5G will be much more than just a new generation with faster peak rates. We are building a unified, more capable 5G platform to connect new industries, enable new services and empower new user experiences. This presentation details the key components for designing the unified, more capable 5G platform featuring an OFDM-based unified air interface. Learn about the key technology enablers for the 5G platform, and see how we are pioneering many of these technologies today with LTE Advanced and Wi-Fi.
For more information on 5G technologies, use cases and timelines, please visit us at www.qualcomm.com/5G.
Qualcomm's vision for a scalable, intelligent, and converged connectivity fabric to handle the extreme variations and requirements of this new era where the industry prepares for tens of billions of devices, machines, and things that will be wirelessly connected to the Internet and each other. At the heart of this vision are new, transformative technologies that are expanding LTE, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth to connect new industries, enable new services, and empower new user experiences. It also encompasses Qualcomm's 5G vision to meet the ever-expanding needs for this connectivity fabric in the next decade. Welcome to the future of wireless!
The Internet of Things is bringing a massive surge of smart, connected devices that will enable new services and efficiencies across industries. This requires wireless technologies to scale up or down depending on the application performance needs—to connect virtually anything. And now, LTE is evolving for low-throughput, delay-tolerant IoT use cases. The new narrowband LTE technologies (eMTC & NB-IoT) will deliver lower complexity, longer battery life, and deeper coverage for wide-area IoT applications.
LTE MTC: Optimizing LTE Advanced for Machine Type CommunicationsQualcomm Research
LTE MTC will significantly increase battery life, reduce cost/complexity, and enhance coverage by optimizing LTE Advanced for machine-type communications. These optimizations will empower innovative machine-to-machine (M2M) services across a wide range of use cases that demand the ubiquitous coverage, high reliability, and robust security of 4G LTE connectivity, without the high data rate requirements of mobile broadband.
For more information, please visit www.qualcomm.com/lte-mtc.
Download the presentation here: https://www.qualcomm.com/media/documents/files/lte-mtc-optimizing-lte-advanced-for-machine-type-communications.pdf
The essential role of Gigabit LTE and LTE Advanced Pro in the 5G WorldQualcomm Research
As the next phase in the evolution of LTE (3GPP Release 13 and beyond), LTE Advanced Pro does more than just push LTE capabilities closer towards 5G. It will also become an integral part of the 5G mobile network, providing many services essential to the 5G experience starting day one. Learn more at: https://www.qualcomm.com/invention/technologies/lte/advanced-pro
Over the last year, the industry has made tremendous progress towards making 5G NR a reality with Qualcomm leading the way. We have completed the first release of 3GPP 5G NR specifications, we are set to kick-off 3GPP-compliant 5G NR trials, and we are accelerating global 5G NR enhanced mobile broadband commercial deployments to start in 2019.
But yet there still remains a decent amount of mystery and skepticism around 5G NR. What exactly is 5G NR? What technologies and use cases will see first and why? Are wide-scale 2019 mobile deployments really possible? And what will the evolution of 5G NR bring beyond 2019?
The expanding role of LTE Advanced, delivering new, transformative technologies that go well beyond faster peak data rates. These new technologies include introducing LTE-M for efficient machine-type communications, expanding LTE Direct device-to-device capabilities and use cases, empowering new services-such as LTE Ultra-Low Latency, and also driving convergence of traditionally disparate networks, spectrum types, and deployment models-such as LTE and Wi-Fi Convergence. Realizing a new connectivity paradigm with LTE Advanced-trailblazing the path to 5G!
5G will be much more than just a new generation with faster peak rates. We are building a unified, more capable 5G platform to connect new industries, enable new services and empower new user experiences. This presentation details the key components for designing the unified, more capable 5G platform featuring an OFDM-based unified air interface. Learn about the key technology enablers for the 5G platform, and see how we are pioneering many of these technologies today with LTE Advanced and Wi-Fi.
For more information on 5G technologies, use cases and timelines, please visit us at www.qualcomm.com/5G.
Qualcomm's vision for a scalable, intelligent, and converged connectivity fabric to handle the extreme variations and requirements of this new era where the industry prepares for tens of billions of devices, machines, and things that will be wirelessly connected to the Internet and each other. At the heart of this vision are new, transformative technologies that are expanding LTE, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth to connect new industries, enable new services, and empower new user experiences. It also encompasses Qualcomm's 5G vision to meet the ever-expanding needs for this connectivity fabric in the next decade. Welcome to the future of wireless!
The Internet of Things is bringing a massive surge of smart, connected devices that will enable new services and efficiencies across industries. This requires wireless technologies to scale up or down depending on the application performance needs—to connect virtually anything. And now, LTE is evolving for low-throughput, delay-tolerant IoT use cases. The new narrowband LTE technologies (eMTC & NB-IoT) will deliver lower complexity, longer battery life, and deeper coverage for wide-area IoT applications.
LTE MTC: Optimizing LTE Advanced for Machine Type CommunicationsQualcomm Research
LTE MTC will significantly increase battery life, reduce cost/complexity, and enhance coverage by optimizing LTE Advanced for machine-type communications. These optimizations will empower innovative machine-to-machine (M2M) services across a wide range of use cases that demand the ubiquitous coverage, high reliability, and robust security of 4G LTE connectivity, without the high data rate requirements of mobile broadband.
For more information, please visit www.qualcomm.com/lte-mtc.
Download the presentation here: https://www.qualcomm.com/media/documents/files/lte-mtc-optimizing-lte-advanced-for-machine-type-communications.pdf
The essential role of Gigabit LTE and LTE Advanced Pro in the 5G WorldQualcomm Research
As the next phase in the evolution of LTE (3GPP Release 13 and beyond), LTE Advanced Pro does more than just push LTE capabilities closer towards 5G. It will also become an integral part of the 5G mobile network, providing many services essential to the 5G experience starting day one. Learn more at: https://www.qualcomm.com/invention/technologies/lte/advanced-pro
Over the last year, the industry has made tremendous progress towards making 5G NR a reality with Qualcomm leading the way. We have completed the first release of 3GPP 5G NR specifications, we are set to kick-off 3GPP-compliant 5G NR trials, and we are accelerating global 5G NR enhanced mobile broadband commercial deployments to start in 2019.
But yet there still remains a decent amount of mystery and skepticism around 5G NR. What exactly is 5G NR? What technologies and use cases will see first and why? Are wide-scale 2019 mobile deployments really possible? And what will the evolution of 5G NR bring beyond 2019?
The expanding role of LTE Advanced, delivering new, transformative technologies that go well beyond faster peak data rates. These new technologies include introducing LTE-M for efficient machine-type communications, expanding LTE Direct device-to-device capabilities and use cases, empowering new services-such as LTE Ultra-Low Latency, and also driving convergence of traditionally disparate networks, spectrum types, and deployment models-such as LTE and Wi-Fi Convergence. Realizing a new connectivity paradigm with LTE Advanced-trailblazing the path to 5G!
Accelerating the mobile ecosystem expansion in the 5G Era with LTE Advanced ProQualcomm Research
5G will connect virtually everything around us to transform a wide range of industries — manufacturing, automotive, logistics, and many more, and we are on track to make 5G NR — the global 5G standard — a commercial reality by 2019. However, this first phase of 5G mainly focuses on enhanced mobile broadband services, which will contribute to part of the total projected $12T 5G economy. 5G NR will continue to evolve in Release 16 and beyond to further expand 5G’s reach to new devices, services, and ecosystem players.
So, do we have to wait until 2020+ for the next phase of 5G NR before we can start enabling new mobile use cases?
LTE Advanced Pro will fill the gap and is continuing to evolve to bring new capabilities and efficiencies. Check out this presentation for:
• Gigabit LTE: anchoring the 5G mobile experience now with over 45 commercial networks globally. Our 3rd gen chipset — the Qualcomm Snapdragon X24 can deliver up to 2 Gbps.
• LTE IoT: starting to connect the massive IoT today, and its continued evolution will be fully leveraged by 5G NR IoT in Rel-16+.
• C-V2X: establishing the foundation for enhanced safety use cases in Rel-14 and a continued 5G NR C-V2X evolution for future autonomous vehicles.
• Private networks: delivering an optimized solution for the industrial IoT, and establishing the foundation to private 5G NR networks that will enable new use cases.
Next-generation immersive use cases such as VR and AR will demand even faster data rates, lower latency, and more capacity that will push the boundaries of LTE networks. Now, Gigabit LTE is here to deliver fiber-like wireless broadband that meets these expanding requirements. We are leading the Gigabit LTE evolution. Read more at https://www.qualcomm.com/invention/technologies/lte/advanced-pro/gigabit-lte
This presentation provides an overview of important 5G innovations around new and enhanced use of spectrum. It also captures the current 5G spectrum status across the globe.
Shared/unlicensed spectrum is important for 5G and is valuable for wide range of deployments from extreme bandwidth by aggregating spectrum, enhanced local broadband to Internet of Things verticals. 5G New Radio (NR) will natively support all different spectrum types and is designed to take advantage of new sharing paradigms. We are pioneering 5G shared spectrum today by building on LTE-U/LAA, LWA, CBRS/LSA and MulteFire.
The next industrial revolution, sometimes referred to as Industry 4.0, is already ongoing, fueled by technology advancements in big data, automation and cyber physical systems. To achieve their full potential, these new processes and operating models require high-performance connectivity. Ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) is a new set of 5G NR capabilities, expected for 3GPP Release 16, that can enable operators and enterprises to address a diverse range of high-performance industrial use-cases. This webinar will investigate 5G NR, including the support for private industrial networks and URLLC capabilities. Using the "factory of the future" concept as an example, it will show how 5G NR can help to transform industrial IoT by making it more dynamic, flexible and adaptable to market demand.
