Qorvo has developed a new ultra-compatible gateway solution that allows various devices to communicate by integrating a ZigBee® 3.0 and Green Power-based smart home network within the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) IoTivity framework.
The open-source IoTivity framework provides specifications for seamless device-to-device connectivity across diverse physical media, transports and application layers. This framework is essential as the number of IoT devices - already in the billions – continues to grow. The global ZigBee home automation market alone is forecast to grow at a 26 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2016-2020*, and when other markets like industrial and environmental IoT are added, the need for common specs is clear.
The Qorvo IoTivity plug-ins will be the first to support a single, multi-stack radio chip. Wireless products – such as the Qorvo GP712 chip – simultaneously handle multiple IoT network layers, including Thread, ZigBee 3.0 with Green Power and RF4CE networks. The highly integrated GP712 simplifies the design of IoT gateways, routers and set-top boxes. By reducing components and antennas, it automatically mitigates the coexistence challenges of multiple IoT networks.
ubisys joined the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) to support its ground-breaking work and are using our IoT expertise to bring ZigBee 3.0 interoperability to this high-level framework. IoTivity is perfectly suited for uniting products under a single IP umbrella. The IoTivity plug-in created with Qorvo is an adapter to the ubisys Smart Facility Service. It combines the unique advantages of ZigBee 3.0 including ZigBee Green Power and the OCF IoTivity reference design.
Qorvo will feature live demonstrations of innovative smart home and IoT solutions at its booth during the international Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, Jan. 5-8, 2017, Sands Expo, Halls A-D Booth #42114.
