Motorola Leverages OPNET
to Design the neuRFon™ Wireless Information Network
Motorola case study
neuRFon™ is a Motorola wireless connectivity initiative
in the emerging X-Internet space that provides enterprises with
real-time asset information and inventory management. Combining
a sensory network with system management tools and web-based
user applications, neuRFon™ enables asset monitoring, location
tracking, and condition- sensing to support numerous applications
in logistics, manufacturing, security, and more. For example,
neuRFon™ could be leveraged to monitor shipping containers,
sense chemical or biological contamination, or monitor the structural
health of bridges and buildings.
Motorola selected OPNET Modeler to design the neuRFon™ mobile ad-hoc network
and the underlying ZigBee and power management protocols. Modeler’s flexible
network modeling environment, featuring a scalable discrete event simulation
engine, enabled Motorola to accurately simulate realistic implementations of
the neuRFon™ network.
”neuRFon™ networks create wide-ranging opportunities for business
process revolutions from public safety to shipping to manufacturing. Anywhere
real-time asset information and inventory management is needed, the potential
benefits are enormous. Motorola’s customers will rely on neuRFon™ technology
to enable critical business solutions. We, in turn, rely on OPNET to ensure that
our solution architecture is able to support the demands of today’s enterprises.”
Matt Perkins
Manager
neuRFon™ Network Research Group
Motorola Labs, Motorola Inc.