Planet 6.

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Overview of IoT technologies

Low Power Wide Area (LPWA)
Cellular / 3GPP
Low Power Wide Area Technologies
SIGFOX
LoRa
IoT LWPA Technologies in Planet
Network Settings, Sites, Diversity Gains
Propagation Modeling
Network Analyses
Automated Network Planning

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Introduction

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the

Wi-Fi network of physical devices, vehicles,
LTE IoT-LPWA
buildings and other items
IoT offers advanced connectivity of
devices, systems, and services that
WiMAX WCDMA
goes beyond machine to machine (M2M)
Planet communications and covers a variety of
protocols, domains, and applications
iDEN GSM
Planet 6.1 allows modeling IoT LPWA
Cdma2000
LMR
Tetra
technologies such as SIGFOX, LoRa,
P25 Zigbee, etc.

Mentum Planet Technology

Modules
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Overview of IoT Technologies

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IoT Applications and Use Cases

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IoT Applications & Use Cases

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 Connected Devices Forecast*

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* Connected devices forecast from Ericsson Mobility Report, June 2016. SIGFOX and LoRa fall under Non-cellular IoT; NB-IoT is considered Cellular IoT
IoT Service Requirements

There is no need for broadband connectivity.

Reliable connectivity to transmit intermittent data at effective cost; lower cost in exchange for lower
throughput
Long coverage range (distance to serving node)

Support for a massive number of devices

Long device battery life

Low uplink transmission power, and low power consumption

Narrow bandwidth, or low avg. bandwidth consumption per device

Higher level of delay-tolerance

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IoT Technologies Classification

Low Power Wide Short Range Wide

Cellular (3GPP)
Area (LPWA) Area (SRWA)
SIGFOX (Ultra LTE-M Zigbee
Narrow Band) NB-LTE IEEE 802.15.4
LoRa Extended based
Weightless Coverage GSM technologies
Ingenu On- (E-GSM)
Ramp NB-IoT
And more...

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LPWA IoT at a Glance
Low Power Wide Area (LPWA)

Spectrum: unlicensed bands such as 900 MHz or TV whitespace

Examples:
SIGFOX: (ultra narrow-band) CNB, proprietary
LoRa-Semtech: (spread spectrum), proprietary
Weightless: open source standard
Ingenu -On-RAMP-: (RPMA: Random Phase Multiple Access)
Key Features:
power-optimized IoT
lower-complexity waveforms (cheaper devices)
Interference handling capabilities:
wide-band spread spectrum
narrow bandwidth w. frequency hopping capabilities

LPWA low cost (< $5) modules are key enablers for the rapid growth in
IoT market.

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LPWA vs. Cellular IoT

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LPWA vs. cellular IoT: Coverage & Data Rates

*UNB = Ultra Narrow Bandwidth (e.g., SIGFOX) Orchestrating network performance |

NB-IoT Deployment Options

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SIGFOX

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SIGFOX

Unlicensed Spectrum (902/915 MHz ISM band in the US, 868 MHz in Europe)

Ultra-narrowband technology (~100Hz/transmission):

The carrier is divided in 400 channels of 100Hz
High power spectrum density (power is concentrated on ultra small bandwidth)
low thermal noise (~ -150 dBm at T = 290 K)
Modulations:
Uplink: deferential BPSK. Random FDMA-based transmission (Frequency hopping).
Downlink: frequency-shift keying GFSK

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SIGFOX Coverage in France

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LoRa

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LoRa

LoRa modulation: a version of Chirp Spread Spectrum (CSS) with a typical channel bandwidth of
125KHz
Spectrum: unlicensed, i.e. the 915 MHz ISM band in the US, 868 MHz in Europe

Communication between end-devices and gateways is spread out on a set of

orthogonal channels of different data rates.
Each channel has a different spreading factor, where higher spreading factors result in lower data
rates but better coverage.
Packet size can range from 2 to 255 bytes

Data rates range from 0.3 kbps to 50 kbps (corresponding to various spreading factors, code
rates, and channel bandwidths)

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LoRa

For a 125 KHz LoRa carrier, assuming the highest code rate, the uplink data rates
of the eight available channels are:

Channel (modulation) Bit Rate (b/s) Required SINR (dB)

LoRa SF = 6 9375 -5
LoRa SF = 7 5468 -7.5
LoRa SF = 8 3125 -10
LoRa SF = 9 1757 -12.5
LoRa SF = 10 976 -15
LoRa SF = 11 537 -17.5
LoRa SF = 12 293 -20

