Cellular Internet of Things 2e

Cellular Internet of Things: From Massive Deployments to Critical 5G Applications gives insights into the recent and rapid work performed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and the Multefire Alliance (MFA) to develop systems for the Cellular Internet of Things. The book gives insights that go beyond the technical specifications, making this a must-have for engineers and decision makers in the wireless industry. Beyond the technologies the reader will learn:

• What the mMTC and cMTC market segments look like
• The deployment options and the expected performance for these new systems in terms of system capacity, expected battery lifetime, data throughput, access delay time and device cost
• The regulations for operation in unlicensed frequency bands, and how they impact system design and performance

New to this edition:

• The latest EC-GSM IoT, LTE-M and NB-IoT features in 3GPP Release 15
• Critical communication, i.e. URLLC, specified in 3GPP Release 15 for both LTE and NR
• LTE-M and NB-IoT for unlicensed frequency bands specified in the Multefire Alliance (MFA)
• An updated outlook of what the future holds in Industrial IoT and drone communications

• Provides ubiquitous wireless connectivity for a diverse range of services and applications, describing their performance and how their specifications were developed to meet the most demanding requirements
• Describes licensed and unlicensed technologies based on 2G, 4G and 5G technologies and how they have evolved towards the Cellular Internet of Things
• Presents the Narrowband Internet of Things technology and how GSM, LTE and NR have been designed to provide Cellular Internet of Things services. The criteria used in the design and the objectives of the standardization work are explained together with technical details of each technology
• Use cases covering ultra-low complex systems connecting billions of devices (massive MTC, mMTC), critical MTC and cMTC based on Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communications (URLLC) to meet strict latency and reliability requirements
• Discusses the overall competitive landscape for providing wireless connectivity to the Internet of Things and introduces the most promising proprietary technologies operating in the market
• Meets a recognized set of 5G performance requirements. Compares the expected performance offered by a set of competing wireless technologies