Progress on LAA and its relationship to LTE-U and MulteFireQualcomm Research
Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) is introduced in 3GPP release 13 as part of LTE Advanced Pro. It uses carrier aggregation in the downlink to combine LTE in unlicensed spectrum (5 GHz) with LTE in the licensed band.
Qualcomm: Making the best use of unlicensed spectrumQualcomm Research
In solving the 1000x challenge, licensed spectrum is the foundation. Equally important is utilizing available unlicensed spectrum. The best way to achieve this is to combine both of them through aggregation. Aggregation brings seamless user experience, better coverage and capacity, as well as the efficiencies of a common unified network. Operators have a choice on how to aggregate, and the decision depends on their current assets and future network plans.
Explore our this presentation and other resources to find out when, and how to choose? How can LTE-U coexist fairly with Wi-Fi in 5GHz unlicensed spectrum? What roles existing/new Wi-Fi, and LTE-U play? And whether it really is a "either or" decision.
Webpage: https://www.qualcomm.com/invention/technologies/1000x/spectrum/unlicensed
Download presentation: https://www.qualcomm.com/documents/making-best-use-unlicensed-spectrum-presentation
Sign up for our Technology Newsletter: https://www.qualcomm.com/invention/technologies/wireless/signup
How does unlicensed spectrum with NR-U transform what 5G can do for you?Qualcomm Research
NR-U brings the power of 5G to unlicensed spectrum globally. NR-U can help service providers deliver the 5G experience end-users have come to expect with or without licensed spectrum. Read more at https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2020/06/11/how-does-support-unlicensed-spectrum-nr-u-transform-what-5g-can-do-you
5G will connect virtually everything around us to transform a wide range of industries — manufacturing, automotive, logistics, and many more, and we are on track to make 5G NR — the global 5G standard — a commercial reality by 2019. However, this first phase of 5G mainly focuses on enhanced mobile broadband services, which will contribute to part of the total projected $12T 5G economy. 5G NR will continue to evolve in Release 16 and beyond to further expand 5G’s reach to new devices, services, and ecosystem players.
Propelling 5G forward: a closer look at 3GPP Release-16Qualcomm Research
This presentation summarizes the 3GPP 5G NR Release 16 projects, including eMBB enhancements, unlicensed, sidelink, IAB, TSN, eURLLC, private networks, C-V2X, and more...
Next-Generation Wireless Overview & Outlook 7/7/20Mark Goldstein
On July 7, 2020 I presented a Next-Generation Wireless Overview & Outlook deep dive covering the next generation wireless landscape with its underlying emerging technologies, markets, and trends. I’ve tried to capture all of today's wireless essentials in this brief briefing. Enjoy!
How Can CoMP Extend 5G NR to High Capacity & Ultra-Reliable Communications?Qualcomm Research
The next industrial revolution, sometimes referred to as Industry 4.0, is already ongoing, fueled by technology advancements in big data, automation and cyber physical systems. To achieve their full potential, these new processes and operating models require high-performance connectivity. Ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) is a new set of 5G NR capabilities, expected for 3GPP Release 16, that can enable operators and enterprises to address a diverse range of high-performance industrial use-cases. This webinar will investigate 5G NR, including the support for private industrial networks and URLLC capabilities. Using the "factory of the future" concept as an example, it will show how 5G NR can help to transform industrial IoT by making it more dynamic, flexible and adaptable to market demand.
5g technology is a unique combination of high speed internet access , low latency , high reliability & seamless coverage which will support no. of vehicles & transport infrastructure. 5G platform will impact many industries like automotive , entertainment, agriculture , manufacturing and IT. As per the research forecast “IOT will account for one quarter of the global 41 million 5G connections in 2024”, out of these ¾ of the devices will be auto industry via embedded vehicle connections.
There are wide range of applications that will benefit from 5G ultra fast networks and real time responsiveness of the network.These properties of 5G technology are very important for many applications of IOT e.g self driven cars , intelligent transportation which demands very low latency .This will be a great boom for interactive mobile gaming which is bandwidth hungry application. 5G technology enables us to control more devices remotely in various applications where real time network performance is critical, like remote control of vehicles. It focuses on worker safety as well as monitoring environment. 5G technology is not focusing on improving speed , but this will prove best in evolution of business etc. IOT in 5G have excelled in connecting number of phones , tablets and other devices, however connecting cars , meters, sensors require more advanced business models.
Prof. Andy Sutton: 5G RAN Architecture Evolution - Jan 20193G4G
This presentation explores the evolution of GSM, UMTS and LTE radio access network architectures before a detailed review of the RAN architecture options for 5G. The functional decomposition of the 5G radio access network presents the network designer with many challenges with regards placement of RU, DU and CU nodes, all of which are discussed. The presentation concludes with a review of BT UK plans for 5G launch with a fully distributed RAN in support of an EN-DC architecture.
Presented by Professor Andy Sutton CEng FIET, Principal Network Architect, Architecture & Strategy, BT Technology at IET 5G - the Advent conference on 30 January 2019 | IET London: Savoy Place
*** SHARED WITH PERMISSION ***
Internet of Things (IoT) - We Are at the Tip of An IcebergDr. Mazlan Abbas
You are likely benefitting from The Internet of Things (IoT) today, whether or not you’re familiar with the term. If your phone automatically connects to your car radio, or if you have a smartwatch counting your steps, congratulations! You have adopted one small piece of a very large IoT pie, even if you haven't adopted the name yet.
IoT may sound like a business buzzword, but in reality, it’s a real technological revolution that will impact everything we do. It's the next IT Tsunami of new possibility that is destined to change the face of technology, as we know it. IoT is the interconnectivity between things using wireless communication technology (each with their own unique identifiers) to connect objects, locations, animals, or people to the Internet, thus allowing for the direct transmission of and seamless sharing of data.
IoT represents a massive wave of technical innovation. Highly valuable companies will be built and new ecosystems will emerge from bridging the offline world with the online into one gigantic new network. Our limited understanding of the possibilities hinders our ability to see future applications for any new technology. Mainstream adoption of desktop computers and the Internet didn’t take hold until they became affordable and usable. When that occurred, fantastic and creative new innovation ensued. We are on the cusp of that tipping point with the Internet of Things.
IoT matters because it will create new industries, new companies, new jobs, and new economic growth. It will transform existing segments of our economy: retail, farming, industrial, logistics, cities, and the environment. It will turn your smartphone into the command center for the both digital and physical objects in your life. You will live and work smarter, not harder – and what we are seeing now is only the tip of the iceberg.
Accelerating the mobile ecosystem expansion in the 5G Era with LTE Advanced ProQualcomm Research
5G will connect virtually everything around us to transform a wide range of industries — manufacturing, automotive, logistics, and many more, and we are on track to make 5G NR — the global 5G standard — a commercial reality by 2019. However, this first phase of 5G mainly focuses on enhanced mobile broadband services, which will contribute to part of the total projected $12T 5G economy. 5G NR will continue to evolve in Release 16 and beyond to further expand 5G’s reach to new devices, services, and ecosystem players.
So, do we have to wait until 2020+ for the next phase of 5G NR before we can start enabling new mobile use cases?
LTE Advanced Pro will fill the gap and is continuing to evolve to bring new capabilities and efficiencies. Check out this presentation for:
• Gigabit LTE: anchoring the 5G mobile experience now with over 45 commercial networks globally. Our 3rd gen chipset — the Qualcomm Snapdragon X24 can deliver up to 2 Gbps.
• LTE IoT: starting to connect the massive IoT today, and its continued evolution will be fully leveraged by 5G NR IoT in Rel-16+.
• C-V2X: establishing the foundation for enhanced safety use cases in Rel-14 and a continued 5G NR C-V2X evolution for future autonomous vehicles.
• Private networks: delivering an optimized solution for the industrial IoT, and establishing the foundation to private 5G NR networks that will enable new use cases.
Next-generation immersive use cases such as VR and AR will demand even faster data rates, lower latency, and more capacity that will push the boundaries of LTE networks. Now, Gigabit LTE is here to deliver fiber-like wireless broadband that meets these expanding requirements. We are leading the Gigabit LTE evolution. Read more at https://www.qualcomm.com/invention/technologies/lte/advanced-pro/gigabit-lte
This presentation provides an overview of important 5G innovations around new and enhanced use of spectrum. It also captures the current 5G spectrum status across the globe.
Shared/unlicensed spectrum is important for 5G and is valuable for wide range of deployments from extreme bandwidth by aggregating spectrum, enhanced local broadband to Internet of Things verticals. 5G New Radio (NR) will natively support all different spectrum types and is designed to take advantage of new sharing paradigms. We are pioneering 5G shared spectrum today by building on LTE-U/LAA, LWA, CBRS/LSA and MulteFire.
The next industrial revolution, sometimes referred to as Industry 4.0, is already ongoing, fueled by technology advancements in big data, automation and cyber physical systems. To achieve their full potential, these new processes and operating models require high-performance connectivity. Ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) is a new set of 5G NR capabilities, expected for 3GPP Release 16, that can enable operators and enterprises to address a diverse range of high-performance industrial use-cases. This webinar will investigate 5G NR, including the support for private industrial networks and URLLC capabilities. Using the "factory of the future" concept as an example, it will show how 5G NR can help to transform industrial IoT by making it more dynamic, flexible and adaptable to market demand.
Progress on LAA and its relationship to LTE-U and MulteFireQualcomm Research
Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) is introduced in 3GPP release 13 as part of LTE Advanced Pro. It uses carrier aggregation in the downlink to combine LTE in unlicensed spectrum (5 GHz) with LTE in the licensed band.
