LOW POWER, LONG RANGE

Wireless For
IoT
Jay Wey | Co-Founder
The Opportunity
Taiwan Tender - Wirelessly connect 3.5 million electricity meters

Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Requirements

- Wirelessly send usage every 15 mins; 20-40 bytes

- 99.5% transmission success

- 100% acknowledged transmission

- Firmware-Over-The-Air

- On-Demand Control Latency – under 12 secs

The Landscape
Cellular – 3G,4G LTE, NB-IoT
RF Mesh – Silver Springs (Itron), Wi-Sun, Eaton
LPWAN - LoRaWAN, Sigfox, RPMA (Trilliant)
Others – Tantalus, Sensus, Landis+Gyr, Aclara

Rural Suburban Urban

# of Smart
Meters Per 10 500 >2000
Square Mile
Wireless Room For
✓ ✓
Options Improvement!
The Problem

Wireless technologies used for AMI in urban environments

become expensive and struggle to meet evolving AMI
requirements.

Technology Drawbacks in Urban Environments

Cellular SIM Card In Every Smart Meter = $$$ High Monthly OPEX
RF Mesh
$$$ Hardware Infrastructure Costs
LPWAN Limiting Technical Aspects
Proprietary
Solution - Weightless Technology ™

Backend
4G TCP/IP

Star Network ; 2-4 Miles Radius in Urban Setting

Super Low Power

Weightless ™
Base Station
MORE SCALABLE : 1,000-2,000* meters per Base Station

Bi-directional Communication
Weightless ™
End Device Module

End Device

* Every 15 min transmissions ; 20-40 bytes

 ™
Weightless Technology
Backend
4G TCP/IP

Weightless ™
Base Station Utilities
Electricity, Water, & Gas
Weightless ™
End Device Module
Meters
IoT Applications
Weightless Technology
™

Backend
4G TCP/IP

Weightless ™
Base Station EV Fleet Chargers

Weightless ™
End Device Module

IoT Applications
Weightless Technology
™

Backend
4G TCP/IP

Weightless ™
Base Station Panic Buttons

Weightless ™
End Device Module

IoT Applications
Weightless Technology
™

Backend
4G TCP/IP

Weightless ™
Base Station Factory Sensor
Networks
Weightless ™
End Device Module

IoT Applications
Weightless Technology
™

Backend
4G TCP/IP

Weightless ™
Base Station Solar Panels

Weightless ™
End Device Module

IoT Applications
LPWAN Tech Comparison
Weightless LoRaWAN (class A) NB-IoT
Uplink Data Rate (DR) 0.625kbps-100kbps 0.3 kbps-27 kbps 70 kbps
Uplink Payload Allowance no limit depends on DR no limit
Downlink Data Rate 6.25kbps-100kbps 0.3 kbps-27 kbps 40 kbps
Downlink Payload Allowance no limit no limit no limit
Modulation GMSK/PSK CSS GMSK / QPSK (OFDMA DL / SC_FMDA UL)
Scalability Downlink Channel Bandwidth 100 kHz 125 kHz / 500kHz 200 kHz
Uplink Channel Bandwidth 100kHz / 8*12.5 kHz 125 kHz 200 kHz
100% acknowledged messages Yes No Possible
Synchronous Network Yes No Yes
Firmware-Over-The-Air Yes No Yes
EU Duty Cycle Limitation None (FHSS / LBT) 1% None
Uplink Sensitivity <-131dBm @ 0.625kbps -134dBm @ 625bps -
Range Downlink Sensitivity <-120dBm @ 6.25kbps -134dBm @ 625bps -
Sleep Mode <4uA 4-35uA (depends vendor) 4uA OFF 5mA idle
Power Tx Current 49mA @ 15dBm 38.8 @ 15dBm [2] 220 mA @ 23 dBm [1]
Consumption Rx Current 13mA 14.2 [2] 20mA [1]
Open Standard Yes (royalty-free) No Yes (IPR)
Communication Channel Half Duplex Half Duplex Half Duplex
Operation Supported Frequencies 470,868,915MHz 470,868,915MHz 4G FDD bands
(customizable 169-928MHz)
Business Model Own The Network Own The Network Subscription $/device/month or yr
LPWAN Tech Comparison
Licensed Spectrum Licensed or Unlicensed Spectrum
Unlicensed Spectrum

LTE Cat M1
NB-IoT
Power Consumption mW/byte

LoRa
Weightless

10 1k 10k 1M 10M 100M

Bytes per Hour

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Our Story
Our Story

Hardware &
Software
AUGRelease

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Our Story

Hardware &
Software
AUGRelease

17’
JUL 18’
$8.5 Mn USD
Our Story

1 Network
Hardware &
75,000 Devices
Software
AUGRelease AUG
17’ 19’
JUL 18’
$8.5 Mn USD
Our Story

1 Network
Hardware &
75,000 Devices
Software
AUGRelease AUG
17’ 19’
JUL 18’ DEC 19
$8.5 Mn USD $15.5 Mn USD
Our Story

1 Network
Hardware & Awards
75,000 Devices
Software
AUGRelease AUG DEC 19’
17’ 19’
JUL 18’ DEC 19
$8.5 Mn USD $15.5 Mn USD

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Our Story

1 Network
Hardware & Awards
75,000 Devices
Software
AUGRelease AUG DEC 19’
17’ 19’
JUL 18’ DEC 19 TODAY
$8.5 Mn USD $15.5 Mn USD Over 100
Customers
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EI
TODAY
Over 100
Customers
Base Station
Dimension  254.4 x 254.4 x 83.4mm
Weight 3.4kg
IP Rating IP 67
Processor Dual core ARM Cortex-A9 @667MHz running Linux
Weightless 840-870MHz, 902-928MHz
Technical Standards & Ethernet 2.4000GHz-2.4835GHz
Operating Frequencies
LTE Cat 4 Band 1/3/5/7/8/28
Memory 1GB DDR3 SDRAM
Power Supply DC: 12V, 1 A
DL Data Rate 100/50/12.5/6.25kbps 
Weightless -129dBm @ 0.625kbps 
Receiving Sensitivity

TX power Weightless: Adjustable up to 28dBm

LTE: 23dBm(±2dB)
Modulation Weightless GMSK/PSK
End Device Module
Host Interface AT command interface over UART
MCU ARM® Cortex®-M3
Clock 40MHz
Flash 256kB
RAM 32kB
Frequency Band 450-507MHz, 840-870MHz, 902-928MHz
Modulation Method PSK and GMSK
Max. Over-the-Air Data Rate 100kbps
13mm 28mm Transmit Power  13 dBm (optional PA add-on for 26dBm)
Temperature (operating) -40°C to 85°C
Dimensions 28 x 13 mm
Partner with Us
We guarantee…

1. Increased Network Performance

2. Expansion to other IoT Applications

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