Is LTE changing the M2M world?

Is LTE changing the M2M world?
M2M Summit 2014
Joachim (Jo) Dressler – Vice President EMEA Sales, OEM Solutions
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Sierra Wireless Corporate Profile
• The global leader in M2M devices and cloud services
• Industry’s most comprehensive offering
• Proven technology innovators and trusted partner
Founded in 1993
LTM revenue: $487 million
Publicly listed:
NASDAQ (SWIR)
TSX (SW)
R&D
Head office:
Vancouver, BC
R&D
R&D
Approx. 925 employees worldwide
Customers in 130+ countries
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Enabling the Internet of Things
By providing intelligent wireless solutions
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Long-term growth opportunity
Billions of connected devices
50B
Connected devices
(Ericsson)
14.4T
$
Value from M2M
2013-2022 (Cisco)
12B
Connected
devices (ABI)
1.4B
Connected
devices (ABI)
2012
7B*
2020
2022
7.7B**
Human population growth: *(US Census Bureau) ** (UN)
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Innovative device-to-cloud offering
Leading-edge
intelligent devices
+
Secure cloud
services platform
=
Faster time to market +
lower costs
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Do you agree?
• M2M applications are largely happy with 2G
• LTE (4G) devices are too expensive for M2M
• LTE is mainly promoted with bandwidth and speed benefits
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Press Release June 11, 2014
LTE throughput leader Nokia sets world record with SK Telecom of
close to 4 Gbps using TDD-FDD carrier aggregation
Aggregates 10 carriers to reach 200 MHz of spectrum
Demonstrates unmatched speed with commercial Nokia Flexi Multiradio
10 Base Station
Espoo, Finland – Nokia and SK Telecom have again demonstrated the
unparalleled benefits of converging the TDD and FDD LTE spectrum. By
aggregating 10 spectrum frequencies allocated for both LTE variants for a
massive 200 MHz of bandwidth, Nokia and SK Telecom reached a
throughput speed of 3.78 Gbps. At this speed, a mobile broadband user
can download a full-length 5 GB high-definition (HD) movie in just 11
seconds.
At this speed, a mobile broadband user can
download a full-length 5 GB high-definition
(HD) movie in just 11 seconds.
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M2M Today
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LTE Adoption rate
Source: GSMA
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LTE in Europe
Trends – Mobile Networks*
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LTE fastest growing mobile technology ever
– ~250M LTE Subs End Q1 2014 (46.7% NAM, 38.7% APAC, Europe 11.5%, Row
3.1%) – 135% yoy growth
– 300 LTE Commercial Networks launched in 107 Countries
Source*: Ericsson, GSA
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Technology Adoption Today
EMEA
2014
2016
2018
2G/3G
3G/4G
LTE-A
Transportation
2G
2G/3G
?
Energy
2G
2G/3G
?
Security
2G
2G/3G
?
Networking
3G/4G
4G/LTE-A
LTE-A
Notebooks
3G/4G
4G/LTE-A
LTE-A
Automotive
LTE-A = LTE Advanced
NAM
EMEA
2G
3G
4G
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Quo Vadis
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From GSM to LTE
You are here !
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Why 2G is still widely used in M2M?
