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NB-IoT, Creating New Business Opportunity

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Industry Insights & Update

NB-IoT Standard Update

NB-IoT Solution Overview

NB-IoT Ecosystem and Typical Cases

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C-IoT NB-IoT

Cellular IoT is The Next Eruption Point

European Commission Shanghai/Shenzhen China


UPGRID Project 2015~2020 Smart City
Phase I Phase I : Smart Parking
4 European countries 3M Parking Space
19 partners Smart and Cost Efficient
15.7M Investment Management
Innovative Solution to
Replace PLC

Cellular
IoT

Korea Singapore
Smart City Smart Nation 2015~2025
Phase I : Smart Light Large Scale Heterogeneous
600k Smart Light in Seoul Sensor Networks
$2 Power Saving per Light A plug-n-play, Trusted and
Crime Rate Reduction Resilient Network Infrastructure
High Reliability Solution for Deploying Sensors
C-IoT NB-IoT

C-IoT on Low Power Wide Area Market is Promising


Top 10 Cellular IoT Cases in 2015
Cellular IoT 2020 Network
Smart Meter 80M

Vehicle Platform 65M

Vehicle Navi. 27M >10Mbps 3G/4G


2B
Usage-based
24M
Insurance
Retail/Payment 15M <1Mbps
Low Power GSM/GPRS
Building Security 15M Consumption 8B LTE MTC(R12, R13)
Fleet Management 14M
Small Packet
Stolen Vehicle GPRS(Partially)
12M Deep Coverage
Recovery Zigbee/Bluetooth/WiFi
Low Power
Consumption
30B Sigfox,/LoRa,
Building Auto. 10M
Low Cost NB-IoT
Sharing Car
9M Operators do not Dominate on LPWA Market
Management
LPWA Market
C-IoT NB-IoT

C-IoT Module for LPWA Market Stepping Into 5 USD


5 USD Module is Necessary to Win Competition 5 USD is a Reasonable to Control Device Total Cost
$30

Total device price NB-IoT module price


$15 $15
$10?
$9 $8 $8
$5
$1
50USD+
Connected 10%
smart device
CAT4 CAT1 CAT0 CAT-M Sigfox GPRS LoRa NB-IoT Bluetooth

GPRS Sigfox LoRA 10USD+ 50%


Connected Sensor

IOT device price


C-IoT NB-IoT

IoT Platform Actives LPWA Market


Phase I: Connectivity Phase II: Convergence Phase III: Intelligence

Vertical Vertical Vertical Long Tail


A B C Big Data
(typical LPWA Market)
Industry A Industry B Industry C

Service
Fixed Global
IoT
IoT
Platform
Platform

M2M
Connections M2M
Fixed M2M Global
Connections
Connections

Terminal

Vertical Vertical Vertical


Industry A Industry B Industry C A B C Long Tail
A B C Long Tail

Revenue: Connections Connections + IoT Platform Services


C-IoT NB-IoT

Innovation Push 30 Times Growth of LPWA Market

30% of Revenue

Source: Operator V With


Innovation
Innovative Cellular IoT Technology to
Match LPWA Market Requirement Better
Deeper Coverage (20dB Gain vs GSM/LTE)
Low Power Consumption (10 Years Battery Life)
3% of Revenue
Massive Connection (100k per Cell)
1% of Revenue w/o Low Device Cost (Module Price 5 USD)
2011~2015
YoY: 25% Innovation
372M
298M
Innovative IoT Platform
205M Full Connectivity
163M
125M
Capability Exposure
Scalable Deployment

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2020


C-IoT NB-IoT

Challenges of Existing Cellular IoT Technology

2G Network Fading Out GPRS Coverage GPRS Power Consumption

Now 3+ (Japan, Korea) Lost Project due to Idle: 0.1mA/12V


only 85% Deeper Online: 6mA/12V
Coverage by GSM Data Transfer:60mA/12V
Average: 10mA /12V
10+ (Japan, Korea,
2017
Singapore, Australia,
European, USA)
2400mAh
Extra 100%
Investment on Short 8 Months Battery Life
30+ (Japan, Korea,
Singapore, Australia,
Range Network for
2020
European, USA, Hong Full IoT Coverage
Kong, China)
C-IoT NB-IoT

First LPWA Market Movers Selected Sigfox/LoRa due to TTM

2015 Czech Republic

NB-IoT
2016
C-IoT NB-IoT

NB-IoT is Best Solution for LPWA Market

Carrier-grade Security
Reliability

10 Years Ultra 100K


Batter Life Deep Coverage Connections
C-IoT NB-IoT

NB-IoT is More Suitable for LPWA Market than Sigfox/LoRa


Network Investment Coverage

VS VS
Reuse 13dB Gain 20dB Gain
Overlay
Existing Asset (vs GSM) (vs GSM)