Qualcomm: Making the best use of unlicensed spectrumQualcomm Research
In solving the 1000x challenge, licensed spectrum is the foundation. Equally important is utilizing available unlicensed spectrum. The best way to achieve this is to combine both of them through aggregation. Aggregation brings seamless user experience, better coverage and capacity, as well as the efficiencies of a common unified network. Operators have a choice on how to aggregate, and the decision depends on their current assets and future network plans.
Explore our this presentation and other resources to find out when, and how to choose? How can LTE-U coexist fairly with Wi-Fi in 5GHz unlicensed spectrum? What roles existing/new Wi-Fi, and LTE-U play? And whether it really is a "either or" decision.
Webpage: https://www.qualcomm.com/invention/technologies/1000x/spectrum/unlicensed
Download presentation: https://www.qualcomm.com/documents/making-best-use-unlicensed-spectrum-presentation
Sign up for our Technology Newsletter: https://www.qualcomm.com/invention/technologies/wireless/signup
How does unlicensed spectrum with NR-U transform what 5G can do for you?Qualcomm Research
NR-U brings the power of 5G to unlicensed spectrum globally. NR-U can help service providers deliver the 5G experience end-users have come to expect with or without licensed spectrum. Read more at https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2020/06/11/how-does-support-unlicensed-spectrum-nr-u-transform-what-5g-can-do-you
5G will connect virtually everything around us to transform a wide range of industries — manufacturing, automotive, logistics, and many more, and we are on track to make 5G NR — the global 5G standard — a commercial reality by 2019. However, this first phase of 5G mainly focuses on enhanced mobile broadband services, which will contribute to part of the total projected $12T 5G economy. 5G NR will continue to evolve in Release 16 and beyond to further expand 5G’s reach to new devices, services, and ecosystem players.
Propelling 5G forward: a closer look at 3GPP Release-16Qualcomm Research
This presentation summarizes the 3GPP 5G NR Release 16 projects, including eMBB enhancements, unlicensed, sidelink, IAB, TSN, eURLLC, private networks, C-V2X, and more...
Next-Generation Wireless Overview & Outlook 7/7/20Mark Goldstein
On July 7, 2020 I presented a Next-Generation Wireless Overview & Outlook deep dive covering the next generation wireless landscape with its underlying emerging technologies, markets, and trends. I’ve tried to capture all of today's wireless essentials in this brief briefing. Enjoy!
How Can CoMP Extend 5G NR to High Capacity & Ultra-Reliable Communications?Qualcomm Research
The next industrial revolution, sometimes referred to as Industry 4.0, is already ongoing, fueled by technology advancements in big data, automation and cyber physical systems. To achieve their full potential, these new processes and operating models require high-performance connectivity. Ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) is a new set of 5G NR capabilities, expected for 3GPP Release 16, that can enable operators and enterprises to address a diverse range of high-performance industrial use-cases. This webinar will investigate 5G NR, including the support for private industrial networks and URLLC capabilities. Using the "factory of the future" concept as an example, it will show how 5G NR can help to transform industrial IoT by making it more dynamic, flexible and adaptable to market demand.
5g technology is a unique combination of high speed internet access , low latency , high reliability & seamless coverage which will support no. of vehicles & transport infrastructure. 5G platform will impact many industries like automotive , entertainment, agriculture , manufacturing and IT. As per the research forecast “IOT will account for one quarter of the global 41 million 5G connections in 2024”, out of these ¾ of the devices will be auto industry via embedded vehicle connections.
There are wide range of applications that will benefit from 5G ultra fast networks and real time responsiveness of the network.These properties of 5G technology are very important for many applications of IOT e.g self driven cars , intelligent transportation which demands very low latency .This will be a great boom for interactive mobile gaming which is bandwidth hungry application. 5G technology enables us to control more devices remotely in various applications where real time network performance is critical, like remote control of vehicles. It focuses on worker safety as well as monitoring environment. 5G technology is not focusing on improving speed , but this will prove best in evolution of business etc. IOT in 5G have excelled in connecting number of phones , tablets and other devices, however connecting cars , meters, sensors require more advanced business models.
Prof. Andy Sutton: 5G RAN Architecture Evolution - Jan 20193G4G
This presentation explores the evolution of GSM, UMTS and LTE radio access network architectures before a detailed review of the RAN architecture options for 5G. The functional decomposition of the 5G radio access network presents the network designer with many challenges with regards placement of RU, DU and CU nodes, all of which are discussed. The presentation concludes with a review of BT UK plans for 5G launch with a fully distributed RAN in support of an EN-DC architecture.
Presented by Professor Andy Sutton CEng FIET, Principal Network Architect, Architecture & Strategy, BT Technology at IET 5G - the Advent conference on 30 January 2019 | IET London: Savoy Place
*** SHARED WITH PERMISSION ***
Internet of Things (IoT) - We Are at the Tip of An IcebergDr. Mazlan Abbas
You are likely benefitting from The Internet of Things (IoT) today, whether or not you’re familiar with the term. If your phone automatically connects to your car radio, or if you have a smartwatch counting your steps, congratulations! You have adopted one small piece of a very large IoT pie, even if you haven't adopted the name yet.
IoT may sound like a business buzzword, but in reality, it’s a real technological revolution that will impact everything we do. It's the next IT Tsunami of new possibility that is destined to change the face of technology, as we know it. IoT is the interconnectivity between things using wireless communication technology (each with their own unique identifiers) to connect objects, locations, animals, or people to the Internet, thus allowing for the direct transmission of and seamless sharing of data.
IoT represents a massive wave of technical innovation. Highly valuable companies will be built and new ecosystems will emerge from bridging the offline world with the online into one gigantic new network. Our limited understanding of the possibilities hinders our ability to see future applications for any new technology. Mainstream adoption of desktop computers and the Internet didn’t take hold until they became affordable and usable. When that occurred, fantastic and creative new innovation ensued. We are on the cusp of that tipping point with the Internet of Things.
IoT matters because it will create new industries, new companies, new jobs, and new economic growth. It will transform existing segments of our economy: retail, farming, industrial, logistics, cities, and the environment. It will turn your smartphone into the command center for the both digital and physical objects in your life. You will live and work smarter, not harder – and what we are seeing now is only the tip of the iceberg.
To meet the new connectivity requirements of the emerging IoT segment, 3GPP has taken evolutionary steps on both the network side and the device side. A single technology or solution cannot be ideal to all the different potential IoT applications, market situations and spectrum availability. As a result, the 3GPP standardizing several technologies, including Extended Coverage GSM (EC-GSM), LTE-M and NB-IoT.
LTE-M, NB-IoT and EC-GSM are all superior solutions to meet IoT requirements as a family of solutions, and can complement each other based on technology availability, use case requirements and deployment scenarios. The evolution for these technologies is shown in figure #5. Technical studies and normative work for the support of Machine Type Communication (MTC) as part of 3GPP LTE specifications for RAN began in 3GPP Release 12 and are continuing with the goals of developing features optimized for devices with MTC traffic.
Report of the LTE breakout session (NB-IoT) by Mediatek Inc. (Session Chair)Yi-Hsueh Tsai
7.16 WI: Narrowband IOT
(NB_IOT-Core; leading WG: RAN1; started: Sep. 15; target: Mar. 16; WID: RP-151621)
Time budget: N/A
Overall: At this meeting we need to determine the scope of the work. Which parts of LTE TSes to be reused, which parts are not applicable, which parts need change. Identification of issues and candidate solutions. The mindset should be that Requirements in TR 45.820 shall be fulfilled.
Bringing Data to Life. Spreadsheets are boring! (ClickZ Live Singapore 2014)Dave Sanderson
It doesn’t matter how good the analysis is if the key decision makers can’t understand it quickly. This session will take you through visual languages that can be used to highlight key points in your analysis, techniques to simplify data visualization, and go through common mistakes that can kill a good piece of valuable analysis.
Take homes include:
Understand how to use visual tools to communicate data effectively – beyond just tables and bar charts
Learn how to simplify your data presentations so they are easier to understand
Identify and avoid common pitfalls in data visualisation.
Presented on 3rd December, 2014 at ClickZ Live Singapore
http://www.clickzlive.com/singapore/
LTE Release 13 and SMARTER – Road Towards 5GYi-Hsueh Tsai
3GPP Overview
TSG Plenary Status
RAN workshop on 5G
SA1 5G SMARTER
Radio Interface Technology definition
Time Delay analysis
Four New Building Block Study Items for 5G
Enhanced Mobile Broadband
Massive Internet of Things
Critical Machine Communications (ultra-reliable and low latency)
Network operation (including Migration and Interworking)
Capabilities of Future IMT systems
Conclusions
Iot basics & evolution of 3 gpp technolgies for iot connectivityKAILASH CHAUHAN
#IOT BASICS & EVOLUTION OF 3GPP TECHNOLOGIES FOR IOT CONNECTIVITY
#IOT-Internet of Things Handbook
#Cellular NW for Massive IOT
#LTE_Evolution_for_IoT_Connectivity
The convergence of blockchain technology with Fifth Generation Wireless (5G), Long Term Evolution (LTE), Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud services fosters in a host of new services that were not possible before. The proliferation of devices in a distributed architecture has many challenges including ensuring the device configuration management and cybersecurity. This paper discusses how smart contracts can be used for configure, operate and protect IoT devices.
