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Quectel LPWA Module Product Overview May, 2019 © Quectel Wireless Solutions Co., Ltd. All rights reserved LPWA Technology LPWA Modules Summary Product Overview Applications @ Quectel Wireless Solutions | May, 2019 | Page 2 Rev.: V2.2 | Status: Released LPWA Network Deployment (Updated on May 21, 2019) Over 25 mobile operators have committed to deploying Cat M1 and/or Cat NB1 networks. Sourced from GSMA. @ Quectel Wireless Solutions | May, 2019 | Page 3 Rev.: V2.2 | Status: Released NB-IoT Global Coverage (1) (Updated on May 21, 2019) NB-IoT = 78 Operator Country/Region Bands Operator Country/Region Bands Operator Country/Region Bands 3 HONG KONG 8 GRAMEENPHONE BANGLADESH 3, 8 (TBC) STC SAUDI ARABIA 12 A1 Austria KT SOUTH KOREA 3 SWISSCOM SWITZERLAND 20 Taiwan, Province of A1 Croatia Kyvistar Ukraine Taiwan Mobile 3,28 China AIS THAILAND 8 LGU+ SOUTH KOREA 5 TDC Denmark 20 APTG TAIWAIN 8 M1 SINGAPORE 20, 8 Telecom Italia Brazil (TIM Brazil) 3,28 ALTICE PORTUGAL 20 Maxis Malaysia (6 cities) Telecom Italia Italy 20 CHINA MOBILE CHINA 8 MOBITEL SRI LANKA 8 Telefonica Spain 20 CHINA MOBILE HONG KONG 3 MEGAFON RUSSIA 20, 8, 3 Telefonica Brazil CHINA TELECOM CHINA 5 Mobitel Sri Lanka Telefonica Germany CHINA UNICOM CHINA 3, 8 MTS RUSSIA 3 Telenor Denmark CHUNGHWA TAIWAIN 8 ORANGE BELGUIM 20 Telenor Norway 8,20 DIALOG SRI LANKA 3, 8 Proximus Belgium TELIA FINLAND 20, 3 DNA FINLAND 20 SFR France TELIA NORWAY 20 DU UAE SINGTEL SINGAPORE 8 TELIA SWEDEN 20 ELISA FINLAND 20, 3 Smartone Hong Kong TELIA DENMARK 20, 8 ETISALAT UAE 20 SOFTBANK JAPAN 1,8 TELIA ESTONIA FAREASTONE TAIWAIN 28 StarHub Singapore 8 TELKOMSEL IDONESIA 8 Sourced from GSMA. @ Quectel Wireless Solutions | May, 2019 | Page 4 Rev.: V2.2 | Status: Released NB-IoT Global Coverage (2) (Updated on May 21, 2019) NB-IoT = 78 Operator Country/Region Bands Operator Country/Region Bands Operator Country/Region Bands TELSTRA AUSTRALIA 28 VODAFONE IRELAND 20 TRUE THAILAND 8 VODAFONE ITALY 20 T-Mobile AUSTRIA 8 VODAFONE Malta 20 T-Mobile CROATIA 20, 8 VODAFONE New Zealand 28 T-Mobile GERMANY 20 VODAFONE Portugal T-Mobile GREECE 20 VODAFONE Spain 20 T-Mobile POLAND 20 VODAFONE South Africa 8 T-Mobile SLOVAKIA 20 VODAFONE The Netherlands 20 T-Mobile THE NETHERLANDS 20 VODAFONE Turkey 20 T-Mobile US 2, 4, 12 VODAFONE United Kingdom TURKCELL TURKEY 20 VELCOM BELARUS 8 VODAFONE AUSTRALIA 8 VODAFONE CZECH REPUBLIC 20 VODAFONE GERMANY 20 VODAFONE Greece VODAFONE Hungary 20 Sourced from GSMA. @ Quectel Wireless Solutions | May, 2019 | Page 5 Rev.: V2.2 | Status: Released LTE-M Global Coverage (Updated on May 21, 2019) LTE-M = 31 Operator Country/Region Bands Operator Country/Region Bands Operator Country/Region Bands AIS THAILAND 8 SOFTBANK JAPAN 1,8 America Movil Mexico SPARK NEW ZEALAND 1, 3 APTG TAIWAIN 8 SWISSCOM SWITZERLAND 20 AT&T MEXICO 4, 5 Telefonica Argentina AT&T US 2, 4, 12 Telefonica Brazil BELL CANADA 12 Telefonica Germany CHUNGHWA TAIWAN 3 Telenor Denmark DIALOG SRI LANKA 8 Telenor Norway 20 ETISALAT UAE 5 TELSTRA AUSTRALIA 28 KDDI JAPAN 26 (18) TELUS Canada KT South Korea TURKCELL TURKEY 20 KPN THE NETHERLANDS 20 VERIZON US 13 NTT DOCOMO JAPAN 19, 28 (TBC) VODAFONE NEW ZEALAND 3, 28 ORANGE