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Kyoto University team links Wi-SUN FAN and Matter standards in building lighting test
A Kyoto University group has built an IoT platform combining the Wi-SUN FAN wireless standard with the Matter smart-home standard, and tested remote lighting control in a four-storey university building.
Why it matters: Kyoto University's Graduate School of Informatics reports a working link between two international IoT standards, demonstrated with commercial controllers from several manufacturers left unmodified.
Kyoto University said a group led by Professor Hiroshi Harada of the Graduate School of Informatics, with doctoral student Reo Gakumi, developed an IoT connectivity platform called 'Matter over Wi-SUN FAN'.
According to the university, the team built Matter-compatible devices with Wi-SUN FAN border router or router functions and a smartphone app that handles device set-up and authentication, known as commissioning.
The university said the system was used to simulate remote control of lighting in a four-storey building on Kyoto University premises, and that commissioned devices were registered at the same time with several commercial Matter controllers from different makers without changes to the controllers.
The researchers expect applications in smart homes, building management and energy management, in addition to lighting control, the university said.
Editor’s view
Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
The demonstration covers basic functions in a single four-storey Kyoto University building; if the approach is extended, the researchers point to smart homes, building management and energy management as the intended uses.