Sigfox/LoRa NB-IoT LoRa NB-IoT

Downlink Network Reliability/Security

VS VS
Limited DL Co-channel License Spectrum
15k~200k UL
Interference High QoS
/200 DL

Sigfox NB-IoT Sigfox/LoRa NB-IoT


C-IoT NB-IoT

NB-IoT is More Suitable for LPWA than MTC/eMTC

M2M
Requirement
Massive Low Power
Deeper Coverage Low Cost Bandwidth
Connection Consumption

MTC R12 ~LTE capacity


0dB $15 <1 years 1.4M
(1x)
(LTE Cat0)

eMTC R13 15dB $10? 40x ~2 years 1.4M


(LTE Cat-M)

~1000x
NB-IoT R13 20+dB $5 ~10 years 200K
(in case 15dB+)
C-IoT NB-IoT

NB-IoT is More Suitable for LPMA than EC-GSM


EC-GSM needs continuous Investment on GSM NB-IoT already has a leading Ecosystem

NB-IoT

Alarm
EC-GSM: BW 2.4MHz
NB-IoT: BW 200kHz Meter
Top 3

Parking
Top 1 in
EC-GSM: No Plan China
NB-IoT: Legacy RRU/RFU, 2016 Pet Tracking

Huawei
Gas Meter
EC-GSM:
Orange France
C-IoT NB-IoT

Global NB-IoT is Taking Off


Oct. 2015
Smart Parking
Oct 2015 Field Trial Dec 2015
Smart Parking Field Trial
Demo Smart
Parking

March 2015 Dec 2015 Announce


Demo Smart Meter in MWC Commercial Plan
Jan 2016
Nov 2015 (Begging of 2017)
AT&T Demo NB-IoT in CES
Announced Commercial Plan
(2016 Launch)
Dec 2015
Pre NB-IoT Field trial July 2015 Smart
Parking Field Trial

Oct. 2015
Smart Parking Field
Trial
C-IoT NB-IoT

NB-IoT Industry Update


NB-IoT Summit @ Hongkong 7 Global NB-IoT Open Labs
2015.11
China Mobile, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom,
21 operators Etisalat, LG Uplus, Telecom Italia, Vodafone
3 infrastructure vendors
Live NB-IoT Service and Network, Software
7Chipset/Module/Device
Vendors Simulating Tools, Working Spaces
11 Vertical Partners Provide Different API, SDK and Other Resource to
Facilitate Rapid Application Deployment on
Different Platform
Chipset Vendors Update

2016Q3 2016Q4 2017Q1

Huawei(Boudica) Vendor 1 Vendor 2


MDM9206
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NB-IoT Standard Overview

3GPP R13

Vodafone&Huawei: WI Rapporteurs
NB M2M as Start Point
NB-IoT NB-IoT
Work Item Frozen
May 2014

Sep 2015
June 2016
39 Supporting Individual Members (up to Dec. 2015):
Alcatel-Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, AT&T, Blackberry, CATT, China Unicom, China Mobile, China Telecom, CATR, Deutsche
Telekom, Ericsson, Huawei, HiSilicon, Intel, Interdigital, LG Electronics, Lightsquared, Mediatek, Nokia Networks, OPPO, Panasonic,
Qualcomm Incorporated, Samsung, Sequans, Sierra Wireless, Sony, SouthernLINC, Sprint, Telecom Italia SPA, Telefonica, Teliasonera,
Telus, T-Mobile US, Toshiba, u-blox, US Cellular, Verizon, Vodafone, ZTE Corporation
----3GPP RP-152284
NB-IoT Standard Technology Selection Update
Standalone
Guard Band In Band
Three
Deployment Scenarios GSM G/U/L LTE LTE
A 180k 180k 180k 180k

Downlink Downlink 15kHz is chosen


B because it can fit In-Band scenario

Uplink Single-tone and Multi-tone are supported


C Single-tone: 3.75kHz and 15kHz
Multi-tone: 15kHz

How to support single-tone and multi-tone


Open Item
D Both are mandatory (w/o IOT indication)
One option and one mandatory
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Ubiquitous Network, PnP
Light Connectivity

Massive Conn., Various Conn.


