IoT (Internet of Things) www.ibwave.com WIRELESS STANDARDS REFERENCE 5G Bluetooth (IEEE 802.15.1) LoRa Bands: Below 6 GHz, 24-86 GHz (mmWave) Bands: 2.4 GHz Bands: Below 1 GHz Range: Very high, Global Range: Short, 10 meters Range: High, 10 to 25 km (depending on line-of-sight) h Brings efficiency to cellular based h Proprietary technology (Ericsson) IoT networks h Operates in Master-Slave configuration h Proprietary technology, owned by Semtech (France) h Can provide very low latency and h Ideal for small devices connect a million IoT devices per square h Secure, can transmit encrypted data h Used in medical devices and kilometer at different frequencies and bit rates industrial sensors h Can address outdoor IoT in ways other h Indoor / outdoor coverage h Real time location systems technologies cannot (low latency and h Specifically built for IoT high sensor density) h Low power, ideal for wearables h LoRaWAN is the network on which h Three different classes of BT radios: h Lots of friendly IoT features, but will be LoRa operates difficult to unseat Wi-Fi as undisputed \ 0-20 dBm power h Low power indoor IoT network provider \ 1-30 meter range h Industrial and offshore usage, \ Up to 2 Mb/s Smart Cities NB-IoT (Narrowband IoT) Bands: 452 MHz to 2200 MHz LTE-M Range: High, 35 km Bands: Below 1GHz / 4G-LTE Sigfox Range: Very high, Global Bands: 868 MHz (Europe), 902 MHz (US) h Focused on indoor coverage Range: High, 3-10 km in urban settings, h Uses subset of LTE h Ideal for tracking moving objects 30-50 km in rural areas, over long distances up to 1,000 km in line-of-site applications h Low cost and low power, high battery life h Indoor / outdoor coverage h Deeper penetration in-building but more h Ultra narrow band with minimal complex to implement h High security provided through SIM chip interference h Can use legacy 2G-3G networks if LTE h Low power, high battery life is unavailable h Requires a mobile operator to carry h Location services provided through cell the generated traffic tower positioning, cheaper than GPS Wi-Fi (IEEE-802.11) h Star network topology h Works during power failures (using base stations) Bands: 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Range: Medium, 100 meters h High adoption; majority of indoor IoT operate on Wi-Fi Zigbee (IEEE 802.15.4) h Easy to implement, easy to use Bands: 2.4 GHz short-range wireless connectivity Range: Low, 10 to 100 meters Z-Wave with cross-vendor interoperability Bands: Below 1 GHz h Zero spectrum cost h Industrial applications and Range: 30 meters some home products h A lot of old IoT sensors (802.11b/g) h Popular with IoT devices h Low transmit power are still operational h Applications in home automation h Outdoor: 802.11ah: Range up to 1 km h Low data rate (250 kb/s) (used by Amazon Echo) h Indoor: 802.11ax: A lot of IoT friendly h Low battery consumption h Most open development environment features h Secure 128-bit encryption for smart products (using ITU-T G.9959 \ Targeted wake time h Cheaper alternative to Bluetooth global radio standard) \ Up to 18 clients can send data and Wi-Fi (home energy monitoring, at the same time wireless light switches, Traffic management).