IOT SYSTEM DESIGN

TECHNOLOGIES & PROTOCOLS FOR IOT

Dr. T. DEEPA ,
Associate Professor,
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRM IST),
Kattankulathur- 603203 .
Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu.
https://www.srmist.edu.in/engineering/ece/faculty/dr-t-
deepa

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Topics :
• Communication Technologies & Protocols
• Short range IoT Solutions
• Long range IoT Solutions

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Communication Protocols for IoT
The following communication protocols have immediate importance to
consumer and industrial IoTs:
• IEEE 802.15.4
• Zigbee
• 6LoWPAN
• Wireless HART
• Z‐Wave
• ISA 100
• Bluetooth
• NFC
• RFID

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 Outline
• The landscape technologies for IoT connectivity
• Standards for WSANs
• IEEE 802.15.4
• IEEE 802.15.4g/e
• Zigbee
• 6LoWPAN
• RFID
• Bluetooth
• NFC,Z-wave
• WI-FI
• LoRa
• Sigfox
• LTE-M
• Weightless
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The landscape of technologies for wireless IoT
connectivity

Source: https://www.embedded.com/the-internet-of-things-myth-the-search-for-a-connectivity-standard/

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The IoT landscape

Source: https://www.gadgeon.com/blog/what-is-the-right-wireless-technology-for-your-iot-project/

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Standards for Wireless sensors , actuators
networks (WSANs)
• IEEE 802.15.4/802.15.4e
• ZigBee
• Bluetooth
• WirelessHART
• ISA‐100.11a
• 6LoWPAN
• IPv6 over Low power WPAN
• RPL
• Routing Protocol for Low power and Lossy networks
• CoAP
• Constrained Application Protocol

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Introduction to IEEE 802.15.4

• This standard provides a framework meant for lower layers (MAC and
PHY) for a wireless personal area network (WPAN).
• PHY defines frequency band, transmission power, and modulation scheme of
the link.
• MAC defines issues such as medium access and flow control (frames).
• This standard is used for low power, low cost (manufacturing and
operation), and low speedcommunication between neighboring
devices (< ~75m).

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Introduction to IEEE 802.15.4

• This standard utilizes direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) coding

scheme to transmit information.
• DSSS uses phase shift keying modulation to encode information.
• BPSK -868/915 MHz, data transmission rate 20/40 kbps respectively.
• OQPSK -2.4 GHz, data transmission rate 250 kbps.
• DSSS scheme makes the standard highly tolerant to noise and
interference and thereby improving link reliability.

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 Features – IEEE 802.15.4
• Well‐known standard for low data‐rate WPAN.
• Developed for low‐data‐rate monitoring and control
applications and extended‐life
low‐power‐consumption uses.
• This standard uses only the first two layers (PHY,
MAC) plus the logical link control (LLC) and service
specific convergence sub‐layer (SSCS) additions to
communicate with all upper layers Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.15.4

• Operates in the ISM band.

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Features – IEEE 802.15.4(Contd)
• Power consumption is minimized due to infrequently occurring very
short packet transmissions with low duty cycle (<1%).
• The minimum power level defined is –3 dBm or 0.5 mW.
• Transmission, for most cases, is Line of Sight (LOS).
• Standard transmission range varies between 10m to 75m.
• Best case transmission range achieved outdoors can be upto 1000m.
• Networking topologies defined are ‐‐ Star, and Mesh.

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Features – IEEE 802.15.4
• Uses direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) modulation.
• Highly tolerant of noise and interference and offers link reliability
improvement mechanisms.
• Low‐speed versions use Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK).
• High data‐rate versions use offset‐quadrature phase‐shift keying
(O‐QPSK).
• Uses carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA‐CA)
for channel access.
• Multiplexing allows multiple users or nodes interference‐free access
to the same channel at different times.