NB-IoT Wide Connectivity

Existing Network Upgrade,

Easy Network Light Core


Light Connectivity

Light Installation & Maintenance Low Power Consumption Low Cost


Ubiquitous Coverage to Active Plug & Play Power Saving Mode (PSM) Low Chipset Cost
PSD eDRX
Repetition
4R/UL CoMP
Light Connectivity Wide Pipe Easy Network

Ubiquitous Coverage: 20dB Coverage Gain vs GSM/LTE


PSD (Power Spectrum Density) Repetition

Up to DL 8 Times
9~12dB and UL 16 Times
17dB Gain=
Repetition
10log180/3.75kHz
Introduces 9~12dB
Coverage Gain
180 KHz 3.75 KHz

UL 4R Receive Inter-site UL CoMP

For UE1, UL signal


GSM 1T1R received from 2 cells can
NB-IoT 1T2R(LMBP) be combined to get
NB-IoT 1T4R(UBBPe) diversity gain;
For UE2, interference from
UE1 UE2 UE1 can be removed
*planning in 2017 *planning in 2017
Light Connectivity Wide Pipe Easy Network

Low Power Consumption with PSM Technology


Smart Meter Report Data Periodically UE Enter PSM(Power Saving Mode) State
>99% Time is Idle in Idle Time

UE UE
Power Power
Active State Active State

Paging(Monitor)

Idle State
Idle State
Idle Power Saving Mode
State (Dormant State) PSM

Tim
e Time
Active State UE Power: Tx(23dBm): 500mW, Rx: 80mW, PSM Power(leakage current): 0.015mW,
<1% time >99% time
Idle State UE Power: 3mW, >99% time
Light Connectivity Wide Pipe Easy Network

Low Power Consumption with Extended DRX


UE Listen to Periodic Paging Message Extended Paging Cycle,
in Idle State Less Battery Consumption

UE
UE
Power
Power Active
Active Paging Cycle
Paging Cycle State State
Idle Idle
State State

Paging UE Power: 80mW Time MME determine cycle according to UE Time


Idle State UE Power: 3mW service type
Light Connectivity Wide Pipe Easy Network

Low Cost: Chipset/Module

Cat-4 Cat-0 NB-IoT


SOC
2RX MMMB 1RX 1RX
BB RF BB MB BB
PA RF RF PA
1TX 1TX PA 1TX
Flash Flash/
PMU Flash/RAM PMU PMU
/RAM RAM

SOC Solution
Half Duplex RF/Single Antenna
MMMB: Multi-Mode, Multi-Band PA
MB: Multi-Band /Reduced Memory
BB: Baseband Narrow Band/UL Single-Carrier
PMU: Power Management Unit
Modulation
PA: Power Amplifier
SOC: System on Chip Simplified Process
Wide Connectivity

Smaller Scheduling Granularity Coverage Class Light NAS Protocol


Light Connectivity Wide Pipe Easy Network

Smaller Scheduling Granularity

K Bytes Traffic t t Scheduling


Model

MBB Traffic
X seconds
Bytes 1ms

1 hour~1 day
NB-IoT Traffic f NB-IoT RB resource
MBB RB resource f
Light Connectivity Wide Pipe Easy Network

Classified air resource allocation to improve capacity

Classified air resource allocation base on


coverage class information
Uu resource

Applicable for:
Coverage class Class 1 Class 2 Class 3

PRACH
PCH
Low modulation efficiency PDSCH
to improve reliability
PUSCH
High modulation efficiency
to save Uu resource
Light Connectivity Wide Pipe Easy Network

Light NAS Protocol to Guarantee More Capacity

Light NAS ensure low-flash memory

NAS Msg Length Reducing


200
180
160 NAS msg length: -40%
140
120
IEs in NAS msg: -30%
100
80
60
40
20
0
Attach Req TAU Req Act Default Bearer
Req

LTE NB-IOT
Easy Network
Light Connectivity Wide Pipe Easy Network

Easy Spectrum Acquisition: Small Amounts of


Licensed Spectrum

UMTS/LTE Guard Interval


(100kHz)
200k 200k

LTE LTE
Guard Interval
(100kHz) 200k 180k

GSM

200k

Standalone LTE Guard Band LTE In Band


Light Connectivity Wide Pipe Easy Network

Easy Site Solution: Existing Site Upgrade

Co-BBU Box
Co-Control Board
Re-use Antenna Co-Transmission

UMPT
(up to 4 RATs with NB-IoT)

Re-use RRU
LMBP: 3*200K
UBBPe: 12*200K

900M: RRU3936,
New baseband
3938,3929,3959,3953,3908v2, 3928,3926,
MRFUd, MRFUe,MRFUv2
850M: RRU3942,
NB IoT 3936,3952,3908V2,MRFUd, MRFUv2
APT700: RRU3268,3262
700M: RRU3269, RRU3249
DD800: RRU3268
Light Connectivity Wide Pipe Easy Network

IoT Core Architecture

Platform
Device Management
& Application SIM Card Management Asset Management

Radius
IOT Core HSS Server
Device
Session
Network Traffic Engine Control Proxy
Management COAP Translation Timer control PCRF SMS-SC
NAS Optimization
Message Cache Managing
Congestion Control
Exposure