BELGUIM 20 VODAFONE THE NETHERLANDS 20 ORANGE FRANCE 20 ORANGE ROMANIA 3, 7 (TBC) SINGTEL SINGAPORE 3 Sourced from GSMA. @ Quectel Wireless Solutions | May, 2019 | Page 6 Rev.: V2.2 | Status: Released IoT Connectivity Forecast 2020 2015 300 Million 3 Billion Cellular IoT connectivity Cellular IoT connectivity 70% LPWA applications @ Quectel Wireless Solutions | May, 2019 | Page 7 Rev.: V2.2 | Status: Released Application of Cellular Modules for IoT Segment Number of Connectivity Requirement Technology by 2020 Cameras l >10Mbps 4G/5G Wireless Routers 200 million Internet of Vehicles… Smart Home Applications l ~1Mbps Wi-Fi/3G/eMTC Wearable Devices 800 million l Low Power Consumption Wireless POS… l Small Data Packet Sensors, Meter Readings 2 billion (<100kbps) Zigbee/BT/ Asset Tracking l Deeper Coverage (20dB) Sigfox/LoRa/ Smart Parking l Low Power (10 Years) 2G/NB-IoT… Smart Agriculture… l Low Cost (<$5) LPWA: Low Power Wide Area Low-speed M2M modules will cover most applications in the future. @ Quectel Wireless Solutions | May, 2019 | Page 8 Rev.: V2.2 | Status: Released LPWA Advantages Better Low Cost Coverage Low Power Consumption Massive Connection Note Mobility VoLTE Note: VoLTE is supported on LTE Cat M1 only. @ Quectel Wireless Solutions | May, 2019 | Page 9 Rev.: V2.2 | Status: Released LPWA Advantages – Extended Coverage The target for the IoT connectivity link budget is an enhancement of 20dB. This coverage enhancement would typically be equivalent to the signal penetrating a wall or floor, enabling deeper indoor coverage. ▪ Uplink PSD Increased by 17dB ▪ Repetition/Retransmission: 6dB~16dB Typical Case 2G Solution PSD = 200mW/180KHz 180KHz IoT Device: 200mw NB-IoT Solution Data Package: PSD = e.g. 100 bytes 200mW/3.75KHz 3.75KHz NOTE: The max Tx power of a GSM terminal can reach 33dBm and that of NB-IoT is about 23dBm, therefore the PSD of NB-IoT is 7dB more than GSM. PSD: Power Spectral Density @ Quectel Wireless Solutions | May, 2019 | Page 10 Rev.: V2.2 | Status: Released LPWA Advantages – Low Power Consumption The industry aims to achieve a minimum of 10 years of battery operation for simple daily connectivity with a small amount of data exchanged. Connected State ▪ PSM (Power Saving Mode) and eDRX (Extended Discontinuous Reception) Paging UE are the key technologies to extend the battery life in NB-IoT. Power PSM a) The terminal in PSM is still attached with network but the signals of eNB can not reach Time Up to 310 hours MO Data/ until it wakes up automatically. The deep sleep mode substantially reduces power Idle State TAU Period (Active Timer) consumption. b) eDRX is a new feature released in 3GPP Rel. 13, which extends the sleep cycle of the Power Saving Mode in 3GPP Release 12 terminal in idle mode to reduce the unnecessary start-up of the Rx units. It improves the reachability of downlink greatly compared with PSM. UE periodically listens for paging channel eDRX Period ▪ Simplified protocol DRX Period within the PTW to TAU: Tracking Area Update) (20.48s~2.92h) confirm whether there UE: User Equipment UE is downlink data. ▪ Low power consumption Power Rx: Receive ▪ High PA efficiency Time Tx: Transmit Paging Time ▪ Short Tx/Rx time Window Extended DRX @ Quectel Wireless