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Narrow Band IoT

The Journey from Clean-sheet to Standardisation

Charles F Sturman

Consumer IoT Market Development

u-blox Overview

• Swiss semiconductor company

• Founded in 1997. Listed on the Swiss Exchange since 2007

• Core competencies

• Cellular communications

• Short range radio technologies

• Satellite based positioning

• Products

• Integrated circuits | Modules | Services

• Market focus

• Connectivity and positioning solutions for IoT applications in:

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INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERAUTOMOTIVE

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The problem with Long Term Evolution …

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Broadband

Devices

Classic M2M

Internet of

(every) Thing

Market size

Devic

e &

Serv

ice c

ost

LTECAT-3

and above

2G / 3G

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Devic

e c

ost

(lo

g s

cale

)

Data Rate (log scale)GPRS

EDGE

HSPA

LTE

= cost per bit

‘25 ~ 50 billion connected Devices by 2020’

IoT

The search for NB-IoT… Clean-sheet design vs Global standardisation

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NEUL

EXALTED

LTE-M SIG

• LTE network infrastructure & spectrum• Operation in hard to reach locations (GSM link budget

+20dB)• Low cost terminals• Very long battery life

‘Clean-sheet’

LTE CAT-0 CAT-M1

3GPP

EC-GSM LTE Cat-0 LTE Cat-M

‘Cellular-IoT’

CAT-NB1

• 10 yr battery life, Ultra low cost connectivity, Low bitrate (kbps)

• 10’s km outdoor national coverage, In-building coverage

Product / service launch

‘a blank sheet of paper’

Source: GSA

LTE CAT-NB1 Overview

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• Deployment compatible for 2G, 3G* & LTE networks

• Operates in 3GPP bands using 180kHz channels.

Re-use of existing infrastructure

• Link budget 20 dB better than GSM enabling deep

penetration in-building & underground

• Ultra low power enabling 10+ yrs battery operation

• Low cost devices; on-par with GSM

• Operating in licensed spectrum:

• Interference management delivers guaranteed

quality of service – Mission critical applications

• Higher transmit power limit compared to

unlicensed bands

• 2-way communication

• Low deployment and site costs

• Global roaming

* 3G deployment under development

CAT-NB1 operation in 2G network

CAT-NB1 operation in LTE network

Applications and deployment status

• NB-IoT is enabling many new applications:

• Utilities: Gas and water metering

• Smart cities: Lighting, parking sensors, waste control

• Building automation: Alarms, HVAC, access control

• Consumer: White goods, people/ animal tracking

• Agriculture/environmental: Monitoring of land,

pollution, noise, rain etc

• NB-IoT Deployment:

• Trials: 2Q16 ~ 4Q16

• Service launch: 4Q16 ~ 1Q17

• Embeddable modules: 4Q16

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Trials and deployments are happening right now

Smart Parking, GermanyWater Metering, SpainSmart Parking, China

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For more information …..

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https://www.u-blox.com/en/narrowband-iot-nb-iot