LPWAN VS 3GPP

TECHNOLOGIES

Dr. Hani Fawal

elfawal@ieee.org
 Lecture Outlines 2/20

 3 GPP Vision & Standard Evolution.

 4G vs 5G.

 To recall:
- M2M vs H2H communication characteristics.
- IoT requirements.

 3GPP-IoT Technologies.

 Non 3GPP-IoT Technologies (LPWAN).

 H2H and M2M coexistence challenges.

 Mobile Generation Evolution 3/20

5G

3.1 - From 1G to 5G
 3 GPP Vision & Standard Evolution (2011-2021) 4/20

5G
4G

5G

LTE-M NB-IoT

Video 3.2 - 4G vs 5G
 4G vs 5G 5/20

10 ms to 100K to 1M
1 ms connections/
km²

10
30 to 100 Mbps/m²
bps/Hz to 1000
Mbps/m²)

10-year
2 Gbps to
battery
20 Gbps
life

https://devopedia.org/5g-technology
 Use cases and applications in 5G 6/20

eMBB

uRLL mMTC

https://www.chipestimate.com/5G-One-Network-to-Rule-them-All/Imagination-Technologies/Technical-Article/2017/04/04
 3 GPP Vision & Standard Evolution (2023-2027) 7/20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DniOx8FiSBc&t=338s
 3 GPP Vision & Standard Evolution in 2023 8/20

• 5G covers Release 15, 16 and 17.

• 5G-Advanced is Release-18 onwards.
• Based on the current industry adoption
of 5G, there is no reason to push the
next generation (6G “Release 20+”) on
the operators before it's mature and
everyone is ready to take it onboard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DniOx8FiSBc&t=338s
3 GPP Vision & Standard Evolution (2011-2021) 9/20

5G
4G

5G

LTE-M NB-IoT
 TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTIC COMPARISON 10/20

H2H M2M

Hundreds of devices Massive number

per cell of devices

Small amount of
Huge amount of
data
data

High power Low power

consumption consumption

High complexity Low complexity

/cost /cost
 IOT REQUIREMENTS 11/20

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309617380_Low_Power_Wide_Area_Networks_LPWANs_for_Internet_of_Things_IoT_Applications_Research_Challenges_and_Future_Trends/figures?lo=1
 Non 3GPP-IoT Technologies (LPWAN) 12/20

LTE-M NB-IoT

Video 3.3 - LPWAN Technologies

 Non 3GPP-IoT Technologies (LPWAN) - Range vs Rate 13/20

https://www.digikey.com/en/articles/techzone/2018/jun/speed-development-secure-cellular-connected-iot-applications

Video 3.4 -SIGFOX

Non 3GPP-IoT Technologies (LPWAN) - Energy efficiency 14/20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqHOyQK6jJ8

Video 3.5 - LoRa

 3GPP vs Non 3GPP - Comparison Table 15/20

https://www.bluetooth.com/blog/wireless-connectivity-options-for-iot-applications-technology-comparison/
 Mapping of use cases and network technologies 16/20

https://www.i-scoop.eu/internet-of-things-iot/lpwan/
 Market Share 17/20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqHOyQK6jJ8
 Various research challenges in IoT 18/20

DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3073408
 H2H and M2M coexistence challenges 19/20

1- Network access problem (RACH) 2- Bandwidth saturation problem

3- M2M and H2H mutual impacts over 4- M2M and H2H influence during
normal cycle. emergency events.
 Research questions 20/20

1- How far can the existing cellular networks scale to a surge of M2M
devices accessing the network simultaneously?

2- What will happen to the network which faces burst M2M traffic
along with a limited network bandwidth especially in emergency
and disaster events?
3- What are the impacts of IoT on H2H traffic?

4- What is the threshold number of occurrences for M2M traffic that

respect a good balance among both H2H and M2M traffic QoS?

5- How would the network behave with a heterogeneous M2M

traffic?