AWS IoT Core

AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk

Build connected solutions easily on a highly reliable free-to-connect network

Why AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk?

Amazon Sidewalk is a secure community network that uses Amazon Sidewalk Gateways (also called Sidewalk Bridges), such as compatible Amazon Echo and Ring devices, to provide cloud connectivity for IoT endpoint devices. Amazon Sidewalk enables low-bandwidth and long-range connectivity at home and beyond using Bluetooth Low Energy for short-distance communication and LoRa and FSK radio protocols at 900MHz frequencies to cover longer distances.

The integration of Amazon Sidewalk with AWS IoT Core, enables you to easily provision, onboard, and monitor your Amazon Sidewalk devices. Through AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk, you can accelerate the cloud onboarding process for your Sidewalk-enabled devices and access over 200+ AWS Services and capabilities, such as Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and more. The integration between Amazon Sidewalk and AWS IoT Core Device Location enables you to get the geo-coordinates of your Amazon Sidewalk device even when your device does not have an in-built GPS module.

Benefits

Sidewalk-enabled partner devices come pre-provisioned with security certificates required to establish an encrypted connection with AWS IoT Core. This enables you to build IoT solutions that quickly connect your edge devices to AWS and support a fast, plug-and-play setup experience for your customers.

Amazon Sidewalk is a free-to-connect network that offers coverage to more than 90% of the U.S. population. You don’t need to build or manage a separate network infrastructure. AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk provides you a highly available network infrastructure that can extend the reach of your IoT solution and easily process large volumes of data.

Amazon Sidewalk is designed with multiple privacy and security features to protect data traveling on the network. With the integration to AWS IoT Core, you can easily add-on services like AWS IoT Device Defender to monitor, detect anomalies, and receive alerts across your device fleet.

Send information like WiFi access point, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) data from your Amazon Sidewalk enabled device to AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk and resolve the geo-coordinates of your Amazon Sidewalk enabled devices. Send the resolved location data to an AWS IoT rule or MQTT topic and use it in your backend applications.

Use cases

With Amazon Sidewalk’s instant connect capabilities, smart home device manufacturers can simplify the out-of-box of experience and automate some of the setup workflows required for their devices.

Amazon Sidewalk sensors, such as temperature, humidity, occupancy, and more can be deployed across buildings, cities, or other types of infrastructure to monitor and control HVAC, lighting, security, and other systems.

With AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk, you can track assets, such as equipment, goods, machinery, or vehicles, monitor their performance, communicate notifications, and stay informed about other key metrics. Sidewalk permits devices to roam throughout the network, supporting operations managers to maintain consistent awareness and control of their assets.

DeNova Detect

DeNova Detect, an IoT product from New Cosmos, uses Amazon Sidewalk to send alerts via text, call, and email to notify the end user when their residential gas detectors identity a gas leak.

MerryIoT

With the growing ubiquity of the Sidewalk network, The MerryIoT sensors from Browan not only benefit from increased range, but also provide a seamless out-of-box experience for users.

Deviceroy

The Aria smart modem from Deviceroy uses Amazon Sidewalk to connect machines used in solar, utilities, and smart homes/buildings applications to the Internet.

Meshify

Meshify (IoT subsidiary of HSB) uses Amazon Sidewalk’s long range, low bandwidth connectivity to mitigate losses that can severely damage homes or shut down small businesses, such as water leaks or frozen pipe bursts.

Featured partners

Our partners make it easy for you to get started by providing qualified hardware and software development kits that are able to connect to Amazon Sidewalk.