2012 - M2M India Conclave; Mumbai, India at ITC Grand Maratha
July 30-August 1, 2012 - IPSO Summer Interop; Vancouver, BC at the Hyatt Regency
June 27–28, 2012 - European Demand Response & Dynamic Pricing; London, UK at the Holiday Inn Bloomsbury
June 19–21, 2012 - IoT International Forum; Venice, Italy
June 12–13, 2012 - 3rd Canadian Smart Grid Summit; Toronto, ON
June 6, 2012 - World IPv6 Launch Day
June 6, 2012 - International Internet of Things Event; Eindhoven, The Netherlands
June 5–7, 2012 - TIA 2012; Dallas, TX
June 5, 2012 - CONNECTIONS; Dallas, TX
May 3, 2012 - M2M Forum 2012 - Milan, Italy
April 29 - May 1, 2012 - Niagara Summit; Las Vegas, NV
April 18, 2012 - IET Smart Metering Conference; London, UK at the Strand Palace Hotel
April 9–11, 2012 - North American IPv6 Summit; Denver, CO
April 3–4, 2012 - IPSO Interop Event; Paris, France
April 2–3, 2012 - IPSO Spring Member Meeting; Paris, France
March 24–25, 2012 - IoT CoAP Plugtests™; Paris, France
February 29-March 1, 2012 - Smart Energy Summit; Austin, TX
February 9, 2012 - Internet of Things Day; Kista, Sweden
October 13–14, 2011 - IPSO Alliance Member Meeting; Mountain View, CA at Google Campus
October 12, 2011 - IPSO Press Reception - The Internet of Things; Santa Clara, CA at TechMart
October 11–12, 2011 - IPSO Interop "Un-Plug Fest"; Santa Clara, CA at TechMart