Provisioning Reliable Wireless Connectivity for Wearables

摘要

As the market for trendy smartphones heads toward maturity, the next consumer "must have" appears to be a wearable device. Often designed for use with a smartphone, using its short and long-range gateway connectivity capabilities to cloud-based applications, the demand for wearables is forecast to intensify rapidly. The term wearable is a broad classification that comprises smartwatches, Bluetooth headsets, wristbands, chest straps, sports watches, smart garments, and head-mounted displays like those used for gaming. According to a recent report from Gartner,1 274.6 million wearable devices will be sold in 2016, an 18.4% increase from 2015. They will generate revenue of $28.7 billion, of which $11.5 billion will be from smartwatches.