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Standards – IEEE 802.15.4

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IEEE 802.15.4 PPDU format

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IEEE 802.15.4 FRAME FORMAT
• IEEE 802.15.4

IEEE 802.15.4g/e

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IEEE 802.15 MAC Protocols
• Two different channel access methods
• Beacon‐Enabled duty‐cycled mode
• Non‐Beacon Enabled mode (aka Beacon Disabled mode)

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Limitations- IEEE 802.15.4 MAC Protocols
• Reliability and scalability issues
• Unbounded latency
• Due to contention‐based CSMA‐CA algorithm
• No guaranteed bandwidth
• Unless GTS is used
• GTS only provides a limited service (7 slots)
• No built‐in frequency hopping technique
• Prone to failures due to interferences and multi‐path fading

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OSI layers with IEEE 802.15.4 and Zigbee
Standards

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/41392302_Interconnection_b
etween_802154_Devices_and_IPv6_Implications_and_Existing_Approach
es/figures?lo=1

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Some Real Life Scenarios : Requirements
• For smart cities, smart buildings, etc.,
• Energy Efficiency
• Target battery lifetime: 5 years, or more
• Scalability
• Large network sizes
• Timeliness
• Alert applications, process monitoring, ...
• Reliability
• Wire‐like reliability may be required, e.g., 99.9% or better

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Other IoT Access Technologies
• IEEE 802.15.4: foundational wireless protocol for connecting smart objects.
• IEEE 802.15.4g and IEEE 80fi.15.4e: Improvements to 802.15.4 that are
targeted to utilities and smart cities deployments.
• IEEE 802.11ah: This section discusses IEEE 802.11ah, a technology built on
the well-known 802.11 Wi-Fi standards that is specifically for smart
objects.
• LoRaWAN: a scalable technology designed for longer distances with low
power requirements in the unlicensed spectrum.
• •NB-IoT and Other LTE Variations: NB-IoT and other LTE variations, which
are often the choice of mobile service providers looking to connect smart
objects over longer distances in the licensed spectrum.

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IEEE 802.15 Task Group 4e

• chartered to define a MAC amendment to the existing standard

802.15.4‐2006.
• The intent of this amendment was to enhance and add functionalities to
the 802.15.4‐2006 MAC
better support the industrial markets
increase robustness against external interference
• On February 6, 2012 the IEEE Standards Association
• Board approved the IEEE 802.15.4e MAC Enhancement Standard document
for publication.
• http://www.ieee802.org/15/pub/TG4e.html

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IEEE 802.15 Task Group 4e

• Major Changes
• General functional improvements
• not tied to any specific application domain
• MAC Behaviour Modes
• support of specific application domains
• Remarks:
• Many ideas borrowed from previous industrial standards
• Wireless HART and ISA 100.11.a
• slotted access, shared and dedicated slots, multi‐channel communication, and frequency
hopping.

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IEEE 802.15.4e- Applications
• Target Application Domains
• Industrial applications
• Commercial applications
• Healthcare applications
• Provides
• Flexibility
• Robustness
• High reliability
• Deterministic latency
• Scalability
• Efficiency

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Main Features

• Multi‐channel, multi‐superframe
• Mesh extension to GTS
• Two channel diversity modes
• channel adaptation
• channel hopping
• Distributed beacon scheduling
• Distributed slot allocation
• Group acknowledgments
• Many topologies
• Star, cluster‐tree and peer‐to‐peer

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IEEE 802.15.4g and 802.15.4e

• 802.15.4e-2012 and 802.15.4g-2012, both of which are especially relevant to the subject of IoT.
• The IEEE 802.15.4e amendment of 802.15.4-2011 expands the MAC layer feature set to remedy
the disadvantages associated with 802.15.4, including MAC reliability, unbounded latency, and
multipath fading.
• In addition to making general enhancements to the MAC layer, IEEE 802.15.4e also made
improvements to better cope with certain application domains, such as factory and process
automation and smart grid.
• Smart grid is associated with the modernization of the power grid and utilities infrastructure by
connecting intelligent devices and communications.
• •IEEE 802.15.4g-2012 is also an amendment to the IEEE 802.15.4-2011 standard, and just like
802.15.4e- 2012, it has been fully integrated into the core IEEE 802.15.4-2015 specification.
• •The focus of this specification is the smart grid or, more specifically, smart utility network
communication. 802.15.4g seeks to optimize large outdoor wireless mesh networks for field
area networks (FANs).

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WSAN - Network Topologies

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Channel Frequencies

Source: Ed Callaway, Paul Gorday, Lance Hester, Jose A. Gutierrez, Marco Naeve, Bob Heile, Home Networking with IEEE 802.15.4: Developing
Standard for Low‐RateWireless Personal Area Networks, IEEE Communications Magazine, August 2002.

