The choice of communication method is a critical consideration within any wireless system as there are many possible options, each with their advantages and disadvantages.

At British Research, our engineers are specialists in communication systems, whether it is supporting our clients with their specific communications requirements or our support teams for our start up companies or our own innovative products.

British research team of communications experts has work on the following projects:

Systems Control

Our System Control platform is aimed at providing innovative and cost effective solution. Our platform consists of a complete System Integration. From a multi screen control centre to control station and touch screen terminal access points through to Smartphone/Tablet PC for accessible via remote connections. Our Systems use open source software and standard hardware across wired Ethernet and Wireless LAN (WLAN). As it’s an open system we’re free to choose Modbus, profibus etc…

Green house Gas analysers (GHGA)

British Research has implemented developed portable and fixed GHGA for governments such as India. It can be read via different communication networks such as USB, Bluetooth, Local Connections and either one or two way GSM. This entitles field and office users to read the analysis of the greenhouse gases via Smart phones and PC’s, with additional connections to peripheral devices.

Smart Meters

We at British Research have a range of smart metering systems such as;

  • Power Line Carrier (PLC)
  • General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
  • ZigBee
  • Bluetooth

Portable and fixed environmental measurement

This product is a sequence of devices that are separated across a specific location. The portable and fixed environmental measurement can be connected to each other via wireless networking, sharing the readings of the measurements, such as humidity.

Remote health monitoring

British Research has developed an easy portable way of monitoring different health issues via not only smart phones, but any mobile device with GPRS network and Bluetooth. These databases may be accessed all over the globe.

Emerging Technologies

  • Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

    BLE is a low power Bluetooth that has all the makings of an ideal solution for Smart Metering. Currently, it is still in development, so there are questions whether it will use mesh networking, but it is clearly targeted at industrial applications competing with ZigBee. The key to the success of BLE is its backward compatibility of the existing Bluetooth architecture based on the Star Based network. This will allow industrial equipment integrations into everyday mobile devices, eliminating costs of having dedicated control and monitoring systems. Of course security aspects will be a top concern and will have to be overcome.

  • Lower Powered Wi-Fi

    There are some tractions forming in Low Powered Wi-Fi, it is too early to consider this as a main player for industrial application, though there are a number of companies working in this direction.

  • Technology Integration

    The borders for each individual technology are being drawn. The dominant technology needs to have complete cross platform integration. Just as Microsoft dominated the Desktop PC, ZigBee will have to get into the Home and portables market or eventually become a niche product. ZigBee Smart Meters could become a dead end technology if they do not, as BLE & WiFi are moving into these industrial sectors and applications.

communicationsBritish Research is engaging in an elated, inexpensive, bi-directional smart communications system.

This system has the ability to be implemented into all British Research products so that they will become net-workable devices that can be merged seamlessly into remotely managed operations. The outcome of this, entitles that any fixed or mobile equipment will have the ease of being monitored and controlled via a low cost portable/mobile device such as Smart phones, PDA’s and other mobile phones. The functionality created will deliver greater levels of usability, achieving low cost and low power consumption, thus allowing communications devices to now become a reality.

The protocols we use tend to be those which are well tried and tested, individually TCP/IP, which has become the de-facto standard for packet switched networks. Using such an approach ensures a high degree of compatibility between solutions and enables easy expansion of a system, thus making them adaptable and “future proof”.

We can provide communications strategies for both analogue and digital communication systems at high standard, which can be integrated into our solutions for every type of application, from local to global ranges. Analogue communication is known to be inexpensive and enables information to be transmitted from point-to-point or even from one point to many. Digital communication, however, is known to have replaced analogue communication as the ideal form of transmitting information, as it is through computer and mobile technologies. That’s why at British Research most of our applications have some form of wireless solution built in, as clients often want an outcome that is not dependent on (or integrated) any existing network.

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We can make our devices net-workable via Bluetooth, Wireless LAN (WLAN) or through mobile internet (GPRS/3G/HSDPA).Should a client wish a solution to be wired (rather than wireless) we would then use the industry standard Ethernet solution.