Correlation between Terms of 5G Networks, IoT and D2D Communicationijtsrd
The proliferation of heterogeneous devices connected through large scale networks is a clear sign that the vision of the Internet of Things IoT is getting closer to becoming a reality. Many researchers and experts in the field share the opinion that the next to come fifth generation 5G cellular systems will be a strong boost for the IoT deployment. Device to Device D2D appears as a key communication paradigm to support heterogeneous objects interconnection and to guarantee important benefits. Future research directions are then presented towards a fully converged 5G IoT ecosystem. In this paper, we analyze existing data about D2D communication systems and its relation of 5G IoT networks. The enhancement of such networks will bring several spheres to learn for. Nozima Musaboyeva Bahtiyor Qizi "Correlation between Terms of 5G Networks, IoT and D2D Communication" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-6 , October 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd47522.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/computer-science/computer-network/47522/correlation-between-terms-of-5g-networks-iot-and-d2d-communication/nozima-musaboyeva-bahtiyor-qizi
5G network is surging the growth of IOT for building up new applications and business execution models. Implementation of the latest techniques, IOT, requires new performance standards such as security, great connectivity, low latency, ultra-authentic, the extent of wireless communication, etc., to boost cellular operations.
IDC: Peplink Adds Resilience to IoT NetworksEric Wong
In this whitepaper, IDC argues that diversification of Internet access WAN technologies, combined with secure VPN and central management is the best way to both guarantee IoT network availability and allow for rapid deployment of IoT networks anywhere.
HOW TO CHOOSE BETWEEN LTE-M AND
NB-IOT FOR GLOBAL DEPLOYMENTS. LTE-M AND NB-IOT TECHNOLOGIES - INCREASED
BATTERY LIFE, ENHANCED COVERAGE AND SIMPLIFIED
HARDWARE
Wireless communication technology takes a leap about every ten years, and every generation has fundamentally changed the world. For the next-generation 5G communications technology, the industry's more consistent goal is to achieve commercial deployment in 2020. In 2015, the global development of 5G technology entered a crucial period for technical R&D and standardization preparation. It has completed the key content of the 5th generation of mobile communication naming, vision, and timetable, and initiated the 5G standard before this year. Compared to previous generations of networks, 5G will play a bigger role - create a connection framework for everything.
Future European society and economy will strongly rely on 5G infrastructure.
The impact will go far beyond existing wireless access networks with the aim for communication services, reachable everywhere, all the time, and faster. 5G is an opportunity for the European ICT sector which is already well positioned in the global R&D race. 5G technologies will be adopted and deployed globally in alignment with developed and emerging markets’ needs.
IoT is a new technology that was born a few years ago that based on the internet network which connects all IoT network terminals together to transfer data over the network between terminals (devices) abd take an action according to these data.
5G is a set of emerging global telecommunications standards, generally using high-frequency spectrum, to offer network connectivity with reduced latency and greater speed and capacity relative to its predecessors, most recently 4G LTE (Long-Term Evolution).
Importantly, 5G describes a collection of standards and technologies used to build tomorrow’s cutting-edge network infrastructure. In fact, many of the standards that will be officially considered 5G are still being decided on by working groups like the 3GPP, a collaborative body made up of various telecommunications associations.
Evolving the service provider architecture to unleash the potential of IoT - ...FrenchWeb.fr
D'ici 2020, il y aura plus de 28 milliards d'objets connectés installés, et le marché présentera un potentiel de 7 trillions de dollars, selon les résultats de l'étude. Pour atteindre ces niveaux de performances, les infrastructures de réseau actuelles doivent cependant évoluer, pour gérer les grandes quantités de données qui seront produites, le nombre croissant de connexions qui auront lieu sur ces réseaux, ou encore assurer la sécurité de ces infrastructures.
An extensive review: Internet of things is speeding up the necessity for 5GIJERA Editor
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a very large number of objects, with intensive connections and allows these smart objects to be sensed and controlled remotely across efficient network, which is breathing new capability into anything anywhere in the life. This paper presents an overview of about 4G and 5G with their important features and how will drive IoT in future to build smart cities and smart objects. Scientists are concentrates about the advance implementation of these technologies especially the 5G is the term which is not formally used for any current technology and it is still early to provide an exact definition of 5G. We also present an overview of future keys in cellular system to get better IoT such as D2D, M2M, NOMA and Massive MIMO. This work presents the exact steps in 4G and 5G which important towards IoT and the ability to establish the smart cities. Nowadays 4G LTE-A systems are getting maturity and have been installed, the challenge now is how to improve 4G to get a smooth development from 4G to 5G. Among these steps and challenges are considered as the pieces of the 5G using massive MIMO, new access techniques, millimeter wave (mm Wave) and M2M, D2D communication. The future fifth generation (5G) cellular networks have drawn great attention from scientists and companies around the world. 5G cellular networks should accomplish 1,000 times higher mobile data per geographic area. Plus 10-100 times higher number of connecting devices, with low latency and long battery life.
Customer needs more from the innovation. The innovation which are use resemble TV, Clothes washer, cooler, Mobile Phones. The most needed element of web is acceptable execution and quicker access. The Cellular Subscriber pay extra for the moment include and the entrance of web on their telephones. To help such ground breaking framework we need fast remote network. A remote innovation is bow quick nowadays. An as of late wired system was expected to get on the web. These days, Mobile systems are progressed in last four decades. The cell idea which was present with 1G where G represents age organize. It has increments quicker from age to age, which are 1G,2G,3G, lastly come to 4G. Pradnya Pramod Mohite "5G System-Trends & Development" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-3 , April 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd30411.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/computer-science/computer-network/30411/5g-systemtrends-and-development/pradnya-pramod-mohite
Generative AI models, such as ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion, can create new and original content like text, images, video, audio, or other data from simple prompts, as well as handle complex dialogs and reason about problems with or without images. These models are disrupting traditional technologies, from search and content creation to automation and problem solving, and are fundamentally shaping the future user interface to computing devices. Generative AI can apply broadly across industries, providing significant enhancements for utility, productivity, and entertainment. As generative AI adoption grows at record-setting speeds and computing demands increase, on-device and hybrid processing are more important than ever. Just like traditional computing evolved from mainframes to today’s mix of cloud and edge devices, AI processing will be distributed between them for AI to scale and reach its full potential.
In this presentation you’ll learn about:
- Why on-device AI is key
- Full-stack AI optimizations to make on-device AI possible and efficient
- Advanced techniques like quantization, distillation, and speculative decoding
- How generative AI models can be run on device and examples of some running now
- Qualcomm Technologies’ role in scaling on-device generative AI
As generative AI adoption grows at record-setting speeds and computing demands increase, hybrid processing is more important than ever. But just like traditional computing evolved from mainframes and thin clients to today’s mix of cloud and edge devices, AI processing must be distributed between the cloud and devices for AI to scale and reach its full potential. In this talk you’ll learn:
• Why on-device AI is key
• Which generative AI models can run on device
• Why the future of AI is hybrid
• Qualcomm Technologies’ role in making hybrid AI a reality
Qualcomm Webinar: Solving Unsolvable Combinatorial Problems with AIQualcomm Research
How do you find the best solution when faced with many choices? Combinatorial optimization is a field of mathematics that seeks to find the most optimal solutions for complex problems involving multiple variables. There are numerous business verticals that can benefit from combinatorial optimization, whether transport, supply chain, or the mobile industry.
More recently, we’ve seen gains from AI for combinatorial optimization, leading to scalability of the method, as well as significant reductions in cost. This method replaces the manual tuning of traditional heuristic approaches with an AI agent that provides a fast metric estimation.
In this presentation you will find out:
Why AI is crucial in combinatorial optimization
How it can be applied to two use cases: improving chip design and hardware-specific compilers
The state-of-the-art results achieved by Qualcomm AI Research
- There is a rich roadmap of 5G technologies coming in the second half of the 5G decade with the 5G Advanced evolution
- 6G will be the future innovation platform for 2030 and beyond building on the 5G Advanced foundation
- 6G will be more than just a new radio design, expanding the role of AI, sensing and others in the connected intelligent edge
- Qualcomm is leading cutting-edge wireless research across six key technology vectors on the path to 6G
3D perception is crucial for understanding the real world. It offers many benefits and new capabilities over 2D across diverse applications, from XR and autonomous driving to IOT, camera, and mobile. 3D perception with machine learning is creating the new state of the art (SOTA) in areas, such as depth estimation, object detection, and neural scene representation. Making these SOTA neural networks feasible for real-world deployment on mobile devices constrained by power, thermal, and performance has been a challenge. Qualcomm AI Research has developed not only novel AI techniques for 3D perception but also full-stack AI optimizations to enable real-world deployments and energy-efficient solutions. This presentation explores the latest research that is enabling efficient 3D perception while maintaining neural network model accuracy. You’ll learn about:
- The advantages of 3D perception over 2D and the need for 3D perception across applications
- Advancements in 3D perception research by Qualcomm AI Research
- Our future 3D perception research directions
5G is going mainstream across the globe, and this is an exciting time to harness the low latency and high capacity of 5G to enable the metaverse. A distributed-compute architecture across device and cloud can enable rich extended reality (XR) user experiences. Virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) are ready for deployment in private networks, while augmented reality (AR) for wide area networks can be enabled in the near term with Wi-Fi powered AR glasses paired with a 5G-enabled phone. Device APIs enabling application adaptation is critical for good user experience. 5G standards are evolving to support the deployment of AR glasses at a large scale and setting the stage for 6G-era with the merging of the physical, digital, and virtual worlds. Techniques like perception-enhanced wireless offer significant potential to improve user experience. Qualcomm Technologies is enabling the XR industry with platforms, developer SDKs, and reference designs.
Check out this webinar to learn:
• How 5G and distributed-compute architectures enable the metaverse
• The latest results from our boundless XR 5G/6G testbed, including device APIs and perception-enhanced wireless
• 5G standards evolution for enhancing XR applications and the road to 6G
• How Qualcomm Technologies is enabling the industry with platforms, SDKs, and reference designs
AI model efficiency is crucial for making AI ubiquitous, leading to smarter devices and enhanced lives. Besides the performance benefit, quantized neural networks also increase power efficiency for two reasons: reduced memory access costs and increased compute efficiency.
