Telemetry and telecontrol are relatively new fields that have been developed very fast in the past years and whose growth on a medium and long term basis is predicted to be exponential. Essentially telemetry and telecontrol are not correctly defined under the point of view of a unique technology, but, for their purposes, they use a group of technologies and services based on different principles, types of equipment, working fields, characteristics, etc. Therefore a research will have to be done and a plan of action will be drawn up in order to define not only the architecture but also the technology or group of technologies to be used in each case.

Telemetry is a technology that allows the remote measurement of different physical magnitudes (by means of sensors ) and the reception of digital information of the state of other machines and processes. The sending of information towards the main
equipment in a telemetry system is mainly done by means of cordless communication, but other methods can also be used, such as: fibre optics, computer networks, etc. As far as telecontrol is concerned, it also involves its intervention with the equipment and systems, both from a distance and in an unlocated way, either as an answer to the information previously obtained, or under the demand of any other task (programmed tasks, arbitrated interventions, etc.).

Some practical cases of use are: FieldMeteorological equipment, risk control, cashpoints, control of cement silo (invoicing, replacements, optimization of routes), gas
deposit alarms, float control, Receiving information (RFID), traffic telemeasure, control of vending and recreation machines, etc., gas, water , electricity meter, etc., security, uninterrupted supply systems, industrial and domestic domotics, telecontrol of tanks, opening of safes, Formula 1,etc.