The Opportunity for LTE-M/Cat-M1

Gus Vos | Chief Engineer, CTO office

IoT Developer Day

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Cat-M1 is a LPWA Technology

WWAN
10km

LPWA
LPWA
WWAN
1km Cat-M1
Coverage

WLAN
100m Cellular

WHAN
10m

WPAN
1m
PAN WLAN
Speed
100 kbps 1 Mbps 10 Mbps 100 Mbps

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LPWA motivation

Cellular

LPWAs
The 3 Cs
PAN/WLAN
Current Cost
deliver the (zigbee, BT, Wifi)
+20B 2022
LPWA
Mostly PAN/WLAN
Current
3 Cs
Coverage

Upside

World Wide IoT Connections

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Where is the LPWA Magic?

The Magic The 3 Cs

Low data rates Cost
Low data usage Current
Coverage

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LPWA complimentary to short-range and cellular

Market Needs Wi-Fi Bluetooth Legacy LPWA

Zigbee Cellular
Data Rates
High Low High Low
(messaging, IP data)
Cost
Medium/Low V. Low High/Medium Low
(and complexity)
Current
Med Low High Low
(power consumption)
Coverage
Short Short Long V. Long
(range, penetration)
Spectral Efficiency Good OK V. Good OK
User Setup/Reliability
(pairing, connection)
Hard Hard Easy Easy

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LPWA: Ideal Applications
Battery High Addressable
Applications
Life Coverage Connections
Energy - Gas and water meters MUST MUST 1.5 Billion
Irrigation, Soil and Pollution sensors MUST MUST 100s Millions
Tank & tote Monitoring MUST MUST 100s Millions

Public Lighting BETTER MUST 300 Millions

Smart City - Waste containers MUST MUST 10s Millions
Enterprise - Logistics, asset tracking MUST MUST 100s Millions

Residential - Alarm, Smoke/CO Detectors MUST MUST 100s Millions

Patient Monitoring MUST MUST 10s Millions

Wearables MUST BETTER 100s Millions

NEW CREATIVE IDEA!! MUST MUST Billions!!

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LPWA Technology Timeline

Proprietary RPMA Ingenu

Unlicensed Bands UNB Sigfox
LoRa Semtech

Std. Release 13
LTE-M NB-IoT
Standardized Trials
Cellular 375 kbps 65 kbps
1st 3GPP Cat-M1 Cat-NB1 Release 14
LTE-M LTE-M NB-IoT
Contribution 2.5Mbps 150kbps
by Sierra * Cat-M2 Cat-NB2

2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

* http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/tsg_sa/WG1_Serv/TSGS1_51_Seoul/Docs/S1-102151.zip
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Cat-M1 The 3C by the numbers!

Low Cost Low Current Deep Coverage

$5-10 >10 years +20dB

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Cat-M1 Cost Reduction

Reduce Complexity:
4,30
RAM Half Duplex RF
20
Single receiver Bandwidth
Lower Memory
0,25 0,21 Lower bandwidth 1,08 0,18
Simpler processing
CAT-3 CAT-M1 CAT-NB1 Lower PA CAT-3 CAT-M1 CAT-NB1

Flash Baseband PA
Legacy Radio
XTAL RAM
Cellular
Power Management

Integration

Flash
Cat-M1 XTAL
BB/RF

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Cat-M1 Coverage Enhancement
Cat-M1 Coverage
100000 More than +20dB gain
At least 164 dB MCL
(with 23 dBm PA)
10000
Data Rate (bps)

Techniques
1000 Downlink Data
Uplink Data
Additional coding
Frequency Hopping
100 (LTE-M only)
Robust control Loops
Channel estimation
10
142 146 150 154 158 162 166 170 Frequency offset
Normal MCL (dB)
Coverage
~Out of Coverage Timing
Extended Coverage Region Region

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CAT-M1 Low Current Enhancements

Flexible Sleep (eDRX) Power Saving Mode (PSM)

