WSN Update

Octave Technology announced today the launch of its flagship product, the OCTAVEX Wireless Sensor Framework version 1.0. The OCTAVEX Framework is a software platform designed to assist end users, systems integrators, software developers and OEMS in the deployment and management of wireless sensor networks. The product addresses a growing need for companies to properly manage the large amount of data provided by wireless sensors while leveraging the IT infrastructure and applications currently in place.

The OCTAVEX Framework can simultaneously support any number of sensor points for different types of wireless protocols including mesh networks [zigbee or proprietary platforms], active RFID tags, point to point RF sensors, and other types of smart sensors. The incoming data is delivered in a common XML-based message to the Core Services where the data can be stored, aggregated and integrated into other enterprise applications using the software APIs.

The OCTAVEX Framework is targeted towards software developers, systems integrators, end users, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to allow for the development and deployment of end-to-end wireless sensor solutions in a hardware and standards agnostic manner.


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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have recently begun working as part of a newly formed group of international scientists, known as the International Technology Alliance (ITA). Its goal is to rethink network computing and communications across urban environments.

The program will look to explore more advanced and effective wireless sensor networks in urban areas. It will study network theory, network security for highly mobile ad hoc networks, sensor and information fusion, and distributed coalition planning and decision making.

The ITA is led by IBM and consists of top researchers in industry, academia, and government. The project will span 10 years and has a budget of $138 million.

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