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Introduction -Zigbee

• Provides a framework for medium-range communication in IoT

connectivity.
• Defines PHY (Physical) and MAC (Media Access Control) layers
enabling interoperability between multiple devices at low-datarates.
• Operates at 3 frequencies –
• 868 MHz (1 channel using data transmission rate up to 20 kbps)
• 902-928MHz (10 channels using data transmission rate of 40 kbps)
• 2.4 GHz (16 channels using data transmission rate of 250 kbps).

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Features - Zigbee
• Most widely deployed enhancement of IEEE 802.15.4.
• The ZigBee protocol is defined by layer 3 and above. It works with the
802.15.4 layers 1 and 2.
• The standard uses layers 3 and 4 to define additional communication
enhancements.
• These enhancements include authentication with valid nodes,
encryption for security, and a data routing and forwarding capability
that enables mesh networking.
• The most popular use of ZigBee is wireless sensor networks using the
mesh topology.

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Features – Zigbee(Contd.)

• The lower frequency bands use BPSK.

• For the 2.4 GHz band, OQPSK is used.
• The data transfer takes place in 128 bytes packet size.
• The maximum allowed payload is 104 bytes.
• The nature of transmission is line of sight (LOS).
• Standard range of transmission –upto70m.

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Features – Zigbee(Contd.)
• Relaying of packets allow transmission over greater distances.
• Provides low power consumption (around 1mW per Zigbee module)
and better efficiency due to
• adaptable duty cycle
• low data rates (20 -250 kbit/s)
• low coverage radio (10 -100 m)
• Networking topologies include star, peer-to-peer, or cluster-tree
(hybrid), mesh being the popular.

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Zigbee Topologies
• The Zigbee protocol defines three types of nodes:
• Coordinators-Initializing, maintaining and controlling the network. There is
one and only one per network.
• Routers-Connected to the coordinator or other routers. Have zero or more
children nodes. Contribute in multi hop routing.
• End devices -Do not contribute in routing.
• Star topology has no router, one coordinator, and zero or more end
devices.
• In mesh and tree topologies, one coordinator maintains several
routers and end devices.

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Zigbee based Network Topologies

Source:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269517670_Design_and_Performance_Analysis_of_Building_Monitoring_System_with_Wireless_Sensor_Networks/figures
?lo=1

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Zigbee Variants :

• Each cluster in a cluster-tree network involves a coordinator through

several leaf nodes.
• Coordinators are linked to parent coordinator that initiates the entire
network.
• ZigBee standard comes in two variants:
• ZigBee
• ZigBee Pro -offers scalability, security, and improved performance utilizing
many-to-one routing scheme.

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 ZigBee
 Operations:
 Coordinator: acts as a root and bridge of the
network

 Router: intermediary device that permit data to

pass to and through them to other devices

 End Device: limited functionality to communicate

with the parent nodes

Low cost and available

Zigbee Types
• ZigBee Coordinator (ZC):
• The Coordinator forms the root of the ZigBee network tree and might
act as a bridge between networks.
• There is a single ZigBee Coordinator in each network, which originally
initiates the network.
• It stores information about the network under it and outside it.
• It acts as a Trust Center & repository for security keys.

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Zigbee Types
• ZigBee Router (ZR):
Capable of running applications, as well as relaying information between
nodes connected to it.
• ZigBee End Device (ZED):
• It contains just enough functionality to talk to the parent node, and it cannot
relay data from other devices.
• This allows the node to be asleep a significant amount of the time thereby
enhancing battery life.
• Memory requirements and cost of ZEDs are quite low, as compared to
ZR or ZC.

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Zigbee Network Layer
• The network layer uses Ad Hoc On‐Demand Distance Vector (AODV)
routing.
• To find the final destination, the AODV broadcasts a route request to all its
immediate neighbors.
• The neighbors relay the same information to their neighbors,
eventually spreading the request throughout the network.
• Upon discovery of the destination, a low‐cost path is calculated and
informed to the requesting device via unicast messaging.

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Zigbee Applications
• Building automation
• Remote control (RF4CE or RF for consumer electronics)
• Smart energy for home energy monitoring
• Health care for medical and fitness monitoring
• Home automation for control of smart homes
• Light Link for control of LED lighting
• Telecom services

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Introduction - 6LOWPAN

• 6LoWPAN is IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks.

• It optimizes IPv6 packet transmission in low power and lossy network
(LLN) such as IEEE 802.15.4.
• Operates at 2 frequencies:
• 2400–2483.5 MHz (worldwide)
• 902–929 MHz (North America)
• It uses 802.15.4 standard in unslotted CSMA/CA mode.

