From 5G To LPWAN: Making Sense of Industrial Connectivity
From 5G To LPWAN: Making Sense of Industrial Connectivity
From 5G To LPWAN: Making Sense of Industrial Connectivity
Mel Beckman
Chief Technology Officer
Beckman Network Engineering
Agenda
WiFi
Rural range Satellite
about 4X LoraWAN Is an option
10km NB-IoT
2km
1Mi 10km
Cat-M
1km
The Wireless IoT WANscape
LPWAN and 5G Radio Spectrum
Source: cbinsights.com
The Wireless IoT WANscape
LPWAN and 5G Spectrum Use Cases
Wide Area Cases Local Area Cases
Attributes
Massive
Machine Type
Communication URLLC
eMBB
The Wireless IoT WANscape: Tradeoffs
Range
Geographical Power
Coverage, Penetration Consumption
LPWAN
Transmission
Bandwidth
Latency
3G/4G/5G
Number of
Radio Chipset
Base Stations
Radio Costs
Subscription Costs
Source: SigFox
Wireless IoT Coverage – LPWAN
LPWAN Public Operators 2020
Source: Ericsson
Addressing Health Concerns
Addressing Health Concerns
AIIIIEEEE
RADIATION!
LPWAN: Low Power and Long Range
• Three Ls of LPWAN:
– Long Range
– Low Data Rate
– Low Power consumption
• Small, infrequent amounts of data over a long distance,
while maintaining multi-year battery life.
• Primarily outbound (from client) transmission, although bi-di is possible.
• Good for applications where cellular coverage isn’t good and WiFi
isn’t available (e.g., weather stations, agriculture, pipelines).
LoRaWAN Deployment Model
LoRa Devices
• Chipsets:
– Sole supplier: Semtech
– Open software architecture
– Select chip on power and features
• Free, non-commercial LoRaWAN network server available
• DIY LoRaWAN using a strategically-located gateway
• Commercial LoRaWAN networks span large geographies
• LoRa Cloud provides geolocation services
• Satellite communications using Low Earth Orbit (LEO) coming online
LPWAN: LoRaWAN Power Factors
Closer to Base Station = Higher Data Rate and Less Energy
Source: Sigfox
LPWAN: LoRaWAN Doesn’t Scale
Not Very Helpful for Public Networks
800
600
400
200
Source: Sigfox
0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
But LoRaWAN Does Satellites
Low-Earth
orbit (500km)= Orbits globe Every day, the
Low latency In 90 minutes entire surface of
Earth is scanned once
Automatic
relay
Satellite
can back up
a local gateway
Antenna
Satellite
points UP
can back up
(50% gain)
a local gateway
NB-IoT: Bandwidth Modes
Guard
Band
LTE LTE LTE Non-LTE Carrier
Resource Blocks Carrier Carrier (e.g., GSM)
NB-IoT
LTE-M: Bandwidth Co-Existence
7X Bandwidth
of NB-IoT
NB-IOT
5G NR LTE-M
$30 Embedded
Arduino Module
$5 Embedded
Bare Module
LTE-M: Cellular Mobile Clients
$300 Emergency
Two-Way Audio
5G Design Goals
Getting to 5G New Radio (NR) from LTE
5G Requirements for mMTC
Getting to 5G New Radio (NR) from LTE
Mel Beckman
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