The quantization work done by the Qualcomm AI Research team is crucial in implementing machine learning algorithms on low-power edge devices. In network quantization, we focus on both pushing the state-of-the-art (SOTA) in compression and making quantized inference as easy to access as possible. For example, our SOTA work on oscillations in quantization-aware training that push the boundaries of what is possible with INT4 quantization. Furthermore, for ease of deployment, the integer formats such as INT16 and INT8 give comparable performance to floating point, i.e., FP16 and FP8, but have significantly better performance-per-watt performance. Researchers and developers can make use of this quantization research to successfully optimize and deploy their models across devices with open-sourced tools like AI Model Efficiency Toolkit (AIMET).
Presenters: Tijmen Blankevoort and Chirag Patel
Bringing AI research to wireless communication and sensingQualcomm Research
AI for wireless is already here, with applications in areas such as mobility management, sensing and localization, smart signaling and interference management. Recently, Qualcomm Technologies has prototyped the AI-enabled air interface and launched the Qualcomm 5G AI Suite. These developments are possible thanks to expertise in both wireless and machine learning from over a decade of foundational research in these complementing fields.
Our approach brings together the modeling flexibility and computational efficiency of machine learning and the out-of-domain generalization and interpretability of wireless domain expertise.
In this webinar, Qualcomm AI Research presents an overview of state-of-the-art research at the intersection of the two fields and offers a glimpse into the future of the wireless industry.
Qualcomm AI Research is an initiative of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Speakers:
Arash Behboodi, Machine Learning Research Scientist (Senior Staff Engineer/Manager), Qualcomm AI Research Daniel Dijkman, Machine Learning Research Scientist (Principal Engineer), Qualcomm AI Research
How will sidelink bring a new level of 5G versatility.pdfQualcomm Research
Today, the 5G system mainly operates on a network-to-device communication model, exemplified by enhanced mobile broadband use cases where all data transmissions are between the network (i.e., base station) and devices (e.g., smartphone). However, to fully deliver on the original 5G vision of supporting diverse devices, services, and deployment scenarios, we need to expand the 5G topology further to reach new levels of performance and efficiency.
That is why sidelink communication was introduced in 3GPP standards, designed to facilitate direct communication between devices, independent of connectivity via the cellular infrastructure. Beyond automotive communication, it also benefits many other 5G use cases such as IoT, mobile broadband, and public safety.
5G is designed to serve an unprecedented range of capabilities with a single global standard. With enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), massive IoT (mIoT), and mission-critical IoT, the three pillars of 5G represent extremes in performance and associated complexity. For IoT services, NB-IoT and eMTC devices prioritize low power consumption and the lowest complexity for wide-area deployments (LPWA), while enhanced ultra-reliable, low-latency communication (eURLLC), along with time-sensitive networking (TSN), delivers the most stringent use case requirements. But there exists an opportunity to more efficiently address a broad range of mid-tier applications with capabilities ranging between these extremes.
In 5G NR Release 17, 3GPP introduced a new tier of reduced capability (RedCap) devices, also known as NR-Light. It is a new device platform that bridges the capability and complexity gap between the extremes in 5G today with an optimized design for mid-tier use cases. With the recent standards completion, NR-Light is set to efficiently expand the 5G universe to connect new frontiers.
Download this presentation to learn:
• What NR-Light is and why it can herald the next wave of 5G expansion
• How NR-Light is accelerating the growth of the connected intelligent edge
• Why NR-Light is a suitable 5G migration path for mid-tier LTE devices
Realizing mission-critical industrial automation with 5GQualcomm Research
Manufacturers seeking better operational efficiencies, with reduced downtime and higher yield, are at the leading edge of the Industry 4.0 transformation. With mobile system components and reliable wireless connectivity between them, flexible manufacturing systems can be reconfigured quickly for new tasks, to troubleshoot issues, or in response to shifts in supply and demand.
There is a long history of R&D collaboration between Bosch Rexroth and Qualcomm Technologies for the effective application of these 5G capabilities to industrial automation use cases. At the Robert Bosch Elektronik GmbH factory in Salzgitter, Germany, this collaboration has reached new heights.
Download this deck to learn how:
• Qualcomm Technologies and Bosch Rexroth are collaborating to accelerate the Industry 4.0 transformation
• 5G technologies deliver key capabilities for mission-critical industrial automation
• Distributed control solutions can work effectively across 5G TSN networks
• A single 5G technology platform solves connectivity and positioning needs for flexible manufacturing
3GPP Release 17: Completing the first phase of 5G evolutionQualcomm Research
This presentation summarizes 5G NR Release 17 projects that was completed in March 2022. It further enhances 5G foundation and expands into new devices, use cases, verticals.
AI firsts: Leading from research to proof-of-conceptQualcomm Research
AI has made tremendous progress over the past decade, with many advancements coming from fundamental research from many decades ago. Accelerating the pipeline from research to commercialization has been daunting since scaling technologies in the real world faces many challenges beyond the theoretical work done in the lab. Qualcomm AI Research has taken on the task of not only generating novel AI research but also being first to demonstrate proof-of-concepts on commercial devices, enabling technology to scale in the real world. This presentation covers:
The challenges of deploying cutting-edge research on real-world mobile devices
How Qualcomm AI Research is solving system and feasibility challenges with full-stack optimizations to quickly move from research to commercialization
Examples where Qualcomm AI Research has had industrial or academic firsts
Setting off the 5G Advanced evolution with 3GPP Release 18Qualcomm Research
In December 2021, 3GPP has reached a consensus on the scope of 5G NR Release 18. This is a significant milestone marking the beginning of 5G Advanced — the second wave of wireless innovations that will fulfill the 5G vision. Release 18 will build on the solid foundation set by Releases 15, 16, and 17, and it sets the longer-term evolution direction of 5G and beyond. This release will encompass a wide range of new and enhancement projects, ranging from improved MIMO and application of AI/ML-enabled air interface to extended reality optimizations and broader IoT support.
Cellular networks have facilitated positioning in addition to voice or data communications from the beginning, since 2G, and we’ve since grown to rely on positioning technology to make our lives safer, simpler, more productive, and even fun. Cellular positioning complements other technologies to operate indoors and outdoors, including dense urban environments where tall buildings interfere with satellite positioning. It works whether we’re standing still, walking, or in a moving vehicle. With 5G, cellular positioning breaks new ground to bring robust precise positioning indoors and outdoors, to meet even the most demanding Industry 4.0 needs.
As we look to the future, the Connected Intelligent Edge will bring a new dimension of positional insight to a broad range of devices, improving wireless use cases still under development. We’re already charting the course to 5G Advanced and beyond by working on the evolution of cellular positioning technology to include RF sensing for situational awareness.
Download the deck to learn more.
The need for intelligent, personalized experiences powered by AI is ever-growing. Our devices are producing more and more data that could help improve our AI experiences. How do we learn and efficiently process all this data from edge devices while maintaining privacy? On-device learning rather than cloud training can address these challenges. In this presentation, we’ll discuss:
- Why on-device learning is crucial for providing intelligent, personalized experiences without sacrificing privacy
- Our latest research in on-device learning, including few-shot learning, continuous learning, and federated learning
- How we are solving system and feasibility challenges to move from research to commercialization
This presentation outlines the synergistic nature of 5G and AI -- two disruptive areas of innovations that can change the world. It illustrates the benefits of adopting AI for the advancements of 5G, as well as showcases the latest progress made by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Data compression has increased by leaps and bounds over the years due to technical innovation, enabling the proliferation of streamed digital multimedia and voice over IP. For example, a regular cadence of technical advancement in video codecs has led to massive reduction in file size – in fact, up to a 1000x reduction in file size when comparing a raw video file to a VVC encoded file. However, with the rise of machine learning techniques and diverse data types to compress, AI may be a compelling tool for next-generation compression, offering a variety of benefits over traditional techniques. In this presentation we discuss:
- Why the demand for improved data compression is growing
- Why AI is a compelling tool for compression in general
- Qualcomm AI Research’s latest AI voice and video codec research
- Our future AI codec research work and challenges
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
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Contents
1 Abstract 4
2 Ushering in the era of the Internet of Things 5
2.1 Connecting the IoT will require heterogeneous connectivity 5
2.2 Cellular technologies will enable a wide range of IoT services 5
2.3 LTE is a unified, scalable platform for connecting the IoT 6
2.4 LTE IoT is bringing significant benefits over non-3GPP LPWA solutions 7
3 Two new LTE IoT narrowband technologies – eMTC and NB-IoT 7
3.1 New LTE IoT devices can efficiently coexist with today’s services 8
4 New IoT-optimized narrowband technologies 9
4.1 Reducing complexity to enable lower cost devices 9
4.2 Improving power efficiency to deliver multi-year battery life 10
4.3 Enhancing coverage for better reach into challenging locations 11
4.4 Optimizing LTE core network to more efficiently support IoT devices 12
4.5 Delivering an end-to-end LTE IoT platform 13
5 Roadmap to 5G will bring even more IoT opportunities 13
5.1 Evolving NB-IoT toward Narrowband 5G 13
5.2 Bringing new capabilities to the massive IoT 14
5.3 Enabling mission-critical control IoT services 14
5.4 Delivering additional benefits with the new 5G network architecture 15
6 Conclusion 15
4. 4
The Internet of Things (IoT) is bringing a massive surge of smart, connected devices that will enable new services and efficiencies
across industries. The IoT will transform businesses, change the way people live, and fuel innovations for many years to come. Over
the next decade, it is predicted that there will be 10’s of billions of connected devices deployed globally1
, growing at unprecedented
speed to generate multi-trillion dollars of economic value2
across many key markets. The Internet of Things is the foundation to a
totally interconnected world, and it is only a matter of time before it evolves into the Internet of Everything.
