LPWAN & the realMassive IoT

Juan Carlos ZUNIGA

Senior Standardization Expert

IEEE PIMRC 2017

Key Goals for Massive IoT

Ultra Low Cost – Devices and Connectivity

Ultra Low Current Drain

Ultra High Capacity – Scalability

Global Simplicity

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HIGH

CAPACITY

GLOBAL

SIMPLICITY

COST

EFFECTIVE

ENERGY EFFICIENT

Sigfox - Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN)complementing existing networks to address the bulk of connected objects

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802.11ah

PAN WANLAN

2G3G4G LTE-M 5G NB-IoT

LPWAN requirements

LPWAN definition

▪ High density of objects▪ Reduced H/W cost▪ Reduced connectivity cost▪ Low data rates▪ Constrained latency

SCALE

ENERGY & COST EFFICIENCY

PUBLICCONNECTIVITY

PERSONAL & PRIVATE NETWORKS

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Sigfox Cloud-based Core Network

Centralized Authentication & Message Forwarding

Flat RAN Architecture

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Sigfox Operators - Providing Network Coverage in Countries

IOT Malta Ltd.

IOT Net Mexico

IoT Value ChainA network to transport data from connected objects to the customer IT systems

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Ecosystempartners

• Royalty free license

• Certifies integration

• Certifies device • Builds and operates

the network with

regional SNO partners

• Provides Internet

connectivity

• Provides API

• Certifies platform

compatibility

• Provides API

• Certifies application

compatibility

• Data storage

• Big Data analytics

• Vertical specific

solutions and

intelligence

• Integrate Sigfox

connectivity module

into product

• Sell and support

cheap and

compatible H/W for

Sigfox network

Connectivityprovider

Platformproviders

Devicemakers

Chip & modulevendors

Vertical Application

Sigfox

Sigfox Radio Technology

Ultra Narrow Band (UNB)

Random access

Cooperative reception

Small messages

Bi-directional

Cloud-based Core Network

SIGFOX CLOUD

12-bytes 8-bytes

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Multiple Applications

Tracking

Wearables

Security

Agriculture

Healthcare

Industrial

Consumer

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Complementary IoT Connectivity

Recognized technical and commercial complementarity

GCT chipset: Sigfox + LTE-M + NB-IoT + EC_GSM

Ultra Low Cost and Ultra Low Current Drain

Disposable transmitter (tenths of cents of $)

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Sigfox Foundation

Thank You

For further information and for

University Relationships Program availability

Please contact:

Juan-Carlos Zúñiga

JuanCarlos.Zuniga@sigfox.com

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