Access
GUL/NB-IoT GUL/NB-IoT

Devices
Light Connectivity Wide Pipe Easy Network

High Integration Level Based on NFV Platform


EPC NFV based IOT Controller

CloudEdge

ALL IN ONE IOT


vPCRF vHSS APP
Controller

USN UGW HSS PCRF

Investment Efficiency Improve TTM Space & Rent Saving


Generic Hardware Platform One Key Installation 4 Cabinets Compacted in 1
Fasten Service Deployment Unified Configuration Re-use Existing Equipment
Room
On-demand Resource
NB-IoT E2E Solution
Huawei IoT E2E Solution
Full connectivity Capability Exposure Scalable Deployment

Smart Building Connected Car E-Health Industrial Internet

IoT Platform
1 Platform Network Openness Communication Openness Data Openness Service Orchestration

SIM Card Management Asset Connectivity Device Management


Management
Connectivity Secure & Policy Control Routing
Identity

2 Access Wireless Fixed Fixed Network


NB-IoT
Access Access WAN
5G
IoT Router

1 Operation System IoT Chipset, Module


LiteOS
NB-IoT E2E Solution

Existing Core

HSS
Chipset Module

NB-IoT IoT Core IoT Industry


Platform Application
U-blox Module Roadmap

Swiss-based u-blox is a Lisa(Iceni) Sara(Boudica)


leading provider of
wireless and positioning 2015Q1 2016Q2/Q3
semiconductors and
22.4*33.2*2.6mm 16*26*2.6mm
modules for the Requiring only power, antenna More band
automotive, industrial and and data interface Lower Power consumption
consumer markets. Support SIM
Band5/Band 8
+23dBm power
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E2E Ecosystem Update

2015 2016

Chipset

Module

Device

Vertical
Industry
Smart Parking
NB-IoT Actives Cost-Efficient Smart Parking
Open your Park App
and click on Start
Parking.
NB IoT eNB NB IoT Server
Controller

Additional 4.5km Easy Installation (PnP) and Zero


For Finding a Maintenance
available One System for On-Street and Off-Street
parking space
Geomagnetic Sensor
Operating temperature: -
40C~+80C
Additional Resource Dimensions: Diameter 90mm,
for Parking 81mm; Thickness 80mm
Management Parking sensor
Smart Water
NB-IoT Actives Cost-Efficient Smart Meter
Massive Metering Multi-step Charging

NB-IoT eNB NB-IoT Server


Controller

Demand Smart Metering System


Deeper coverage (20+dB gain vs GSM)
Low cost/Low Power Consumption
Smart Data Management
GPRS Short Range

Demand Cost-Efficient Smart Metering System


Water Meter Gas Meter
Tracking Band

40*40*17mm
Battery: >2000mAh
Band 8/Band 5/Band 20/Band 28
Location: GPS+LBS, Periodic & Real-time
Alarm: Battery Alarm, Wreck Alarm
Electronic Enclosure

Tracking Route Integrated with Map


Active Location
SNS
Planning

Dahon Smart Bicycle Embed NB-IoT


Position Reporting & Security

Motion Monitoring & Advice

NB-IoT Embeded

Shifting control
Planning

Other Applications

Smart Water Tank Smart Waste Bin Smart Streetlight


NB-IoT Project Overview

PoC Field Trial Commercial Use Cases


VDF
Done Done 2016Q4 Smart Meter
Spain
T-Mobile Smart Meter
Done Done 2017Q1
Germany Waste Bin

Smart Meter,
China
Done Done 2017Q3 Smart Parking
Unicom

Etisalat Smart Meter


Done Done 2016Q3
UAE Pet tracking
Bell
Done Done TBD TBD
Canada

CMCC Done Done 2017Q4 Asset Tracking

LG U+ Done Done 2016Q3 Smart Lighting


Smart Parking with Operator U

Shanghai Unicom Focuses on CIoT Smart Parking Trial

200kHz fro NB-IoT


G900 Re-use Antenna
Payment 5MHz Neul Platform for Core
Mobile Pos
Machine 1,000,000 200kHz (solution for trial scenario)

(2G/3G/4G) Service
Platform

Smart Grid Express


Cabinet
Neul
Platform

X0,000,000 Devices
Parking
Sensor Under
Smart City Server
Every Car
Disney Planning with Operator U

Spectrum
6MHz
(China Unicom 900MHz)

GSM GSM
200kHz 200KHz
(CMCC) (5MHz)
Shanghai Disney Land
300kHz 100kHz 200kHz

Site

Re-use Antenna
Re-use RRU
Re-use UMPT
Smart Parking
~10k Devices
Others LMBP
~1k Devices UMPT
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10 Years Battery Life: Typical Battery Type

Lithium Thionyl Chloride ER14505


AA size
Nominal Voltage 3.6 V
Nominal Capacity 2400 mAh = 8.6 Wh, or Greater
Capable of Pulse Currents Compatible with CIoT Devices
Reasonable Performance at Low Temperatures
Intended for Long Life Applications such as Utility Meters,
Trackers etc.

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