Ambient IoT
{{Short description|Technology concept}}
Ambient IoT, from ambient and Internet of things, is a concept originally coined by 3GPP{{cite podcast
| url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/64YpNSQhpWx7nEcJ5XETTf | title=Mr. Beacon Ambient IoT News: CES 2023 |first=Bret |last=Small | publisher=Mr. Beacon | date=2023-01-10 | time=20:30 | access-date=2023-03-19 }} that is used in the technology industry referring to an ecosystem of a large number of objects in which every item is connected into a wireless sensor network using low-cost self-powered sensor nodes.{{cite web |url=https://cacm.acm.org/news/269900-ambient-iot-gets-down-to-business/fulltext |access-date=2023-03-19 |title=Ambient IoT Gets Down to Business |first=Samuel |last=Greengard |website=Communications of the ACM |date=2023-02-14 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.iotevolutionworld.com/iot/articles/453906-wiliot-receives-historically-large-order-iot-pixel-tags.htm |title=Wiliot Receives Historically Large Order for IoT Pixel Tags |author=Tracey E. Schelmetic |date=2022-10-28 |website=IoT Evolution |access-date=2023-03-19}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bluetooth.com/blog/bluetooth-devices-are-poised-to-rapidly-scale-in-2023/ |title=Bluetooth Blog: Bluetooth Ambient IoT Is Poised to Rapidly Scale in 2023 |author=Mindy Dolan |date=2022-12-20 |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=Bluetooth SIG}} Bluetooth SIG has assessed the total addressable market of Ambient IoT to be more than 10 trillion devices across different verticals.{{cite web |url=https://www.bluetooth.com/2023-market-update/ |title=2023 Bluetooth® Market Update |date=2023-03-29 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Bluetooth SIG}}
The applications of Ambient IoT include making supply chains for food and medicine more efficient and sustainable, protecting from counterfeiting and delivering the data required for advanced transportation and smart city initiatives.{{cite web |url=https://www.perle.com/articles/ambient-iot-40195799.shtml |title=Ambient IoT |author=Max Burkhalter |website=Perle |date=2022-11-14 |access-date=2023-03-19}} Ambient IoT has been called "the original vision for the IoT" by U.S. Department of Commerce IoT Advisory Board chair Benson Chan.
Standards for Ambient IoT are being considered by 3GPP,{{cite web |url=https://www.3gpp.org/dynareport?code=TSG-WG--RP--wis.htm |title=3GPP Work Items per TSG/WG |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=3GPP}} IEEE and Bluetooth SIG.{{cite web |url=https://www.wiliot.com/ambient-iot |title=Ambient IoT: What is it? How will it impact Industries and Consumers? |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=Wiliot |date=28 October 2022 }}