NB IoTin 6 steps Pietro Fiorentini NB IoT journey: from concept to mass production

Gianfranco De Feo

Embracing

NB IoT

Specific needs • Meter life 15 years

• > 1 communication day

• Making pre-payment possible

Power consumption

• Meter often located in basements

• Meter cannot be moved

• Millions of meter in the fieldReachability

• Data privacy

• Hacker protectionData security

• Meter life > 15 years

• Communication shall be insured during the time

Long term connectivity

Smart meter end

to end

end to end solution

validation

The support of open labs

field testing

Field experiences

promoting

Dedicated testing labs

Milan

Shanghai

Benchmarking the technologies

Comparative communication tests on:

- W Mbus @ 169 MHz

- W Mbus @ 868 MHz

- GPRS

- 3G

- NB IoT

ready for the market

Not only meters

Pressure and

Temperature

Data Loggers

Pipeline

Corrosion

Monitoring

Units

Smart

Meter

Mass

Production

Thank you

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