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Introduction - 6LOWPAN
• Low‐power Wireless Personal Area Networks over IPv6.
• Allows for the smallest devices with limited processing ability to
transmit information wirelessly using an Internet protocol.
• Allows low‐power devices to connect to the Internet.
• Created by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) ‐ RFC5933 and
RFC 4919.

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Features - 6LOWPAN
• Allows IEEE 802.15.4 radios to carry 128‐bit addresses of
• Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).
• Header compression and address translation techniques allow the
IEEE 802.15.4 radios to access the Internet.
• IPv6 packets compressed and reformatted to fit the IEEE 802.15.4
packet format.
• Uses include IoT, Smart grid, and M2M applications.

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LoRaWAN
• The LoRaWAN wireless technology was developed for LPWANs that
are critical for implementing many new devices on IoT networks.
• The term LoRa refers to the PHV layer, and LoRaWAN focuses on the
architecture, the MAC layer, and a unified, single standard for
seamless interoperability. LoRaWAN is managed by the LoRa Alliance,
an industry organization.
• The PHV and MAC layers allow LoRaWAN to cover longer distances
with a data rate that can change depending on various factors. The
LoRaWAN architecture depends on gateways to bridge endpoints to
network servers. From a security perspective, LoRaWAN offers AES
authentication and encryption at two separate layers.

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LoRaWAN (Contd)
• Unlicensed LPWA technologies represent new opportunities for implementing IoT
infrastructures, solutions, and use cases for private enterprise networks, broadcasters,
and mobile and non-mobile service providers.
• The ecosystem of endpoints is rapidly growing and will certainly be the tie-breaker
between the various LPWA technologies and solutions, including LoRaWAN.
• Smart cities operators, broadcasters, and mobile and non-mobile services providers,
which are particularly crucial to enabling use cases for the consumers’ markets, are
addressing the need for regional or national IoT infrastructures.
• As private enterprises look at developing LPWA networks, they will benefit from roaming
capabilities between private and public infrastructures. These can be deployed similarly
to Wi-Fi infrastructures and can coexist with licensed-band LPWA options.
• Overall, LoRaWAN and other LPWA technologies answer a definite need in the IoT space
and are expected to continue to grow as more and more “things” need to be
interconnected.

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 Short Range IoT Solutions

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Introduction - RFID
• RFID is an acronym for “radio‐frequency identification”
• Data digitally encoded in RFID tags, which can be read by a
• reader.
• Somewhat similar to barcodes.
• Data read from tags are stored in a database by the reader.
• As compared to traditional barcodes and QR codes, RFID tag data can
be read outside the line‐of‐sight.

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Features of RFID
• RFID tag consists of an integrated circuit and an antenna.
• The tag is covered by a protective material which also acts as a shield
against various environmental effects.
• Tags may be passive or active.
• Passive RFID tags are the most widely used.
• Passive tags have to be powered by a reader inductively before they
can transmit information, whereas active tags have their own power
supply.

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Working Principle – RFID
• Derived from Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC)
technology.
• AIDC performs object identification, object data collection and
mapping of the collected data to computer systems with little or no
human intervention.
• AIDC uses wired communication
• RFID uses radio waves to perform AIDC functions.
• The main components of an RFID system include an RFID tag or smart
label, an RFID reader, and an antenna.

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RFID - Applications
• Inventory management
• Asset tracking
• Personnel tracking
• Controlling access to restricted areas
• ID badging
• Supply chain management
• Counterfeit prevention (e.g. in the pharmaceutical industry)

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Functionality based IoT Protocol Organization
• Connectivity (6LowPAN, RPL)
• Identification (EPC, uCode, IPv6, URIs)
• Communication / Transport (WiFi, Bluetooth, LPWAN)
• Discovery (Physical Web, mDNS, DNS‐SD)
• Data Protocols (MQTT, CoAP, AMQP, Websocket, Node)
• Device Management (TR‐069, OMA‐DM)
• Semantic (JSON‐LD, Web Thing Model)
• Multi‐layer Frameworks (Alljoyn, IoTivity, Weave, Homekit)

