Pushing for smart home connected device adoption, Qualcomm joined Thread Group’s IoT Board of Directors.
The IoT group, founded by Samsung, ARM and Google’s Nest last year, is a low-power network for the smart home.
Qualcomm said it will initiate and lead working groups focused on establishing widespread adoption of Thread technology in the connected home.
Raj Talluri, SVP of Product Management at Qualcomm, said: "As a complement to Qualcomm Technologies’ work in the AllSeen Alliance, we are committed to delivering support for standards-based IP technologies and supporting open platforms that coexist and interoperate with a broad range of solutions.
"In the future, we intend for AllJoyn to be able to communicate over the reliable mesh network Thread provides."
The alliance has also released its technical specifications for the connected home.
The body developed self-healing mesh networks that are designed to scale to hundreds of devices with no single point of failure.
Inspired on banking encryption solutions, Thread products have been built to close identified security holes found in other wireless protocols.
The consortium said its devices were developed to be simple to install with a smartphone, tablet or computer, adding that it supports battery-operated gadgets as part of a home network, diminishing requirements for constant charging or frequent battery changes.
Talluri added: "Collaborating with the Thread Group allows for the integration of this technology into the world’s leading brands of household appliances, and to thereby speed innovation and market transformation."
Chris Boross, president, Thread Group: "Thread was designed to be the foundation of the Internet of Things in the home by allowing developers and consumers to easily and securely connect hundreds of devices within a low-power, wireless mesh network."
The board of directors includes Qualcomm, ARM, Big Ass Fans, Freescale Semiconductor, Nest Labs, Samsung Electronics, Silicon Labs, Yale Security, Somfy and Tyco.