Idle current from 1-2ma to 15uA

50% signaling savings
(80 sec sleep cycle)

Small Data Optimization Dense Base stations

Control Plane Good Coverage
50% saving
Suspend/Resume
75% saving +10dB yields to >5X battery life

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Cat-M1 Additional Benefits

Ease of Use Trusted Immediate Service

Working out of the box Built-in Security Global Coverage

Reliable Connection Solid supply chain 447 LTE Networks
In 143 Countries
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Cat-M1 Additional Benefits

Broad CAT-M1 Operator Support

AT&T * KPN * Telenor
Bell Mobility KT Corporation TeliaSonera
China Mobile NTT Docomo Telstra *
China Telecom Orange * T-Mobile
China Unicom SoftBank * Austria Immediate Service
Etisalat Telecom Italia Verizon *
KDDI Telefnica * Vodafone Global Coverage
447 LTE Networks
GSMA LTE-M Task force Members
* Publicly announced commercialization plan In 143 Countries

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 Technology comparison: The details! Part 1
LTE-M NB-IOT
Attribute CAT-1
Rel 13 Rel 14 Rel 13 Rel 14
LTE bands LTE Bands
Spectrum LTE bands
Stand Alone (1.4MHz) Stand Alone (200KHz)

Typical MNO LTE Coverage Good LTE Coverage Mix LTE and 2G

1.08MHz 5 MHz
Bandwidth 20 MHz 180kHz
(CAT-M1) (CAT-M2)

Number of DL Antennas 2 1 1

Duplex Modes FD-FDD/TDD HD-FDD, FD-FDD,TDD HD-FDD

UL Modulation QPSK, 16QAM QPSK, 16QAM Pi/2 BPSK, Pi/4 QPSK

DL Modulation QPSK, 16QAM QPSK, 16QAM QPSK

Spectral Efficiency V.Good Good OK

Class 3 (23 dBm)
Power Class Class 3 (23dBm) Class 3 and 5 * 14 dBm
Class 5 (20 dBm)
LTE SC-FDMA +
B1
N

UL Multple Access LTE SC-FDMA LTE SC-FDMA Single tone transmission with
3.75kHz and 15kHz bandwidths

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 Technology comparison: The details! Part 2
LTE-M NB-IOT
Attribute CAT-1
Rel 13 Rel 14 Rel 13 Rel 14
Coverage Extension 144 MCL 164 dB MCL 164 dB MCL

Current (Idle Mode) 1-2ma (DRX) <15 uA (80s eDRX) <15 uA (80s eDRX)

~590/1100kbps
300/375kbps (HD CAT-M1) 27/65kbps ~85/150kbps
Data Rate 10/5 Mbps
(HD CAT-M1) 2.35/1.5Mbps (CAT-NB1) (CAT-NB2)
(HD CAT-M2)
Less
Resource Allocation Dyanmic Dynamic Pre-allocated
Pre-allocated
QoS Yes Yes No
Mobility Yes Yes No
Real Time Yes Yes No
Voice Yes Yes ~2018 Enhanced No
Network Positioning Yes (OTDOA) Yes Enhanced No Yes
Simple S/W
Network Roll Out S/W Upgrade Mostly S/W Upgrade
B1

Upgrade
N

Network Availability Many Networks Q1-Q2'2017 ~ Q3 2018 Q1-Q2'2017 ~ Q3 2018

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Sierra Wireless Cat-M1 solutions

Common
Flexible
Form
Factor

essential connectivity integrated application processing

1H2017
2G 3G 4G LPWA
Cat-M1/LTE-M
Cat-NB1/NB-IoT

Start development using Cat-1 today!

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Summary
Cat-M1 is a LPWA and meets the needs of IoT
Cost Current Coverage
Cat-M1 delivers on the 3C
$5-10 >10 years +20 dB
Cat-M1 includes additional benefits
Cat-M1 will be here H12017
Start development today with Cat-1!
Cat-M1 is a revolutionary cellular technology

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 Thank You

IoT Developer Day

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