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 RFID: Radio Frequency Identification
 Appeared first in 1945
 Features:
 Identify objects, record metadata or control individual target
 More complex devices (e.g., readers, interrogators, beacons) usually connected to a host computer
or network
 Radio frequencies from 100 kHz to 10 GHz
 Operations:
 Reading Device called Reader (connected to banckend network and communicates with tags using RF)
 One or more tags (embedded antenna connected to chip based and attached to object)
 Bluetooth
 Features:
 Low Power wireless technology
 Short range radio frequency at 2.4 GHz ISM Band
 Wireless alternative to wires
 Creating PANs (Personal area networks)
 Support Data Rate of 1 Mb/s (data traffic, video traffic)
 Uses Frequency Hopping spread Spectrum
 Bluetooth 5:
 4x range, 2x speed and 8x broadcasting message capacity
 Low latency, fast transaction (3 ms from start to finish) Data Rate 1 Mb/s: sending just small data packets

Class Maximum Power Range

1 100 mW (20 dBm) 100 m
2 2,5 mW (4 dBm) 10 m
3 1 mW (0 dBm) 1m
Bluetooth Role in IoT Technology

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 ZigBee
 Operations:
 Coordinator: acts as a root and bridge of the
network

 Router: intermediary device that permit data to

pass to and through them to other devices

 End Device: limited functionality to communicate

with the parent nodes

Low cost and available

 Wi-Fi
 Wireless Alternative to Wired Technologies
 Standardized as IEEE 802.11 standard for WLANs

Standard Frequency bands Throughput Range

WiFi a (802.11a) 5 GHz 54 Mbit/s 10 m

WiFi B (802.11b) 2.4 GHz 11 Mbit/s 140 m

WiFi G (802.11g) 2.4 GHz 54 Mbit/s 140 m

WiFi N (802.11n) 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz 450 Mbit/s 250 m

IEEE 802.11ah 900 MHz 8 Mbit/s 100 M

 Wi-Fi HaLow

A new low-power, long-range version of Wi-Fi that bolsters IoT

connections

Wi-Fi HaLow is based on the IEEE 802.11ah specification

Wi-Fi HaLow will operate in the unlicensed wireless spectrum in

the 900MHz band

Its range will be nearly double today's available Wi-Fi (1 kilometer)

Wi-Fi HaLow
• More flexible
• The protocol's low power consumption competes with
Bluetooth
• Higher data rates and wider coverage range

Picture Source: Newracom

 NFC
• NFC (Near Field Communication) is an IoT technology.
• It enables simple and safe communications between electronic devices,
and specifically for smartphones, allowing consumers to perform
transactions in which one does not have to be physically present.
• It helps the user to access digital content and connect electronic devices.
• Essentially it extends the capability of contactless card technology and
enables devices to share information at a distance that is less than 4cm.

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 Long Range IoT Solutions

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IoT Long Range Technical Solutions
LORA

Amsterdam become the first

city covered by the LoRaWAN By the end
network of
Jun 2015
2016
All France territory covered by
2015
Semtech develop LoRaWAN network: Bouygues
LoRaWAN network Telecom
2013 Creation of
LoRa alliance

2010

Cycleo developed LoRa technology

 LORA - Features
 LoRaWAN is a Low Power Wide Area Network

 Modulation: a version of Chirp Spread Spectrum (CSS) with a typical channel bandwidth of 125KHz

 High Sensitivity: End Nodes: Up to -137 dBm, Gateways: up to -142 dBm

 Long range: up to 15 Km

 Strong indoor penetration: With High Spreading Factor, Up to 20dB penetration (deep indoor)

 Robust Occupies the entire bandwidth of the channel to broadcast a signal, making it robust to channel
noise

 Resistant to Doppler effect multi-path and signal weakening.

 LORA - Architecture
End Device

End Device
Cloud LoRa
Gateway

Email
End Device LoRa Network
Gateway Server Application
Server

Customer IT

End Device Type of Traffic Data packet

Payload ~ 243 Bytes

Remote
Security AES Encryption Monitoring
Modulation LoRa RF (Spread
Spectrum)
Range ~ 15 Km
Throughput ~ 50 Kbps
 LORA – Device Classes
Classes Description Intended Use Consumption Examples of Services

The most economic

A communication Class • Fire Detection
Listens only after Modules with no
(« all ») energetically..
end device latency constraint • Earthquake Early
transmission Supported by all modules. Detection
Adapted to battery powered
modules
Modules with latency
Description
The module listens constraints for the Consumption optimized. • Smart metering
B at a regularly reception of Adapted to battery powered
adjustable Temperature rise
messages of a few modules •
(« beacon ») frequency
seconds