In this vision of a totally interconnected world, cellular technologies will play an instrumental role – and they already have; 1G and
2G networks connected people to one another via voice, and 3G and 4G extended connectivity to the mobile Internet, delivering
blazing fast mobile broadband services. Not only do cellular networks offer ubiquitous coverage, but they also bring unparalleled
level of reliability, security, and performance required by the most demanding IoT applications. 3GPP technologies, such as 4G LTE,
can provide wide-area IoT connectivity – LTE is established globally and the fastest growing wireless standard, already delivering
over one billion connections worldwide3
. It will continue to gain momentum and proliferate even further in the decade to come. LTE
has delivered on the promise of faster, better mobile broadband, and it is now scaling down for the IoT to bring multi-year battery
life and lower cost devices. It is backed by a common global standard (3GPP) with support of a strong, interoperable, end-to-end
ecosystem. Altogether, LTE provides a solid foundation for the future growth of IoT, bringing significant benefits over non-3GPP/
proprietary solutions.
Release 13 of the 3GPP standard introduces a suite of new narrowband technologies optimizing for the IoT. Collectively referred
to as LTE IoT, it includes two new User Equipment (UE) categories that can more efficiently support lower data-rate applications.
LTE Cat-M1 (eMTC) enables the broadest range of IoT capabilities, and LTE Cat-NB1 (NB-IoT) scales down further in cost and
power for low-end IoT use cases. Both device categories are part of the single, scalable LTE roadmap, and designed to coexist with
existing LTE Advanced infrastructure, spectrum, and devices. LTE IoT brings many improvements, including complexity reduction
to enable lower cost devices, more efficient low-power modes to deliver multi-year battery life, and new advanced transmission
techniques to deepen coverage. Beyond air interface improvements, LTE IoT also enhances the core network to more efficiently
handle IoT-centric traffic and to support large number of devices.
NB-IoT also establishes the foundation for Narrowband 5G, which will bring even more opportunities for the Internet of Things. 5G
will enhance massive IoT with new capabilities such as Resource Spread Multiple Access (RSMA) for grant-free transmissions, and
multi-hop mesh to further extend coverage. 5G will also enable new services, such as mission-critical control, with many innovative
use cases in robotics, aviation, healthcare, industrial control, and vehicles, where enhancement dimensions such as sub-1ms
latency, ultra-high reliability, and availability are required (but not simultaneously needed for all services). All in all, connecting the
Internet of Things will be an integral part of 5G – a unified, more capable connectivity platform for the next decade and beyond.
1 Abstract
1
Machina Research, February 2014; Cisco, July, 2013
2
Unlocking the potential of the Internet of Things, McKinsey & Company, June 2015
3
GSA, May 2016
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The Internet of Things (IoT) broadly describes the concept of an interconnected network of physical objects, including machines,
vehicles, buildings, and many other types of devices. And these connected “things” will deliver new services in the homes,
businesses, cities, and across industries. The global IoT market is expected to grow aggressively over the next decade, and it
is predicted that there will be 25 to 50 billion connected devices by 20201
, fueling the multi-trillion-dollar economic growth2
across key markets. IoT will be much more than about connecting people to things, but extending existing networks to also bring
machines and devices to work with one another, so they can deliver new levels of efficiency.
2 Ushering in the era of the Internet of Things
1
Machina Research, February 2014; Cisco, July, 2013
2
Unlocking the potential of the Internet of Things, McKinsey & Company, June 2015
3
GSA, May 2016
4
GSMA Intelligence, May 2016
The Internet of Things encompasses a wide variety of applications across many different industries, with devices that can drive
very diverse computing and connectivity requirements. In some use cases, devices may only require short-range communication to
the network access point, such as ones deployed in connected homes, while many other applications need wider-area, ubiquitous
coverage. In essence, connecting the Internet of Things will require heterogeneous connectivity technologies that offer different
levels of optimization to address the varying needs. Figure 1 provides a simplified illustration of the different wireless technologies
often used to connect the IoT based on how far they can reach. For example, smart lighting in an office building may be best
served with a short-range wireless technology, such as Wi-Fi, as light fixtures are usually deployed in areas with reasonable Wi-Fi
coverage (i.e. indoors). In contrast, parking meters deployed across a smart city will most likely leverage a wide-area network. Such
deployments will require a technology that can provide ubiquitous coverage in both outdoor (e.g. street parking) and indoor (e.g.
parking structure) locations.
Connecting the IoT will require heterogeneous connectivity2.1
Bluetooth Wi-FiNFC
Wireless Connectivity
Technology
Wider-AreaShorter-Range
e.g. secure
payment
e.g. thermostats,
televisions
e.g. utility meters,
sensors,
asset trackers
Cellular
e.g. beacons,
health trackers
For the wide-area Internet of Things, cellular is evolving to become an attractive platform to address the growing connectivity
needs. Already serving over 7 billion connections worldwide4
, cellular networks have proliferated in virtually all metropolitan cities,
Cellular technologies will enable a wide range of IoT services2.2
Figure 1: Examples of wireless connectivity technologies for the IoT
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suburban, and rural areas across geographic regions. Not only do cellular-based solutions offer ubiquitous reach into both outdoor
and indoor locations, they also bring many additional benefits to the table. The highly-available network design allows IoT devices
to reliably access application services around the clock; moreover, the tried-and-true cellular deployments already deliver end-
to-end security required by the most demanding users such as governments and financial institutions. And most importantly, the
mature ecosystem is backed by global standards that ensure seamless interoperability across regions and devices. Rest assured,
cellular technologies will continue to evolve to deliver even better services for the fast-growing IoT markets, and the total number
of cellular connections for IoT/M2M is expected to exceed 5B by 20255
. Figure 2 shows a few examples of IoT verticals and use
cases that can benefit from adopting cellular-based solutions.
LTE is globally established and the fastest growing wireless standard, expected to reach 75% world population coverage by 20216
.
LTE, originally introduced in release 8 of the 3GPP standard, was developed to provide faster mobile broadband access, offering
a generational performance leap over 3G. The core LTE technology has evolved over time to adapt to the ever-changing market
requirements, ensuring network longevity. LTE Advanced (3GPP release 10, 11, 12) evolved to optimize for better mobile broadband
experience, enabling gigabit-class throughput with the introduction of advanced techniques, such as carrier aggregation and
higher-order MIMO. While some IoT applications can benefit from the improvements introduced in LTE Advanced (e.g. HD security
cameras), many IoT devices require optimizations for a much reduced set of functionalities.
LTE is a unified, scalable platform for connecting the IoT2.3
5
Including cellular and LPWA connections, Machina Research, June 2016
6
Ericsson Mobility Report, June, 2016
>5BIoT connections
by 2025
Smart cities
Lighting, traffic sensors,
smart parking,…
Mobile health
Wearables, gateways,
remote patient,…
Environmental monitoring
Agriculture, forecast fire/
air pollution sensors,…
Smart utilities
Smart grid, gas/water/
electric meters
Connected building
Security, video surveillance,
smoke detectors,…
Connected industrial
Process/equipment monitoring
HVAC, …
Asset tracking
Fleet management, pet/kid
trackers, shipping,…
Connected retail
Vending machines, ATM,
digital ads,…
Figure 2: Cellular IoT enable a wide variety of services across many market verticals
Today Newnarrowband IoT technologies(3GPP Release13+)
LTE Cat-4 and above
>10 Mbps
n x 20 MHz
LTE Cat-1
Up to 10 Mbps
20 MHz
LTE Cat-M1 (eMTC)
Variable rate up to 1 Mbps
1.4 MHz narrowband
Cat NB1 (NB-IoT)
10s of kbps
200 kHz narrowband
Scaling up in performance and mobility
Scaling down in complexity and power
Figure 3: LTE is a scalable platform that can address a wide range of connectivity requirements
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Release 13 of the 3GPP standard introduces a suite of new narrowband technologies optimizing for the Internet of Things.
Collectively referred to as LTE IoT, it scales down LTE to more efficiently support lower data rate applications. LTE IoT is part of the
unified LTE roadmap, providing a seamless path to deliver IoT service in existing network deployments; LTE can scale up to offer
gigabit class data rates for high performance applications, or to scale down for applications requiring high power efficiency.
LTE IoT is bringing significant benefits over non-3GPP LPWA solutions2.4
As the number of IoT applications continues to grow, it is expected that many new IoT-enabling connectivity technologies will
emerge. While some of these new technologies can potentially address the wide-area coverage requirement, they are likely to fall
short in other aspects compared to 3GPP standardized technologies such as eMTC and NB-IoT.
Ubiquitous coverage: LTE IoT leverages existing LTE networks without requiring a core network overlay. To date, there are
already more than 500 LTE networks deployed in over 160 countries, with many more future deployments in planning.
Scalability: LTE IoT is a part of a unified platform that can adapt to application’s performance needs. LTE can easily scale up to
support IoT use cases that require high bandwidth and low latency, and scale down to optimize for low-performance applications –
all using the same network infrastructure.
Coexistence: LTE IoT is compatible with existing and planned LTE networks and spectrum, coexisting with regular LTE traffic
without interfering with other devices or services.
Mature ecosystem: LTE IoT is backed by global 3GPP standards with a rich roadmap to 5G. Devices and networks are designed to
interoperate across different vendors and regions.
Managed quality of service (QoS): One of the most important benefits of LTE is its ability to utilize licensed spectrum, as it allows
network operators to guarantee QoS by effectively allocating network resources as well as managing and mitigating interferences
and congestions. A redundant network design also helps to ensure service availability with minimal downtime.
End-to-end security: LTE IoT will inherit the established/trusted security and authentication features delivered by LTE, meeting
the most stringent requirements of many high-security applications.
3 Two new LTE IoT narrowband technologies – eMTC and NB-IoT
3GPP Release 13 introduces two new User Equipment (UE) categories that scale down in functionalities to bring more efficiencies
for connecting the Internet of Things.
