Phil Beecher is the President and CEO of the Wi-SUN Alliance, a global alliance developing and promoting inter-operable Internet of Things wireless standards for smart city infrastructure.Phil and the Wi-SUN Alliance have pioneered the Smart Utility wireless network (IEEE 802.15.4g), bringing together the best of reliability, bandwidth, and latency to deliver a robust network paired with industry backing and a marketplace of third party components and compatible products.  An early engineer on Bluetooth and Zigbee protocols amongst others, Phil dives deep into the Wi-SUN protocol comparing and contrasting this to the several other popular IoT wireless standards.  In this conversation, we dive into… Why the Internet of Things is necessary to realize the promise of Smart Cities The benefits that the Wi-SUN standard provides for smart city infrastructure The process, conversations, and debates behind developing a standard How wireless networks and their development has changed over time As a communications engineer myself, it was a delight to learn about the Wi-SUN protocol from a wireless technology pioneer. Hope you enjoy the conversation! Phil can be reached at the following: LinkedIn, Twitter   Enjoy the show! See more at https://www.theurbanloop.com/episode-23-phil-beecher -- The Urban Loop podcast is brought to you in partnership with Billion or Bust Media. You can find the latest episodes and show notes at our website and socials below. The Urban Loop: Website, Twitter Billion or Bust Media: Website, Instagram