European Union Wireless Sensing Networks:

R&D and Commercialization Activities

May 2005

The objective of this report is to communicate the current state of the market for wireless sensor networking (WSN) technologies in Europe. The research is based on interviews and analysis of the commercial vendors in the market, as well as a detailed look at research and development efforts underway at universities and industrial laboratories.

Executive Summary

The objective of this report is to communicate the current state of the market for wireless sensor networking (WSN) technologies in Europe. The research is based on interviews and analysis of the commercial vendors in the market, as well as a detailed look at research and development efforts underway at universities and industrial laboratories.

It presents a snapshot and is not to be considered an exhaustive catalog of European firms active in Wireless Sensor Networking. There are dozens of other players, some of them as large and influential as the largest firms profiled here, such as London-based Invensys, which develops equipment and solutions covering automation, regulation and control systems for varying the petroleum, chemical, health, communication, consumer products, and automobile industries, and Danish company, Danfoss A/S, which develops and sells building technologies (air conditioning, refrigeration units, water and heating systems), as well as the control for such systems. In addition, market forecasts, roadmaps, and overviews of the applications market for firms planning to enter the European market with WSN technologies.

Research Contents

Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary

1.1 European Market Analysis
1.2 Commercial Products and Markets Research Conclusions
1.3 Academic and Industrial R&D Research Conclusion
1.4 Recommendations for Japanese Semiconductor Firms

2. Standards in Europe

3. Wireless Sensing market Size and Forecast in Europe
Table 1: Total European Sales Forecast for WSN and Chipsets - 2005-2010
Table 2: Total European Sales Forecast for WSN Chips in Million Units- 2005-2010

4. Wireless Sensing Industries and Applications and Case Studies
4.1 Healthcares and Medicine
4.2 Diagnostic Medicine R&D (Cancer Detection, Genetics)
4.3 Industrial (Factory, Manufacturing, Equipment monitoring)
4.4 Environmental Monitoring
4.5 Security
4.6 Building Automation
4.7 Home Automation
4.8 Automotives/Transportation
4.9 Others

5. Wireless Sensing Networks: Commercial Company Activity in Europe
5.1 Companies by Market Segment (At Glance)
5.2 Companies by Major Applications(At Glance)

6. Research Detail of Company/Venture by Supply Chain Segment

6.1 Semiconductor Vendors (5)
6.2 Modules Vendors (7)
6.3 Solution and End User Product Vendors (7)
6.4 Systems Integrators (8)
6.5 Software (2)

7. Wireless Sensing Networks:
Academic & Research Center/Organization and
Corporate Research Center R&D Activities in Europe

7.1 Academic Research Center/Organization & Corporate Research Center by
Market Segment & Country(At Glance)
7.2 Academic Research Center/Organization & Corporate Research center by
Major Applications & Country(At Glance)

8. Research Activity of Academic Research and Corporate R&D Center by
Application Segment & Country

8.1 Scandinavia (5)
8.2 Switzerland (5)
8.3 Benelux (3)
8.4 United Kingdom and Ireland (7)
8.5 Germany (12)
8.6 Turkey (1)

9. Wireless Sensing Networks Roadmap by Key Finding