Aviacomm and Newracom have unveiled a reference design for an IEEE 802.11ah modem, aimed at IoT and M2M devices. The sub-GHz WiFi technology, also called HaLow, has great upside in the IoT, but faces a multitude of issues to overcome before it can become a mass-market offering. New wireless technology is critical to progress in the IoT. It enables devices to reach farther, live longer, or cost less than their forebears, and for this reason, there’s always a lot of buzz surrounding new experiments and standards – and IEEE 802.11ah is no different. Sub-GHz WiFi potentially offers a lot of the benefits associated with low-power wireless protocols like ZigBee and Z-Wave, but in a package that is familiar to the…