The HCB is a multi-purpose communication embedded
platform that can act as user terminal or highly secure and reliable
gateway for wireless ad-hoc networking.The HCB relies on a modular
architecture using an XScale microcontroller and a FPGA in order to
access a variety of communication module (UMTS, GPRS, GPS, HSDPA, etc.)
and to provide applications with highly secure transmission. The HCB
will run a dedicated software framework providing the user with
adequate roaming/routing performance and graphical user interface
mainly based on the Swisscom Unlimited technology.
The HCB platform is devoted to a wide range of user and network
applications such as surveillance and security monitoring,
location-based services, multimedia terminal, machine-to-machine
applications, etc. Primary HCB market segments are automotive and
military industries as well as bio-medical, entertainment, domestic
areas including mobile transportation (car, bus, train).
