M2M
M2M is an abbreviation for machine-to-machine,
or technology that supports wired or wireless communication between
machines. An example of M2M technology might be a set of devices
that monitor traffic in a city and communicate the information
to the city's traffic lights in order to regulate the flow of
traffic. M2M is used in telemetry, data collection, remote control,
robotics, remote monitoring, status tracking, road traffic control,
offsite diagnostics and maintenance, security systems, logistic
services, fleet management, and telemedicine.
The abbreviation has also been
used to stand for man-to-machine, mobile-to-machine, machine-to-man,
and machine-to-mobile.
M2M can be used to refer to any
communication between two machines, thus incorporating systems
such as synchronized traffic lights. But the reason that M2M has
been growing in the past few years is down to the potential of
mobile phone networks. One Swedish company taking full advantage
of this is Wireless Maingate, based in the southern Swedish town
of Karlskrona. This company web
designing company calls itself a ‘wireless operator
for machines’, and provides a wide variety of services in
machine to machine communication, from remote meter reading to
enhanced security services. |