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LoRaWAN Networks

LoRaWAN network architecture is a star-of-stars topology in which IP-Connected

gateways are transparent bridges relaying messages of end-devices
Communication between end-devices and gateways is spread out on
different frequency channels and data rates. Rates range from 0.3 kbps to 50 kbps.
The selection of the data rates (spreading factors) is a trade-off between
communication range and message duration
Relies on orthogonality between transmissions which could suffer badly when
multiple overlapping networks are deployed in the same spectrum

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IoT LPWA in Planet

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IoT Technology Module in Planet

Many companies are deploying

wireless networks using dedicated IoT
technologies
Planet offers a complete solution for
IoT networks throughout the whole
network cycle
IoT technologies in Planet are
supported in the same platform as
other RF technologies

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IoT LPWA in Planet

Network Settings: Frequency bands

Project Setup Site Editor: Propagation, antenna, PA power, SIGFOX Uplink diversity gains
IoT Device Editor: PA Power, Noise Figure

Propagation Geographical Data support (Elevation, clutter, clutter height, building/forest polygons)
State of the art propagation modeling

Modeling Intelligent antenna management and modeling

Network Network analyses (signal strength, SIGFOX diversity levels, LoRa Uplink best available modulation)
3D generation and visualization

Analyses
Data analytics and statistics
Scheduling and automation

Automatic Automatic Cell Planning (Site Selection & Optimization)

Interactive Cell Planning

Network Planning Automatic Site Placement Tool

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Geographical Data

Cityscapes Cityscapes HD Skyline Skyline

20-30m resolution 10-15m resolution 5m resolution Clutter 5m resolution Clutter Height & Polygons

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Main Propagation Models in Planet
Planet Generic Planet General CRC-Predict P3M Planet Universal
Model Model Model

mmWave Modelling 6 - 100GHz Very Good N/A N/A Very Good N/A

Macro-cellular Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent

Mini-cellular (Urban) Very Good Fair Fair Very Good Excellent

Micro-cellular (Urban) Very Good Fair Poor Very Good Excellent

No tuning Very Good Poor Good Good Very Good

Cluster tuning N/A Good Good Very Good Excellent

Hyper-tuning (per sector model) N/A Excellent Good Excellent Excellent

Mountainous areas Very Good Fair Very Good Very Good Excellent

Computation times Very Good Excellent Fair Very Good Very Good

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Site Editor

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Sit Editor SIGFOX Sector with Diversity Gains
Network Analyses

IoT-specific simulation engine with downlink

and uplink analysis
DL/UL best server
DL/UL received signal strength
DL/UL S/(N+I)
DL/UL coverage
Including diversity requirement
Number of servers
Nth Best Server
LoRa Uplink capacity
Multi-threaded

SIGFOX Coverage
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SIGFOX Uplink Diversity Levels

SIGFOX Network in Paris Uplink Diversity Levels

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LoRa Uplink Capacity

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Data Analytics / Layer Statistics

Statistics
Multi-layer
Conditional analysis
Traffic weighting
Analysis segmentation
Grid tools
Grid queries
Grid calculations
Result publishing
Contour reports
Layer statistic reports
Report export capabilities
Best Pilot Ec Statistics Over Received Signal and Clutter

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Automatic Network Planning

Automatic Network Planning components

Automatic Site Placement Automated Automated
Site Site
Greenfield network Selection Optimization
Network expansion
Native 64-bit and multi-threaded
Automatic Cell Planning tool
Site selection
Automated Interactive
Site de-selection Site Cell
Site optimization Placement Planning
Interactive Cell Planning

Automatic Network Planning solution

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Automatic Site Placement

Automatic and fast creation

of a cluster of sites
Enables the creation of large networks
for dimensioning and/or early planning
Can be used for greenfield
deployments and network expansions
E.g., addition of LTE small cells based
on existing LTE macro cells

Network created using automatic site placement tool

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Planet Automatic Cell Planning Tool for IoT

Support for
Wi-Fi
SIGFOX uplink diversity gains
LoRa uplink spectral efficiency goal LTE IoT-LPWA

Scalability and Performance

Multi-threaded
WiMAX WCDMA
Native 64-bit process
Seamless integration with Planet
Planet
Available APIs for automation iDEN GSM

Multi-area optimizations LMR

Cdma2000 Tetra
Multi-technology optimizations P25

Ability to commute licenses

Planet ACP Technology Support

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Interactive Cell Planning

LoRa Site Selection 90

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SitesSites
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Conclusion

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