Cellular Internet of Things: From Massive Deployments to Critical 5G Applications

Cellular Internet of Things: From Massive Deployments to Critical 5G Applications, Second Edition, 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 IoT. Beyond the technologies, readers will learn what the mMTC and cMTC market segments look like, deployment options and expected performance in terms of system capacity, expected battery lifetime, data throughput, access delay time and device cost, regulations for operation in unlicensed frequency bands, and how they impact system design and performance.

This new edition contains updated content on 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), and an updated outlook of what the future holds in Industrial IoT and drone communications, amongst other topics.

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 requirementsDescribes licensed and unlicensed technologies based on 2G, 4G and 5G technologies and how they have evolved towards the Cellular IoTPresents the Narrowband Internet of Things technology and how GSM, LTE and NR have been designed to provide Cellular Internet of Things servicesProvides use cases that cover 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

1. The internet of things 2. Global cellular IoT standards 3. EC-GSM-IoT 4. EC-GSM-IoT performance 5. LTE-M 6. LTE-M performance 7. NB-IoT 8. NB-IoT performance 9. LTE URLLC 10. LTE URLLC performance 11. NR URLLC 12. NR URLLC performance 13. Enhanced LTE connectivity 14. IoT technologies in unlicensed spectrum 15. MulteFire alliance IoT technologies 16. Choice of IoT technology 17. Technical enablers for the IoT 18. 5G and beyond