Building communications network/broadcast/push messaging

Building occupants always expect Wi-Fi connectivity and cellular coverage throughout a building. They are not bound to their desks and offices and roam from space to space. Applications such as indoor navigation, coupled with teleconferencing, augmented/virtual reality, and data networks drive massive increases in bandwidth requirements. Low-powered IoT connectivity networks are needed to connect the explosion of sensors, actuators, controllers, and devices being added to buildings. These wired, wireless, and IoT/data networks must be integrated to deliver a converged network infrastructure in a smart building.

Many buildings have some sort of owner-installed, owner-controlled network in place, which traditionally is a wired broadband communication network with switches and electronics. Using wires, these networks connect critical yet siloed HVAC and security, fire, alarm, elevator, CCTV, and other systems. These buildings...