LTE-M is an LTE technology for machines and IoT devices that provides 100x lower power consumption than 4G LTE, 5-10x greater coverage than 4G LTE, and 50% lower costs than 4G LTE. There are three complementary LPWA technologies - Cat-M1 and Cat-M2 for LTE-M with data rates up to 375kbps, and Cat-NB1 and Cat-NB2 for NB-IoT with lower data rates of 60kbps. These technologies are already available today on mobile networks globally and provide features such as 10-20 year battery life, 164dB link budgets, and the cost of 2G modules.

1. LTE-M: LTE for Machines
Now, tomorrow and beyond
ETSI IoT Week, October 25th 2017

2. NOW, Sierra Wireless is an IoT Company
Vancouver, Canada
Corporate Headquarters
Melbourne
Tokyo
London
Munich
= R&D, Marketing, Sales, Operations
= Manufacturing
= Sales and Support
Beijing
Hong Kong
Flextronics &
USI (Shanghai)
Toulouse
Paris
Johannesburg
Bangalore
Taipei
Jabil
(Brazil)
Seoul
Karlskrona
San Diego
Jabil
(Vietnam)
Atlanta
Shenzhen
Intelligent
Edge devices
Cloud services
Dev Mgt, Sub Mgt, Data Mgt
Managed
Connectivity services
Connected
devices and
machines
Big data and
enterprise
integration

3. NOW, What makes LPWA a new category of cellular?
C
CONSUMPTION
100x lower power than 4G LTE
10+ years battery life
C
COVERAGE
5-10x greater than 4G LTE
164dB of Link Budget
C
COST
50% reduction from 4G LTE
Think 2G or Bluetooth, plus lower TCO
$
The 3 C's of LPWA

4. NOW, What makes LPWA a new category of cellular?
C
CONSUMPTION
100x lower power than 4G LTE
10+ years battery life
C
COVERAGE
5-10x greater than 4G LTE
164dB of Link Budget
Repetitions with HARQ
Frequency Hopping
Improved algorithms
C
COST
50% reduction from 4G LTE
Think 2G or Bluetooth, plus lower TCO
$
How?The 3 C's of LPWA
Power Saving Mode
Extended Discontinuous Reception
Radio Signaling Optimizations
75% Complexity Reduction
Tighter Integration
Economies of Scale
See also https://www.sierrawireless.com/resources/white-paper/coverage-analysis-lte-m-cat-m1/

5. NOW, What do we have more in store?
C
CONSUMPTION
100x lower power than 4G LTE
10+ years battery life
C
COVERAGE
5-10x greater than 4G LTE
164dB of Link Budget
Global
Service
C
COST
50% reduction from 4G LTE
Think 2G or Bluetooth, plus lower TCO
$
PLUS all the benefits of cellularThe 3 C's of LPWA
Durable
Investment
Trusted
Ecosystem

6. NOW, There are 3 complementary LPWA technologies
2015 2016 2017 2018
Cat-NB1
EC-GSM-IoTGSM
LTE Cat. 1 Cat-M1
2019
Cat-NB2Cat-M2
$ Super cost effective10+ years of battery life164dB of link budget
LTE-M
4G - Cat-M1 & Cat-M2
High data rate 375kbps - Mobile apps
NB-IoT
4G - Cat-NB1 & Cat-NB2
Low data rate 60kbps - Stationary apps
EC-GSM-IoT
2G
Medium data rate 200kbps - 2G Evolution
Technical details on www.sierrawireless.com/lpwa/

7. NOW, This is all Mobile IoT, already available today
Consumption
10-20 years battery life
Coverage
164dB Link Budget
Cost
2G module cost, low TCO
Immediate Service
Global Coverage
Durable Investment
Long-term availability
Trusted Ecosystem
Security & Freedom
HL77xx LTE-M only Verizon, AT&T and Telstra
WP77xx LTE-M + NB-IOT Worldwide products
Visit www.gsma.com/iot/mobile-iot-modules/
www.mangoh.io - Open Hardware Development Kits
Arduino and Raspberry Pi compatible
Visit www.gsma.com/iot/mobile-iot-development-kits/
$
LTE-M
375 kbps
Low latency
Mobile apps
NB-IoT
60 kbps
Med latency
Stationary apps
EC-GSM
200 kbps
2G evolution
Large countries

8. NOW, These are the MIoT networks deployed today
2G
No spoiler: for actual Mobile IoT information, please see the next presentation from GSMA

9. TOMORROW, These are the MIoT networks at mid-2018
LTE-M (Cat-M1)
NB-IOT (Cat-NB1)
LTE-M & NB-IOT
2G

10. BEYOND, What about…

11. BEYOND, Today’s Mobile IoT is resolutely 5G already!
• The 5G IoT requirements for mMTC are specified in 3GPP TR 38.913
• They give requirements for coverage, message latency, and battery life
• LTE-M Coverage:at least 160bps at a 5G 164dB bad coverage
• LTE-M Latency: 85-byte message within 10 seconds at the 5G 164dB
• LTE-M Battery: 200b of Tx data every day at 5G 164dB, lasts 10 years
• Full results available in whitepaper on www.sierrawireless.com/lpwa/
• So deploy Mobile IoT now or tomorrow! But not beyond!

12. Thank you
Nicolas Damour, ndamour@sierrawireless.com
www.sierrawireless.com