Solutions | May, 2019 | Page 11 Rev.: V2.2 | Status: Released LPWA Advantages – Massive Connection It is ideal to have about 50,000 devices per cell; this is possible assuming that the household density is 1500 households per square kilometer, and there are 40 devices in every household. Typical Model Special System Design for Massive Links Narrowband Technology 15 min. ~ 1 day Uplink equivalent power: 36 channels * 23dBm > 100 bytes Decrease Signal Interaction Optimize the efficiency of frequency spectrum Nodes Optimization About 50,000 Devices per Cell Independent congestion control Save terminal context Core Net Optimization Delay-tolerant Save registered information Download data cache @ Quectel Wireless Solutions | May, 2019 | Page 12 Rev.: V2.2 | Status: Released LPWA Advantages – Low Cost Low Deployment Cost Low Device Cost Reusing LTE for NB-IoT takes advantage of ▪ Half duplex (HD) operation existing technology as well as the installed ▪ Single receiving antenna system base. It is possible to reuse the same ▪ Decreased peak rate hardware and share spectrum by making NB- ▪ Reduced device bandwidth: as low as IoT compatible with LTE, without running into 180kHz in downlink and uplink coexistence. ▪ Lessened memory requirements (500kByte) MMMB: Multiple Mode Multiple Band BB: Base Band MB: Multiple Band PMU: Power Management Unit PA: Power Amplifier Cat 4 Cat 0 Cat NB1/NB2 (NB-IoT) @ Quectel Wireless Solutions | May, 2019 | Page 13 Rev.: V2.2 | Status: Released NB-IoT Network Architecture IoT Platform App Server NB-IoT IoT Core Application Enablement HTTPS NB-IoT eNB CoAP Device HSS MME Connectivity Management HTTPS MCU BCxx S1-lite PGW SGW UDP/CoAP/MQTT UDP/CoAP/MQTT Server Device MCU Application Application LwM2M LWM2M Chipset CoAP CoAP HTTP HTTP AP UDP/IP UDP/IP TCP/IP TCP/IP NAS NAS RLC RLC Chipset MAC MAC CP PHY PHY Device eNodeB IoT Core Network IoT Platform Business Server @ Quectel Wireless Solutions | May, 2019 | Page 14 Rev.: V2.2 | Status: Released LPWA Technology LPWA Modules Summary Product Overview Applications @ Quectel Wireless Solutions | May, 2019 | Page 15 Rev.: V2.2 | Status: Released LPWA Modules Roadmap May 2019 Aug. 2019 BG95 Series BC600L-M3 ▪ Cat M1/ NB2/ EGPRS/ GNSS ▪ Cat M1/ NB2/ EGPRS ▪ Compatible with BG96 ▪ LCC Package ▪ -M1/-M2/-M3/-M4/-M5/-N1/-MF ▪ Compatible With MC60 ▪ Global Version ▪ Global Version Sep. 2019 BG96 Jun. 2019 ▪ BG96: Cat M1/ NB1/ EGPRS/ GNSS BG77 BC69 ▪ 375K DL/ 375K UL ▪ Cat M1/ NB2/ GNSS ▪ Cat M1/ NB2/ GNSS ▪ Global Version ▪ Super Compact Size ▪ Compatible with M66 ▪ Global Version ▪ Global Version Jul. 2019 Apr. 2019 Jul. 2019 BC97 BC66 BC66-NA BC950N-N1 ▪ Cat NB2/ GPRS ▪ Cat NB1 ▪ Cat NB1 ▪ Cat NB2 ▪ Cat NB2: 126.8K DL/ 160.1K UL ▪ 25.5K DL/62.5K UL ▪ 25.5 DL/62.5 UL ▪ 103K DL/150K UL ▪ GPRS: 85.6K DL/ 85.6K UL ▪ BLE 5.0 ▪ Global Version ▪ Global Version ▪ Global Version ▪ 450MHz Supported BC95-G BC68 ▪ Cat NB2 (NB-IoT) ▪ Cat NB2 (NB-IoT) ▪ 125K DL/ 150K UL ▪ 125K DL/ 150K UL ▪ Global Version ▪ Global Version MM/YYYY Estimated Engineering Sample Dates 2017 2018 2019 @ Quectel Wireless Solutions | May, 2019 | Page 16 Rev.: V2.2 | Status: Released Quectel LPWA Modules Summary (MP) Module BG96 BC95-G BC68 BC66 Timeline MP in Jan.