Comparison of commercial solutions for Low Power Wide Area IoT

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Sähkötekniikan korkeakoulu | Master's thesis
Date
2019-03-11
Department
Major/Subject
Communications Engineering
Mcode
ELEC3029
Degree programme
CCIS - Master’s Programme in Computer, Communication and Information Sciences (TS2013)
Language
en
Pages
43+6
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Abstract
Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) technology is an important field for innovation in Internet of Things(IoT) that enables ubiquitous IoT. Target applications of LPWA technology are with low power consumption, large connections, and low cost. These applications have tremendous market potential, as they will be in the center of building an “everything-connected” world. The first step in realizing it will be connecting the end terminals to the network, a domain that has plenty of different access technologies. This thesis compares commercial access solutions for LPWA IoT network by considering the technical, business and market factors with literature review and case studies. The technologies include two categories, proprietary LPWA technologies and cellular LPWA technologies. The main proprietary technologies include SIGFOX and LoRa, while cellular technologies mainly include NB-IoT and eMTC. The result of this thesis reveals that proprietary and cellular technologies will have different uses and therefore different markets. Cellular LPWA solutions will be deployed on carrier-class network, while proprietary LPWA solutions are deployed with fast and flexible means in enterprise-specific applications, such as in smart cities and industries related to them.
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Supervisor
Kilkki, Matti Kalevi
Thesis advisor
Kilkki, Matti Kalevi
Keywords
Internet of Things, low power wide area, NB-IoT, eMTC, commercial network
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