NEWSLETTER Q1 2019

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Recently returning from an engaging and well-attended Members Meeting in beautiful San Diego, hosted by Qualcomm where we welcomed our new Contributor members Resideo, LEDVANCE, DSR Corporation, and Sensata Technologies.

During the opening plenary Qualcomm shared their vision for connectivity across their broad solution portfolio, including the impact of 5G. We also heard from Legrand about the challenges of connected device deployments in commercial buildings and how Dotdot and Thread can help address some of those challenges.

Rolf de Vegt
Vice President, Qualcomm

Jonathan Cartrette
Director, Legrand

Highlighted was the kick off of the use case submission process for the next-generation Thread Successor Specification. Thread does and will continue to solve and address real use cases and product challenges Here And Now in the home and commercial markets. If there is more you and your organization wished Thread could do, now is the time to get engaged as a Contributor or Sponsor member and drive market- and user-centered features and use cases.

I look forward to seeing you in Zug, Switzerland at the next Members Meeting, hosted by Siemens, November 5-7!

Best Regards,

Grant Erickson
President
Thread Group

IN THE NEWS	The Zephyr™ Project Announces OpenThread As The First Thread Protocol Implementation To Integrate With Zephyr™ RTOS The Zephyr™ Project February 27, 2019 Dotdot 1.0 Enables Zigbee And Thread IP To Speak Same Language RFID Journal February 8, 2019

PRESS RELEASES	Thread Group Expands Membership Tier Options March 26, 2019 Zigbee Alliance And Thread Group Achieve A Major Milestone For IoT Interoperability With Release Of Dotdot Over Thread Specification And Streamlined Certification Programs January 4, 2019

NOTABLE TWEETS	@zigbeealliance and @TheThreadGroup Achieve a Major Milestone for #IoT Interoperability with Release of Dotdot over #Thread Specification and Streamlined Certification Programs. Read the Press Release https://lnkd.in/e2nfbyU @SujataNeidig, VP of Marketing spoke to the importance of interoperability and open standards in the #smarthome at @CONN_Summit on Day 1 of #ces2019 Thanks to our friends @ParksAssociates for putting on such a great event! Congratulations to #Thread member, @particle, for making the Forbes' list of Top 25 #IoT start-ups to watch in 2019! https://lnkd.in/grUy7Y6

Q1 HIGHLIGHTS

Established a new Implementers membership tier
Co-produced a webinar with Zigbee Dotdot + Thread: Learn about the Specification and Streamlined Certification Programs
Published three new Thread Blog posts
Held the 13th Member Meeting hosted by Qualcomm in San Diego, a successful event with guest speakers from Legrand and Qualcomm. Live Thread demonstrations from Centero, Nordic Semiconductor, and Texas Instruments
Launched the process for the next-generation Thread Successor Spec 1.3 Use Case contributions
Released new Thread Developers webpage: quickly and efficiently get started with Thread
Certified Four Thread Components - Qorvo (QPG6095), Texas Instruments (CC1352R/P), STMicroelectronics (STM32WB) Full Thread Device, and (STM32WB) Minimal Thread Device

HOT TOPICS

THREAD GROUP MEMBERSHIP TIER CHANGES

Having surveyed our membership tiers and listening to the feedback from both our current and prospective members, we recognize that there was benefits in restructuring the membership tiers, bringing additional value and options.

New Tier - Implementer

We are introducing the Implementer membership tier, available at $5,000/year, positioned between Affiliate and Contributor.

The Implementer tier recognizes that there are both current and potential members who prioritize shipping and productizing Thread technology at the lowest possible cost and with the least possible friction over contributing to the future of Thread technology through specification development.

The benefit highlights for this new membership tier are:

Certify by Inheritance
- Certify compliant Components and End Products, and utilize Thread certification logos - without ATL testing
Access to IP
- Gain Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) for Thread technology deployed in certified Components and Products, typically with no royalty payments
Ability to Purchase Thread Test Bed
Option to Purchase Thread Test Harness
Participate in Member Meetings
- Implementer track(s) only

Inheritance

While not a new concept, the reality of inheriting Thread certification from an upstream piece of the product development chain has become increasingly viable. In the October Member Meeting, we highlighted a scenario for Thread-based modules to inherit the certification of a certified Thread stack. Further development and understanding of OS/application layer implementation has extended the feasibility of Thread certification inheritance to the next stage–from certified Thread modules to end products – all the while ensuring that the Thread functionality is unchanged from the certified stack behavior.

In conjunction with the introduction of the new Implementer tier, certification of end products by inheritance facilitates broad and rapid adoption of Thread technology in complex product distribution models featuring multiple channels and high “fanout”.

Affiliates

In addition to adding the new Implementer tier, we also saw an opportunity to improve the value proposition of the Affiliate tier. As a result, we are pleased to offer that membership tier to new and renewing Affiliate members at $750/year.

These changes to our membership structure should be available April 30, 2019.

THREAD GROUP UPCOMING EVENTS

Internet of Things World

May 13-16, 2019 | Santa Clara, California
Thread Endorsed

Arm TechCon

October 8-9 2019 | San Jose, California
Thread Endorsed

Thread Group Members Meeting

November 5-7, 2019 | Zug, Switzerland
Hosted at Siemens

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