JLH Labs provides cutting edge micro-wireless solutions that push the frontier of wireless networking. Micro-wireless technology leaps beyond the capabilities of Bluetooth and 802.11 in order to allow ultra-low power, embedded, low-cost devices to seamlessly interoperate.    The web of connectivity that is created can drastically reshape how building automation, security systems, environmental monitoring and logistics support are performed.  A bidirectional, multi-hop communication capability provides the foundation for a new era in embedded communication.

 

The micro-networking of JLH Labs goes beyond connecting together PC’s and cell phones.  Instead, JLH Labs has enabled networks of inch-sized sensors and actuators that tightly couple cyberspace to the physical world.  Sensors and actuators automatically self-configure and join together by using advanced mesh networking techniques in order to form a web of connectivity.  Each individual node only plays a small part in the overall application.  By working together, a complex system wide capability emerges that transforms the discrete nodes into a unified system.  The distributed computing techniques used allow for these networks to be incrementally scalable and highly robust – without a central controller there is no single point of failure. 

 

The core technical team of JLH Labs has years of experience working in the low-power wireless space.   They have designed and built several generations of wireless nodes that have been demonstrated through a wide range of military, commercial, and residential applications.  The technical foundation of JLH Labs is based on the TinyOS research program at the University of California Berkeley.  As a lead researcher at UC Berkeley, Jason Hill designed TinyOS to be a special-purpose operating systems for low-power mesh networks.  At JLH Labs, he is customizing TinyOS for commercial applications.