Price of a module 500k/year:
• 2G / ~ 10$
• 3G / ~ 25$
• 4G / ~ 50$+
Additional BOM components needed for 4G
Proven technology and design confidence
No need for bandwidth
No eco-system constraint
Available 2G networks everywhere
Fully amortized 2G networks
…
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LTE Benefits for M2M
• It is commerically around since 2+ years = mature
• Stable and high bandwidth performance in motion/mobile
• Low latency allows real time applications
• QoS is possible
– Differentiated services, costing, priorities
• Highly efficient network reducing overhead = cost
– Cost to handle one MB is less than half vs. 2G
– Speed to handle a message is 4 times higher than UMTS
• Occupying less resources on the network
• Will be around for the next decade and more
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LTE Limitations for M2M
• Lack of solid LTE coverage in Europe
– Always fallback to 3G or 2G is needed to ensure connection
– In many cases it doesn‘t make sense for the application
• 40+ frequencies offered globally
– Band combination is very complex to manage
– Challenging power consumption
• Always have to pay for high speed and technology accumulation
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LTE for M2M Today
Mobile Office
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Fast access to back-end
systems
Support for multiple users
or devices
Stream video
Infotainment, public
transit, public safety
Digital Signage
Video
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•
•
• Intelligent interactive signs
• 4G enables 2-way data and
frequent content refresh
• Stream video
High-speed access for
streaming video
Security/Surveillance,
Construction, Tourism
Rapid deployment and
portability
Automotive
Networking
• Temporary site office
• Business continuity
• Fixed access services for residential, home
offices, businesses, ISPs
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•
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Driver & Roadside assistance
Stolen vehicle tracking /recovery
Off-board navigation
Remote diagnostics
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LTE > LTE-A
• Key enhancement is carrier aggregation
• Base to reach 1GB/s DL speeds
• Limit is 100 Mhz bandwidth
• Non-adjacent frequency allocations
• Handsets already becoming available
• M2M/IoT solutions expected in 2016
• Interest today:
PC-OEM in 2015 / automotive industry 2017/18 launch platforms
• Benefit for user: ?
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LTE > 5G
• More than just throughput
– Further network efficiency & intelligence
– Converged fiber-wireless networks
– Further all IP integration
• Looking at 2020 commercial availability
• At the 5G World Summit:
– Dan Warren GSMA: "Only six percent are connected through an LTE network. That
will be 28 percent by 2020. To get to that point, the expectation is that will be drive by a
capex of $1.17 trillion. Do we really want to commit to another round of capex on 5G?“
– Ralf Irmer, Senior Manager at Vodafone, arguing 5G was critical for driving better
reliability and better latency in networks.
– Paul Ceely, EE's Head of Network Strategy, said one of the main 5G use cases
would be for industrial and professional use, whether it is logistics or in transport.
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LTE-M Cat 0 to substitute 2G
• Lower cost CATegory 0 (56% cost saving compared to CAT 1)
– Slower speed Max 1 Mbps UL/DL Data channel
– Half duplex FDD
– Mobility should be fully supported
• Coverage Enhancement (CE) Capability
– Designed to Improve coverage by 15 dB  deep in-building penetration
– Designed for ~stationary UE’s
– Will require more network resources (i.e. cost/bit will be higher)
• Deep low power
– Added new “Off” like power state but NW context is stored
– Increase LTE sleep from max 2.5sec to ~15min
– 100x power consumption improvement
• Goodies
– Device-to-Device connectivity (like Mesh networks)
– Deployment in unlicensed bands
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LTE-M Deployment
Broadband M2M
2015 – 2017
Initial roll-out
2017+
mass build-out
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Where does it lead to
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Example: Product & Services
…
App.
App. nn
App. 2
Tier1
App.
App. 1
Embedded Platform managing
multiple Apps & SDK
Big Data
Data
Web APIs
App. Store
App. Mgt
Hardware
Integration
Maintenance
Device Mgt
LTE based
realtime services
Secure
App. OTA + FOTA
OMA-DM
Data OTA
LWM2M, MQTT…
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In Short
• LTE will strongly contribute to the vision of IoE
• LTE will provide configurations that help to substitute 2G and 3G
• LTE will help to blend M2M and Consumer solutions
• LTE provides more efficiency and services than any technology before
• LTE will make Cloud happen
• LTE has a space in M2M
• Sierra Wireless has been pionner in LTE (millions of units sold in LTE
for M2M already) and Sierra Wireless is actively involved in the
specifications of LTE Cat0 and LTE-M at 3GPP
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My name is: Joachim (Jo) Dressler
Available via:
[email protected]
+49 172 2906841
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Thank You
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