C Modules with a
• Fleet management
Module always strong reception Adapted to modules on the grid
(« continuous »)
listening latency constraint or with no power constraints • Real Time Traffic
(less than one Management
second)

Any LoRa object can transmit and receive data

 Sigfox – Development

Mar 2017
2012 2013 2014 2016

60 countries
First fundraising All France San-Francisco 42 covered by
Launch of the of Sigfox territory is become the first US. countries, the end of
Sigfox company to covered by Sigfox State covered by
network 1000 2018
cover France network Sigfox customers
 Sigfox – Overview
 First LPWAN Technology (BPSK based transmission)
 The physical layer based on an Ultra-Narrow band wireless modulation
 Proprietary system
 Low throughput ( ~100 bps)
 Low power
 Extended range (up to 50 km)
 140 messages/day/device
 Subscription-based model
 Cloud platform with Sigfox –defined API for server access
 Roaming capability
 Takes very narrow parts of spectrum and changes the phase of the carrier radio
wave to encode the data
Sigfox - Architecture
Frequency Band Ultra Narrow Band
Range ~ 13 Km
End Device
Throughput ~ 100 bps

End Device
Cloud Sigfox
Gateway

Email
End Device
Sigfox
Gateway Network
Server

Customer IT
Type of Traffic Data packet
End Device
Payload ~ 12 Bytes
Security No security
Remote
Time on air Up to 6 seconds Monitoring

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 Weightless - Overview

 Low cost technology to be readily integrated into machines

 Operates in an unlicensed environment where the interference caused by others cannot

be predicted and must be avoided or overcome.

 Ability to operate effectively in unlicensed spectrum and is optimized for M2M.

 Ability to handle large numbers of terminals efficiently.

Frequency Narrow Type of Traffic Data packet

Band Band
Payload ~ 200 Bytes
Range ~ 13 Km
Throughput ~ 10 Mbps Security AES Encryption
 Weightless – Development

2012 2014

White Space
Creation of First Weightless-N
spectrum is coming - First version
Weightless Special network deployed in
Starts ratified in USA Q3 released
Interest Group London
specification 2012, UK expected Q2
2014
Weightless – Versions
Weightless-N Weightless-P Weightless-W

Communication 1-way 2-ways 2-ways

Range 5Km+ 2Km+ 5Km+

Battery life 10 years 3-8 years 3-5 years

Terminal cost Very low Low Low-medium

Network cost Very low Medium Medium

Data Rate Up to 10 Mbps Up to 100 Kbps Up to 200 Kbps

 RPMA – Overview
 Random Phase Multiple Access (RPMA) technology is a low-power, wide-area channel
access method used exclusively for machine-to-machine (M2M) communication
 Uses the popular 2.4 GHz band
 Offer extreme coverage and High capacity
 Allows handover (channel change) with Excellent link capacity

 RPMA is a Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) using

 Convolutional channel coding, gold codes for spreading
 1 MHz bandwidth
 TDD frame with power control in both open and Closed Loop Power Control

TDD
frame
 RPMA – Development

September 2016 2017

2008 2015

RPMA was it was renamed RPMA was RPMA will be

developed by On- Ingenu, and implemented in many introduced in many
Ramp Wireless to targets to extend places others countries: Los
provide connectivity its technology to Austin, Dallas/Ft. Angeles, San
to oil and gas the IoT and M2M worth, Franscisco-West
actors market Hostton,TX,Phenix,AZ, Bay,CA,Washington,D
…. C, Baltimore,MD,
Kanasas City
 EnOcean

 Ultra low power radio technology based on miniaturized power converters

 Power is generated by harvesting energy from motion, light or temperature (e.g. pressure on a switch or
by photovoltaic cell)
 These power sources are sufficient to power each module to transmit wirelessly and have battery-free
information.

