Duration
2 days
Overview
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a collection of different components that connect software, systems, and people via Internet technology. IoT devices include not only smartphones and tablets, but millions of machines, devices, and new twists on traditional products which were previously not connected to the Internet. How do these devices connect to the Internet and communicate with each other? There are various wireless technologies employed for IoT products. This course describes various wireless technologies used for IoT.
This course begins with the overview of the internet of things, market drivers, use cases and requirements. The end-to-end IoT architecture and wireless technologies for IoT are introduced. The course then dives into the low power short range technologies, including NFC, RFID, Bluetooth, ANT+, Z-Wave, ZigBee, 6LoWPAN, WirelessHART, IEEE 802.11 ah. A comparison between the short range technologies is made. The course then discusses in detail the low-power wide-area technologies, for both unlicensed and licensed operations. The technologies such as LoRa, Sigfox, EC-GSM, LTE-M and NB-IoT are presented in-depth and compared. Then, the protocols and security requirements for IoT are highlighted. The course concludes with a summary of wireless technologies for IoT, key decision criteria and a preview of the 5G massive IoT vision.
What You Will Learn
- IoT market drivers, use cases, and requirements
- IoT architecture
- Low-power short-range wireless technologies
- Low-power wide-area unlicensed technologies: Sigfox and LoRa
- Low-power wide-area licensed technologies
- LTE-M
- NB-IoT technology
- Comparison of wireless technologies and applications
- Protocols and security in IoT
- 5G and massive IoT
Who Should Attend
Wireless engineers, RF engineers, DSP engineers, network engineers, electronics engineer, researchers who work on IoT devices and systems.
Prerequisite
- Basic Knowledge of Wireless Communications and Networking
Day 1
Introduction to Wireless Technologies for IoT
- IoT Market Drivers
- IoT Use Cases and Requirements
- IoT End-to-end Architecture: Devices, Connectivity, Platform, Application
- Overview of Short Range and Long Range Low Power Technologies
- Performance: Coverage, Data Rate, Latency, Battery Life, Capacity, Device Complexity, Cost
Low Power Short Range Technologies
- Requirement of Low Power Short Range Technologies
- Near Field Communication and RFID
- Bluetooth Low Energy and Beacons
- ANT+
- Z-Wave
- ZigBee
- 6LoWPAN
- WirelessHART
- WiFi HaLow IEEE 802.11ah
- Comparison of Low power short range technology
- Which technology to choose?
Unlicensed Low Power Wide Area Technologies: LoRa
- Demand for Low Power and Wide Coverage
- Technologies for Unlicensed operation
- LoRa, LoRaWAN Key Features
- LoRa Physical Layer
- LoRa Deployment Requirements
- LoRa Performance: Coverage, Data Rate, Latency, Battery Life, Capacity, Device Complexity,
- LoRa Use Cases
Unlicensed Low Power Wide Area Technologies: SigFox
- Sigfox Key Features
- Sigfox Physical Layer
- Sigfox Deployment Scenarios
- Sigfox Performance: Coverage, Data Rate, Latency, Battery Life, Capacity, Device Complexity,
- Sigfox Use Cases
- LoRa versus Sigfox
Day 2
3GPP Low Power Wide Area Technologies: EC-GSM and LTE-M
- EC-GSM-IoT: Features and Performance
- LTE Machine Type Communication (Cat1, Cat0 and Cat-M1)
- LTE-M: Features and Performance
- LTE-M Physical Layer
- LTE-M Deployment Scenarios
- LTE-M Performance: Coverage, Data Rate, Latency, Battery Life, Capacity, Device Complexity,
- LTE-M Device Ecosystem
- LTE-M Use Cases
3GPP Low Power Wide Area Technologies: Narrow Band IoT (NB-IoT)
- NB-IoT Key Features
- NB-IoT Deployment Scenario
- NB-IoT Performance: Coverage, Data Rate, Latency, Battery Life, Capacity, Device Complexity
- NB-IoT Device Ecosystem
- NB-IoT Use Cases
- NB-IoT vs LTE-M
- Licensed vs Unlicensef LPWA
IoT Protocols and Security
- Overview of Protocols for IoT
- Open Mobile Alliance LWM2M
- Device/network mutual authentication
- Securing of communication channels
- “end-to-end security” at the application level
- Secure provisioning and storage of device identity and credentials.
Conclusions, Summary and Q&A
- Summary of Wireless Technologies for IoT
- Key Decision Criteria
- 5G and Internet-of-Things
- Massive Machine Type Communication
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.