LTE Cat-M1, defined by the eMTC (enhanced machine-type communications) standard, provides the broadest range of IoT
capabilities, delivering data rates up to 1 Mbps, while utilizing only 1.4 MHz device bandwidth (1.08 MHz in-band transmissions of
6 resource blocks) in existing LTE FDD/TDD spectrum. It is designed to fully coexist with regular LTE traffic (Cat-0 and above).
Cat-M1 can also support voice (VoLTE) and full-to-limited mobility. In enhanced coverage mode, it can deliver 15 dB of increased
link budget, allowing LTE signals to penetrate more walls and floors to reach devices deployed deep indoors or in remote locations.
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LTE Cat-NB1, or NB-IoT (narrow band IoT), further reduces device complexity and extends coverage to address the needs of low-
end IoT use cases. Cat-NB1 leverages narrowband operations, using 200 kHz device bandwidth (180 kHz in-band transmissions
of 1 resource block) in LTE FDD, to deliver throughputs of 10’s of kbps. NB-IoT supports more flexible deployment options: LTE
in-band, LTE guard-band, and standalone. To further enhance coverage, it trades off spectral efficiency (e.g. data rate), and
capabilities (e.g. no mobility or voice support) to achieve >5 dB of extra gain over Cat-M1.
LTECat-M1
1.4MHz
Upto1Mbps
Faster data rates
Full-to-limited mobility
Voice/VoLTE support
Coverage
Performance
+5 dB
+15 dB
LTECat-NB1
200kHz
10sofkbps
LTE Cat-1
and above
n x 20 MHz
> 1 Mbps
Short-range
wireless Ultra low-cost
Ultra low-power
Delay-tolerant
Figure 4: LTE IoT - Cat-M1 and Cat-NB1 devices
New LTE IoT devices can efficiently coexist with today’s services3.1
Both Cat-M1 and Cat-NB1 can be deployed in existing LTE Advanced infrastructure and spectrum, efficiently coexist with today’s
mobile broadband services. Cat-M1 utilizes 1.4 MHz bandwidth, leveraging existing LTE numerology (versus NB-IoT’s new channel
bandwidth of 200 kHz), and can be deployed to operate within a regular LTE carrier (up to 20 MHz). Cat-M1 devices will leverage
legacy LTE synchronization signals (e.g. PSS7
, SSS8
), while introducing new control and data channels that are more efficient for
low bandwidth operations. LTE network supporting Cat-M1 can utilize multiple narrowband regions with frequency retuning to
enable scalable resource allocation, and also frequency hopping for diversity across the entire LTE band.
Regular data
Cat-M1 SIB
Regular data
WidebandControl
Legacy Synch Regular data
Cat-M1 Data
(User 1)
Cat-M1 Data
(User 2)
Data transmissionScheduling
Initial cellsearch
and acquisition
Figure 5: Cat-M1 (eMTC) can operate across entire regular LTE band
7
Primary Synchronization Signal
8
Secondary Synchronization Signal
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Cat-NB1 devices can be deployed in LTE guard-bands or as a standalone carrier in addition to LTE in-band. Nevertheless, the new
200 kHz device numerology (utilizing a single LTE resource block, or RB of 180 kHz) requires a new set of narrowband control and
data channels. Unlike Cat-M1 in-band, Cat-NB1 does not allow for frequency retuning or hopping and occupies a fixed spectrum
location. For guard-band deployment, NB-IoT leverages unused resource blocks without interfering with neighboring carriers. In
standalone mode, Cat-NB1 devices can be deployed in re-farmed 2G/3G bands.
In-band Guard-band Standalone
NB-IoT
Regular
LTE Data
Regular
LTE Data
Guard-band Guard-band
NB-IoT NB-IoT NB-IoT
4 New IoT-optimized narrowband technologies
Figure 6: Cat-NB1 (NB-IoT) flexible deployment options
The new LTE IoT narrowband technologies are paving the path to Narrowband 5G, bringing four main areas of improvements to
better support the Internet of Things: reducing complexity, improving battery life, enhancing coverage, and enabling higher node
density deployments.
Reducing complexity to enable lower cost devices4.1
The proliferation of IoT will bring significant benefits to a diverse set of industries and applications. While there are many IoT
use cases that have the potential to drive higher ARPC (average revenue per connection) that is comparable to today’s mobile
broadband services (e.g. smartphones, tablets), the majority of use cases will require much lower-cost devices and subscriptions
to justify massive deployments. For example, the hardware and service cost of a smartphone is very different from a simple remote
sensor that provides temperature measurements a few times a day. For this reason, both Cat-M1 and Cat-NB1 devices will scale
down in levels of complexity to enable lower cost, while still meeting the IoT application requirements. Figure 7 summarizes the
high-level complexity differences of the two new LTE IoT UE categories.
LTE Cat-1
(Today)
LTE Cat-M1
(Rel-13)
LTE Cat-NB1
(Rel-13)
Peak data rate DL: 10 Mbps
UL: 5 Mbps
DL: 1 Mbps
UL: 1 Mbps
DL: ~20 kbps
UL: ~60 kbps
Bandwidth 20 MHz 1.4 MHz 200 kHz
Rx antenna MIMO Single Rx Single Rx
Duplex mode Full duplex
FDD/TDD
Supports half duplex
FDD/TDD
Half duplex
FDD only
Transmit power 23 dBm 20 dBm 20 dBm
Higher throughput, lower latency, full mobility
Figure 7: Reducing complexity for LTE IoT devices
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9
MTC Physical Downlink Control Channel
10
Physical Control Format Indicator Channel, Physical Hybrid-ARQ Indicator Channel, Physical Downlink Control Channel
Peak data rate: Both Cat-M1 and Cat-NB1 devices will have reduced peak data rates compared to regular LTE devices (e.g. Cat-1).
Cat-M1 has limited throughput of up to 1 MBps in both downlink and uplink directions, while Cat-NB1 further reduces peak data
rate down to 10’s of kbps. The reduced peak data rates allow for both processing and memory savings in the device hardware.
Bandwidth: LTE supports scalable carrier bandwidths from 1.4 MHz to 20 MHz, utilizing 6 to 100 resource blocks. For LTE Cat-M1,
the device bandwidth is limited to 1.4 MHz only (1.08 MHz plus guard-band for 6 RBs in-band), to support the lower data rate. On
the other hand, Cat-NB1 further reduces device bandwidth to 200 kHz (180 kHz plus guard-band for a single RB). The bandwidth
reduction for Cat-M1 requires a new control channel (i.e. M-PDCCH9
) to replace the legacy control channels (i.e. PCFICH, PHICH,
PDCCH10
), which can no longer fit within the narrower bandwidth. While for Cat-NB1, a new set of NB-IoT synch, control, and data
channels are introduced to accommodate the narrower bandwidth.
Rx Antenna: Multiple antennas for MIMO (multiple-input, multiple-output) and receive diversity was introduced in LTE to improve
spectral efficiency. For LTE IoT applications, there is little need to push for higher data rates, but important to reduce complexity.
For both Cat-M1 and Cat-NB1, the receive RF is reduced to a single antenna, which simplifies the RF frontend. Though there
is some RF degradation due to the lack of receive diversity, the lost signal sensitivity can be compensated by other advanced
coverage enhancing techniques.
Duplex Modes: Due to the less frequent and latency-tolerant nature of IoT data transmissions, LTE IoT devices can reduce
complexity by only supporting half-duplex communications, where only the transmit or receive path is active at a given time.
Cat-M1 devices can support half-duplex FDD in addition to TDD, while Cat-NB1 devices only support half-duplex FDD. This allows
the device to implement a simpler RF switch instead of a full duplexer that is more complex and costly.
Transmit Power: For both new LTE IoT UE categories, the maximum uplink transmission power is reduced to 20 dBm (100mW)
from LTE’s 23 dBm (200mW), allowing the power amplifier (PA) to be integrated for lower device cost.
Other simplifications: Other complexity reduction techniques include Cat-NB1’s limited support for voice (VoLTE or circuit
switched services), and mobility (no link measurement or reporting).
Improving power efficiency to deliver multi-year battery life4.2
Many IoT devices are battery-operated, and it is highly desirable for them to last for as long as possible on a single charge. The
associated cost for field maintenance can be quite daunting, especially in massive deployments. Not only would the planning
of scheduled maintenance be an operational overhead, but physically locating these mobile devices (e.g. asset trackers
sprinkled all over the world) can also become a nightmare. Thus, maximizing battery life has become one of the most important
improvement vectors in LTE IoT. In addition to the power savings realized through reduced device complexity, two new low-power
enhancements have been introduced: power save mode (PSM) and extended discontinuous receive (eDRx) – both are applicable
to Cat-M1 and Cat-NB1 devices.
Power Save Mode (PSM): PSM is a new low-power mode that allows the device to skip the periodic page monitoring cycles
between active data transmissions, allowing the device to sleep for longer. However, the device becomes unreachable when PSM
is active; therefore, it is best utilized by device-originated or scheduled applications, where the device initiates communication with
the network. Moreover, it enables more efficient low-power mode entry/exit, as the device remains registered with the network
during PSM, without having the need to spend additional cycles to setup registration/connection after each PSM exit event.
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Example applications that can take advantage of PSM include smart meters, sensors, and any IoT devices that periodically push
data up to the network.
Extended Discontinuous Reception (eDRx): eDRx optimizes battery life by extending the maximum time between data reception
from the network in connected mode to 10.24s, and time between page monitoring and tracking area update in idle mode to 40+
minutes. It allows the network and device to synchronize sleep periods, so that the device can check for network messages less
frequently. This; however, increases latency, so eDRx is optimized for device-terminated applications. Use cases such as asset
tracking and smart grid can benefit from the lower power consumption realized through the longer eDRx cycles.