 Frequencies:
 868 MHz for Europe and 315 MHz for the USA

 EnOcean Alliance
 By 2014 = more than 300 members (Texas, Leviton, Osram, Sauter, Somfy, Wago, Yamaha ...)
 Z-Wave
 Low power radio protocol
 Home automation (lighting, heating, ...) applications
 Low-throughput: 9 and 40 kbps
 Battery-operated or electrically powered
 Frequency range: 868 MHz in Europe, 908 MHz in the US
 Range: about 50 m (more outdoor, less indoor)
 Mesh architecture possible to increase the coverage
 Access method type CSMA / CA
 Z-Wave Alliance: more than 100 manufacturers
 LTE-M - Overview

 Evolution of LTE optimized for IoT

 Low power consumption and autonomous

 Easy Deployment

 Interoperability with existing LTE networks

 Coverage upto 11 Km

 Max Throughput ≤ 1 Mbps  First released in Rel.1 in 2 Q4 2014

 Optimization in Rel.13
 Specifications completed in Q1 2016
 Available since 2017
 LTE to LTE-M
3GPP Releases 8 (Cat.4) 8 (Cat. 1) 12 (Cat.0) LTE-M 13 (Cat. 1,4 MHz) LTE-M
Downlink peak rate (Mbps) 150 10 1 1
Uplink peak rate (Mbps) 50 5 1 1
Number of antennas (MIMO) 2 2 1 1
Duplex Mode Full Full Half Half
UE receive bandwidth (MHz) 20 20 20 1.4
UE Transmit power (dBm) 23 23 23 20
Release 12 Release 13
• New category of UE (“Cat-0”): lower • Reduced receive bandwidth to 1.4 MHz
complexity and low cost devices
• Lower device power class of 20 dBm
• Half duplex FDD operation allowed • 15dB additional link budget: better coverage
• Single receiver • More energy efficient because of its extended
discontinuous repetition cycle (eDRX)
• Lower data rate requirement (Max: 1 Mbps)
 LTE to LTE-M - Architecture

Frequency Band Narrow Band

Access LTE-M
Range ~ 11 Km
Throughput ~ 1 Mbps

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Device

Present LTE Architecture LTE

Access

New
baseband Customer
Software IT
for LTE-M

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 LTE-M
 Licensed Spectrum

 Frequency Bands: 700-900 MHz for LTE

 Some resource blocks are allocated to IoT on LTE bands

 NB-IoT

April May March August November Jun

2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2017+
2015

3GPP 3GPP 1st ive pre-

Narrowband GSMA alignment
‘Cellular IoT’ standard NB-IOT
proposal to Mobile IoT on single Full 3GPP Commercial
Study Item message NB-IoT
Connected created standard Standard rollout
Living Released
 NB-IoT
 Uses LTE design extensively e.g. DL: FDMA, UL: SC-FDMA
 Lower cost than eMTC (Narrow band: supports 180 KHz channel)
 Extended coverage: 164 dB maximum coupling loss or link budget (at least for standalone) in
comparison to GPRS link budget of 144dB and LTE of 142.7 dB
 Low Receiver sensitivity = -141 dBm
 Long battery life: 10 years with 5 Watt Hour battery (depending on traffic and coverage needs)
 Support for massive number of devices: at least 50.000 per cell
 3 modes of operation:
 Stand-alone: stand-alone carrier, e.g. spectrum currently used by GERAN (GSM Edge Radio Access Network) systems
as a replacement of one or more GSM carriers
 Guard band: unused resource blocks within a LTE carrier’s guard-band
 In-band: resource blocks within a normal LTE carrier
NB-IoT - Architecture
Frequency Band Ultra Narrow Band HD-FDD
p/2 BPSK, p/4 QPSK Class
Range ~ 11 Km
3 (23 dBm) Class 5 (20
Throughput ~ 150 Kbps dBm)

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LTE Access

New baseband Customer IT

Software for NB-
IoT

End Device
Remote
Monitoring
References
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/41392302_Interconnection_between_80215
4_Devices_and_IPv6_Implications_and_Existing_Approaches/figures?lo=1
• https://data-flair.training/blogs/iot-technology/
• Hanes David, Salgueiro Gonzalo, Grossetete Patrick, “IoT fundamentals: Networking
technologies, protocols and use cases for the Internet of Things”, Cisco, Pearson India,
2015.
• Jean-Philippe Vasseur, Adam Dunkels, “Interconnecting Smart Objects with IP, The next
Internet”, Morgan Kofmann, 2010.
• Arsheep Bahga, Vijay Madlseti, “Internet of Things: A hands-on approach”, Elsevier, 2009.
• Adrin McEwan, Hakim Cassimally, “Designing for Internet of Things”, John Wiley, 2014.
• https://www.3gpp.org/specifications/67-releases
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weightless_(wireless_communications)
• https://www.iotglobalnetwork.com/companies/single/id/954/weightless

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