InterDigital (News - Alert), a developer of fundamental wireless technologies, has stated that they demonstrated wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) communications gateway and server prototypes as an adjunct to a meeting of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI (News - Alert)).

According to the company, the technology architecture demonstrated has helped cellular operators to capture the potential of M2M communications in an efficient technical manner with a viable and compelling business model, supporting the group's mission to define the operation of future M2M communications and the seamless integration with wireless networks.

According to ETSI, the first meeting of the ETSI M2M committee to be held outside of Europe has been the event hosted by InterDigital. The meeting illustrated the significance of M2M communications on a global scale and InterDigital's ongoing prominent participation with standards bodies worldwide. 

More than forty telecommunication experts from major companies and organization participated in shaping wireless technologies that connect people and devices – ranging from remote monitoring and control to e-health, smart transportation, and intelligent homes. 

The meeting featured the demonstration of a working prototype. InterDigital revealed a working prototype of an end-to-end architecture that interconnects cellular and non-cellular (e.g. WPAN, WLAN) networks seamlessly, using the cellular network to remotely manage and control both cellular and non-cellular M2M devices. ETSI has standardized this architecture in order to enable a broad range of M2M applications in vertical markets such as smart energy, healthcare, transportation, and security.     

Chairman of the ETSI M2M committee, France Telecom's (News - Alert) Marylin Arndt has thanked InterDigital for hosting the 12th meeting of the committee since its creation in January. Arndt has also praised the commitment and hard work of the committee's delegates who represent Information and Communication Technology (ICT) companies worldwide.   

Arndt added that the first step of the standardization process, defining requirements for the system, had been successfully completed and that work continues to develop the detailed standards. 

InterDigital has asserted that their advanced R&D efforts in M2M communications are integral to the company's vision of tomorrow's "Network of Networks." InterDigital’s research team continues to focus on solving the toughest technical problems in wireless. They are widely recognized for their work in fundamental wireless system architectures and known as pioneers in wireless resource management, network robustness, and interference mitigation – key attributes that will be even more critical tomorrow.