Transportation Fleet Management

Syed Zaeem Hosain (‘Z’)CTO at Aeris Communications, Inc.

Santa Clara, CA

Who is Aeris?

• Industry expert with 16+ years of M2M experience• Silicon Valley knowledge applied to cellular connectivity

Company

• Optimized wireless data access for M2m over the cellular networks• A highly-automated, industry leading platform

Solutions

Customers

Partners

Aeris Customer MarketsAutomotive & Commercial Telematics • Automobile Data Services• Traffic Control• Fleet Management

Monitoring and Control• Environmental / Subsidence / Utility AMR & AMI Monitoring• Home Security• Water, Gas, and Electricity Meter Reading

Finance and Retail• ATM / EPOS / Kiosks/ Stock Control / Gaming• Digital Signage• Point of Sale : Speed / Reliability / Security

Healthcare & Medical Devices• Patient Monitoring • Telemedicine• Emergency Vehicle Response

Types of Fleets

• Delivery vehicles, field technicians, cabs, etc.• Smaller numbers of trucks and vehicles per customer• Smaller trucks and auto vehicles

Regional

• Long-haul cargo trucking companies – corporate-owned and others• Larger numbers of vehicles per customer• Trucks and trailers separable

National

• Auto fleets – rental cars, corporate vehicles, etc.• Heavy equipment – construction, farm and combine • Other rentals – daily/weekly equipment

Other

Common Needs

• Vehicle/asset location info is fundamental (obvious)• Devices contain GPS tracking capability – accuracy• Must send locations to back-office systems – as needed by app function

Location, location, LOCATION!

• Transmit location, events, logs and other information from vehicle• Must send information to the driver/vehicle: dispatch, routes, etc.• Often needs voice capability to reach driver

Data transport must be Bi-Directional

• Environmental considerations: Temperature, vibration, installation, …• Clean integration with vehicle info: Sensors, vehicle data networks, …• Long-life: Robust connectors, battery management, …

Hardened Devices

Characteristics

• Dispatch: Reach the vehicles to add stops, change routes, etc.• Sessions: More “stops and starts” transmissions• Data Transport: Cellular data services serve well

Regional Fleets

• DOT Regulations: Tire pressure, driver logs, vehicle/driver history, etc.• Time-sensitive: Send morning dispatch/logs on time• Coverage: Cellular works very well, but check coverage holes

National Fleets

• Asset: Track vehicle and individuals, rarely other contents• Event-based: Crash, theft, route downloads, engine start/stop, etc.• Network: Sometimes requires satellite or cellular/satellite hybrid devices

Other Fleets

Questions?

• Direct: 408-557-1905• E-mail: Syed.Hosain@aeris.net• Twitter: @AerisCTO

Syed Zaeem Hosain (“Z”)

• Aeris Communications, Inc.• 2350 Mission College Blvd., Suite 600• Santa Clara, CA 95054-1574.

Address

• Corporate: www.aeris.com • My blog: www.aeris.com/blog/ • Contact Aeris: www.aeris.com/contact-us/

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