The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), a non-profit organization that manages and oversees the Bluetooth® technology standard, claims that Bluetooth LE is well suited for ambient IoT devices.

Bluetooth SIG has released the Korean version of its market research note on 'Ambient IoT (Internet of Things).'

A new report, titled “Bluetooth® IoT: Emergence of a New Class of Devices,” takes an in-depth look at a new breed of connected devices: ambient IoT devices.

Ambient IoT refers to a new type of IoT device that is powered by a variety of energy sources that can be harvested from the surrounding environment, such as radio waves, light, motion, and heat energy.

In this way, ambient IoT not only solves the power supply constraints that hinder the development and spread of IoT by reducing maintenance through 'energy harvesting', but also provides new growth opportunities for the industry as it can be deployed in large-scale locations where installation is difficult.

Because ambient IoT relies on tiny amounts of energy from environmental sources, efficient power consumption is paramount.

Bluetooth LE is the lowest power IoT available at present, so it relies on energy from environmental sources. It is ideally suited for ambient IoT devices that rely on:

With enormous market potential, ambient IoT opens the way to a variety of entirely new use cases, transforming the interactions between businesses, consumers, and their surroundings.

You can read more about ambient IoT and what it means in the Korean version of 'Bluetooth® IoT: The Next Dimension of Devices'.