Powerconsumption
Time
PSM
Datatransfer
Datatransfer
Page
monitoring
Device not reachable
Datatransfer
Sleep Sleep
Extended DRx
Up to 40+ minutes vs. today’s
upper limit of 2.56 seconds
Time
Powerconsumption
Enhancing coverage for better reach into challenging locations4.3
Figure 8: PSM and eDRx optimize device battery life
There are many IoT use cases that can benefit from deeper network coverage, especially for devices deployed in challenging
locations such as utility meters. In many use cases, trading off uplink spectral efficiency and latency can effectively increase
coverage without increasing output power that will negatively impact the device battery life.
LTE Cat-M1
>155.7 dB
LTE Cat-1
Baseline 140.7 dB
LTE Cat-NB1
Up to 164 dB
Tradingoffspectralefficiencyandlatency
Further relaxed requirements, e.g. timing
Low-order modulation, e.g. QPSK
Option for single-tone uplink transmissions
Cat-NB1 only
Repetitive transmissions & TTI bundling for redundancy
Narrowband uplink transmissions
Cat-M1 and Cat-NB1
Figure 9: Advanced techniques to deepen coverage
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Redundant transmissions: Transmitting the same transport block multiple times in consecutive sub-frames (TTI bundling) or
repeatedly sending the same data over a period of time (repetitive transmission) can significantly increase the probability for the
receiver (cell or device) to correctly decode the transmitted messages.
Power Spectral Density (PSD) boosting: While the serving cell can simply increase transmit power in the downlink to extend
coverage, it is also possible for the device to put all the power together on some decreased bandwidth (e.g. Cat-NB1 can transmit
on 3.75 kHz sub-carrier spacing in a new numerology, vs. 15 kHz in Cat-M1 and LTE) to effectively increase the transmit power
density.
Single-tone uplink: Similarly, Cat-NB1 device can utilize single-tone uplink (3.75 kHz or 15 kHz sub-carrier spacing) to further
extend coverage, trading off peak data rate (limiting to 10’s of kbps).
Lower-order modulation: By utilizing QPSK instead of 16-QAM, the SINR (Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio) threshold
reduces significantly, trading off modulation efficiency (fewer bits per symbol).
With these new coverage enhancements, the link budget of a Cat-M1 device is increased to 155.7dB, a +15dB improvement over
regular LTE. For Cat-NB1, it is further increased to 164dB.
Optimizing LTE core network to more efficiently support IoT devices4.4
IoT is bringing a massive amount of connected devices that will push the capability boundary of existing LTE networks. And much
different from mobile broadband services, network capacity will not be the limiting factor to support more low-end IoT devices
(e.g. meters), as LTE IoT traffic only makes up for a small fraction of the overall capacity requirement, but the ability to handle the
increased amount of signaling. Most IoT devices transmit small amount of data sporadically, rather than in large data packets;
therefore, the LTE core network also needs to evolve to better support IoT traffic profiles by providing more efficient signaling and
resource management.
More efficient signaling: New access control mechanisms such as Extended Access Barring (EAB) prevents devices from
generating access requests when the network is congested, thus eliminating unnecessary signaling. The network can also utilize
group-based paging and messaging to more efficiently communicate with multiple downlink devices.
Enhanced resource management: The network can allow a large set of devices to share the same subscription, such that
resources and device management can be consolidated. For example, a group of water meters in a smart city can be collectively
provisioned, controlled, and billed.
Simplified core network (EPC-lite): The LTE core network can be optimized for IoT traffic, allowing more efficient use of
resources and consolidation of the MME, S-GW, and P-GW into a single EPC-lite. With this, the operators have the option to
optimize for lower OPEX, or to minimize CAPEX spend by leveraging existing LTE core network to support LTE IoT.
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Source: ITU Recommendation ITU-R M.2083-0, September, 2015
Delivering an end-to-end LTE IoT platform4.5
In order to make LTE IoT a success, the entire ecosystem needs to be involved to simplify the overall deployment and
management of LTE IoT services. In many ways, this effort had already begun. Hardware manufacturers are accelerating device
development by delivering certified modules, and the new embedded SIM (eUICC) initiative is picking up momentum, aiming to
enable more flexible management of cellular services. For IoT software development, protocol standardization will ensure data
transport efficiency and inter-vendor interoperability; for example, oneM2M is driving standardization of the communication
protocols to deliver faster time-to-market and reliable end-to-end security.
5 Roadmap to 5G will bring even more IoT opportunities
5G will be a unified, more capable connectivity platform that will connect new industries, enable new services, and empower new
user experiences. And the Internet of Things will be an integral part of 5G, delivering new classes of IoT services and efficiencies
not possible with 4G LTE. The vision of 5G is now well defined, slated for commercialization by 2020, and it will further enhance
mobile broadband, more efficiently support massive IoT, and enable new mission-critical services. Figure 10 below shows the ITU-R
IMT-2020 vision of the next-generation 5G network.
Evolving NB-IoT toward Narrowband 5G5.1
The new 5G platform will be defined in release 15 of the 3GPP standard and beyond, but many of the foundational technologies
are already introduced as part of LTE Advanced Pro. NB-IoT will continue to evolve beyond 3GPP Release 13, taking another step
closer to Narrowband 5G to enable massive IoT. Some of the proposed enhancements for Release 14 will include, but not limited to,
voice/mobility, location services, and broadcast support for more efficient over-the-air (OTA) firmware updates.
Figure 10: Enhancement of key capabilities for IMT-202011
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Bringing new capabilities to the massive IoT5.2
5G will improve upon LTE IoT’s ability to support higher node density by delivering a new uplink multiple access design called
Resource Spread Multiple Access (RSMA). RSMA is an asynchronous, non-orthogonal, and contention-based access protocol that
will further reduce device complexity and signaling overhead since it allows “things” to transmit without prior network scheduling.
To extend network coverage for IoT devices to the most extreme locations (e.g. hyper-remote, deep underground), 5G will support
multi-hop mesh, allowing out-of-coverage devices to connect directly with devices that can relay data back to the access network.
This essentially creates an edgeless network that extends coverage beyond the typical cellular access (e.g. base stations and small
cells). More importantly, 5G core network will also take on WAN management for both devices in access coverage as well as those
supported by the peer-connected mesh network.
Time
Frequency
Grant-free uplink
Resource Spread Multiple Access (RSMA)
Coverage extension
Multi-hop mesh with WAN management
Mesh on unlicensed
or partitioned with
uplink licensed
spectrum
Direct access on
licensed spectrum
Figure 11: New 5G capabilities to enable massive IoT
Enabling mission-critical control IoT services5.3
LTE IoT efficiently scales down to optimize for infrequent and delay-tolerant communication; while satisfying many of the lower-
end IoT applications, such as metering and sensors, there is a class of IoT applications that demand much higher performance.
Such as mission-critical services that require end-to-end latencies down to 1ms, ultra-high reliability allowing extreme low loss
rates, high availability through multiple links for failure tolerance and mobility, as well robust end-to-end security that cannot be
compromised. All of these requirements have been taken into considerations by the design of 5G mission-critical control, and
drones and industrial robots are just a couple of innovative use cases driving these extreme requirements (but not simultaneously
needed for all services).
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Delivering additional benefits with the new 5G network architecture5.4
The new flexible 5G network will deliver uncompromised performance and efficiency, leveraging virtualized network functions
to create optimized network slices for a wide range of services hosted on the same physical network (e.g. enhanced mobile
broadband, mission-critical services, and massive IoT). Each network slice can be configured independently to provide end-to-
end connectivity that is optimized for the application’s needs. And this is especially beneficial for the IoT, as its diverse set of
requirements can dictate very different SLAs (service level agreement) for the different use cases supported by the same network
deployment. In addition to allowing more efficient resource allocation and utilization, the enhanced 5G network also enables flexible
subscription models and dynamic creation/control of services.
6 Conclusion
The Internet of Things is bringing a massive surge of smart, connected devices that will enable new services and efficiencies
across industries. The IoT will transform businesses, change the way people live, and fuel innovations for many years to come.
And cellular technologies will play an important role providing connectivity for a wide range of things; LTE is evolving to deliver a
unified, scalable IoT platform that brings significant benefits over other non-3GPP LPWA solutions. It not only provides ubiquitous
coverage through established global networks, but also brings unparalleled level of reliability, security, and performance required
by the most demanding IoT applications.
LTE Advanced Pro is delivering new LTE IoT narrowband technologies that will lower complexity, increase battery life, deepen
coverage, and enable high node density deployments. In release 13 of the 3GPP standard, LTE IoT introduces two new UE
categories (Cat-M1 and Cat-NB1) that will scale down LTE to enable more efficient IoT communications. Cat-M1 will offer the
broadest range of IoT capabilities with support for more advanced features such as mobility and VoLTE, while Cat-NB1 further
scales down to offer the lowest cost and power for delay-tolerant, low-throughput use cases.
Building on top of LTE IoT narrowband technologies, 5G will bring even more opportunities for the Internet of Things. Narrowband
5G will enhance massive IoT with new capabilities such as RSMA for grant-free transmissions, and multi-hop mesh to further
extend network coverage. 5G will also enable mission-critical services by delivering ultra-low latency communications, as well as
providing significant improvements to system reliability, service availability, and end-to-end security. The new flexible network
architecture will also enable uncompromised performance and efficiency for all services hosted on the next-generation 5G network.
All in all, connecting the Internet of Things will be an integral part of 5G – a unified, more capable connectivity platform for the next
decade and beyond.
To learn more about LTE IoT and 5G, please visit:
www.qualcomm.com/LTE-IoT
www.qualcomm.com/5G