Vision and Objectives
Patrick E. Burns
President, DASH7 Alliance
pat@dash7.org
www.dash7.org 1

What is DASH7?
Based on the ISO 18000-7 standard
Range of 300-1500 feet +
433 MHz, Globally Available, Reliable
28K bps, up to 200K bps
Sensor Support
Encryption, two-hop capabilities
Major customer commitments
ISO 18000-7
IEEE 802.11
www.dash7.org 2

DASH7 Is Low Power
By using the 433 MHz band and following the BLAST
(Bursty, Lightweight, ASynchronous, Transitive)
design philosophy, DASH7 is far less power-hungry
than competing technologies
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DASH7: Open & Extendable
Location (RTLS) Mobile Phone
Integration
Sensors
Environmental
Electronic
Basic Seals
Encryption
Air
Security
Protocols
PKI Multi-kilometer
Tag-to-Tag
Comms communications
Application-Specific
Features
Low Freq Energy Flexible
Wakeup Harvesting Substrates
Power
Mgmt Low Voltage
Operations Tire Pressure
Monitoring
Fast Turn-on Radio Silicon
www.dash7.org 5

Idea: This Can Do More
Than Track Containers
www.dash7.org 6

We Envision
An Internet of
Trillions of Things
www.dash7.org 7

Things For The Warfighter …
www.dash7.org 8

Things For
Companies
Who
Supply The
Warfighter …
www.dash7.org 9

Things That Move Other
Things …
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Hazardous Things …
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Perishable Things …
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Things You
Need In a
Pandemic …
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Things for First Responders …
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Things Used For
Communication …
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Things In a Yard or Depot …
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Things We
Count On To
Get Us
www.dash7.org
Places … 17

Things In A Data Center …
www.dash7.org 18

Things Touched
By People …
www.dash7.org 19

People We
Don’t
Want to
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Lose … 20

People Who Might Flee …
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DASH7 Can
Enable The
“Smart”
Planet
www.dash7.org 22

But It Requires Standards &
Interoperable Infrastructure
www.dash7.org 23

Introducing the DASH7 Alliance
Interoperability New Features
Testing & For
Certification ISO 18000‐7
Promote DASH7
In New
Markets
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Launched March 16, 2009
DASH7 Ecosystem 6/26/09 30+ Participants
End Users Semiconductor Active
RFID
Hardware
Korean MND
UK MoD
Aerospace & Defense
Non-Profit & Academia
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Global Participation
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how does the Alliance
Governance operate?
Outreach
Working
Goals: Raise awareness, educate,
Group solicit feedback from end users
DASH7 Board
Of Directors
Technology Goals: Define future changes to the
Working standard, then vote as a bloc
Group
within ISO
Test and
Certification Goals: Define criteria and methods for
Working certifying interoperability
Group
- Open membership
- Board of Directors Election in August 2009
- 501(c)6 California non-profit corporation
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You Are Invited To Join the
DASH7 Alliance
• Open Membership
• Leadership Opportunities
• Non-Profit Technical Advisory Board
• Major Opportunity to Influence A Very
Strategic Wireless Technology
• Email pritchie@dash7.org or visit
www.dash7.org for more details
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