New Report Identifies 86 IoT Applications for LPWA and LTE, Matching 28 Technology Variations with Business Scenarios

CAMPBELL, Calif., Jan. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile Experts released a new report today on wireless Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, including a detailed comparison of Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) and 2G/3G/4G wireless standards.  This report, titled LPWA vs. LTE, includes deep technical analysis of the link budget, as well as other key performance factors such as system capacity, dwell time/duty cycle, bandwidth, latency, and mobility (Doppler tolerance).

In addition, the new Mobile Experts report provides insightful analysis of the business model for IoT.  Using thorough link budget and capacity analysis as a guide, we estimated the CAPEX and OPEX required for LPWA networks and LTE alternatives.  Client device costs and semiconductor cost breakdowns are presented in detail.  The team considered ecosystem development, proprietary vs. open standards, global roaming, and long-term vendor assurance, among other qualitative factors in the business case. 

The new Mobile Experts report is the most comprehensive analysis of wireless IoT ever published, with very detailed technical analysis and cost analysis to identify which standards and applications will succeed.

This report examines 86 different IoT applications, with analysis of technical and business factors to illustrate where each wireless standard matches with appropriate use cases.  Aside from Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, 28 variations of wide-area wireless connectivity options are analyzed, including Short Range Wide Area (SRWA) options with mesh characteristics, 3GPP-based options from GPRS through LTE and NB-IoT, and several competing LPWA options.

Senior Analyst Frank Rayal explained, "While Wi-Fi and Bluetooth variations will dominate the home automation applications, enterprise applications will increasingly move toward LPWA and 3GPP options for wider coverage and higher reliability."

"LPWA standards are now mature enough for us to analyze both coverage and capacity. This market study examines the technology at a deep level, to determine the fundamental differentiators between various standards. Then, based on our team's combined 70 years' experience in mobile networks, we estimated the Total Cost of Ownership involved with wireless IoT standards to understand the business decisions facing IoT service providers."

This report includes 77 charts and diagrams to illustrate both technical and financial analysis in many different ways.  At least 20 different frequency bands are described, with key regulatory requirements including RF power restrictions, dwell time (which limits capacity and throughput), bandwidth, and other channel characteristics. This document provides an encyclopedic view of wide-area wireless M2M standards.

Key wireless formats covered include:

GSM/GPRS/EGPRS

EDGE

UMTS

LTE Category 1

LTE Category 0

LTE Category "Minus 1" (LTE Cat-m1)

NB-IoT

SigFox

LoRa

Weightless-P

Weightless-N

Weightless-W

RPMA

Telensa UNB

QoWisio

DART

802.15.4

WirelessHART

ISA100.11a

Zigbee

802.11ah

802.11af

Companies mentioned include:

Abertis Telecom

Actility

Adeunis RF

ADT

Alcatel Lucent

Altair

Altair Semiconductor

Anylink

Apple

Arqiva

ARM

AT&T

Atmel

Avago

Aviacomm

AXSEM

Bouygues

Broadcom

China Mobile (CMCC)

Cisco

Comcast

Connit

Crown Castle

Cycleo (Semtech)

Deutsche Telekom

Embit

Ecrio

Emerson Proc Mgt

Ericsson

Filament

FlashNet

GE

Google

Google Nest

Greenwaves Tech

Honeywell

Huawei

Ingenu

Intel

Intelliport

Jasper Wireless

Kerlink

KPN

LG

Link Labs

LoRA Alliance

Microchip

Microsoft

Neul (Huawei)

Nokia

NTT DoCoMo

Nwave

ON Semiconductor

On-Ramp (Ingenu)

Orange

Panasonic

Philips

Qorvo

Qowisio

Qualcomm

Raveon Technologies

RF Axis

S3 Group

Samsung

Samsung Smart Things

Schneider

Semitech Semiconductor

Semtech

Senaptic (Telensa)

Senet

Sequans

Sierra Wireless

SigFox

SKT

Skyworks

Sony

Sprint

Telensa

Texas Instruments

T-Mobile

Verizon

Vivint

Vodafone

Weightless SIG

About Mobile Experts LLC:

Mobile Experts provides insightful market analysis for the mobile infrastructure and mobile handset markets.  Our analysts are true Experts, who remain focused on topics where each analyst has 20 years of experience or more.  Research topics center on technology introduction for radio frequency (RF) and communications innovation.   Recent publications focus on Small Cells,  Semiconductors for Small Cells, Macro Base Station Transceivers, Semiconductors for RRH,  Active Antenna Systems, Backhaul for Small Cells, DAS, Virtualized RAN, and Carrier Wi-Fi.

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