u-blox IoT Service & HW 13 October, 2017 Carl Kim locate, communicate, accelerate

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1 u-blox IoT Service & HW 13 October, 2017 Carl Kim locate, communicate, accelerate

2 u-blox at a glance Swiss semiconductor company Founded in 1997 Stock listed since 2007 (SIX:UBXN) 900+ employees, 67% in R&D Annual sales of 360 Million USD (2016) 13 years of continuous profitability and strong growth Fabless operation Commercial, off-the-shelf chips and modules Positioning Cellular Short Range (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, V2X) Slide 2

3 u-blox IoT scenario Slide 3

4 LPWA for IoT

5 Global cellular technologies are evolving and multiplying Cellular IoT connections will reach 2.2 B by 2025 Source: Machina Research Unlicensed ISM* Spectrum Licensed 3GPP Spectrum Sigfox LoRa RPMA LTE Cat NB1 LTE Cat M1 LTE Cat 1 (NB-IoT) LTE Cat 4 LTE Cat 6 LTE Cat 9 Up to 500 b/s 600 Hz 5.5 / 50 kb/s 125 khz / 500 khz 31 / 15.6 kb/s 80 khz 27.2 / 62.5 kb/s 180 khz Up to 1 Mb/s 1.4 MHz Up to 10 Mb/s 20 MHz Up to 150 Mb/s 2 x 10 MHz Up to 300 Mb/s 2 x 20 MHz Up to 450 Mb/s 3 x 20 MHz LPWA Technologies High data rate Technologies *industrial, scientific, medical Slide 5, Confidential

6 LPWA Definition Low-Power, Wide-Area (LPWA) network is a generic term for a group of technologies with the following key characteristics: Low power, long battery life (often in excess of 10 years) Wide area connectivity and coverage penetration characteristics Limited data communications throughput capacity Narrowband operation and reduced system complexity LPWA technologies complement existing cellular mobile networks and short range technologies, enabling wide area communications at lower cost points and better power consumption characteristics for far greater deployment location freedom Slide 6, Confidential

7 with a focus on LPWA technologies for the IoT Time 4G 3G Cat 1 Broadband Narrowband Cat M1 RPMA Low bandwidth Low cost Low power Higher latency 2G Sigfox Cat NB1 LoRA 5G? Slide 7, Confidential

8 Each technology addresses specific use cases & markets S2 series N2 series R4 series R2 / R3 series L2 series L4 series RPMA LTE Cat NB1 (NB-IoT) LTE Cat M1 LTE Cat 1 LTE Cat 4 LTE Cat 6 Mobility Highest performance & data rates Voice / video Lower complexity, lower data rates, lower power consumption Smart Metering & Industrial Automation Agricultural & Environmental Smart City & emonitoring Insurance Vehicle & Asset Tracking Smart Payment & Vending Connected Health Smart Buildings Wearables Aftermarket Telematics Gateways & Routers Auto-Line Fit / OEM Slide 8, Confidential

9 Technology comparison Feature Application focus Radio Spectrum Guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS) Responsiveness 2G (GSM / GPRS) Mobile connectivity / M2M 200 khz 3GPP Licensed 1 Cat M1 (Half duplex) Mobile connectivity / M2M 1.4 MHz 3GPP Licensed 1 Cat NB1 (NB-IoT) Ingenu (RPMA) LoRa SigFox M2M M2M M2M M2M 180 khz 3GPP Licensed 1 80 MHz ISM Unlicensed 2 Global 2.4 GHZ Band 125 khz (typ) ISM Unlicensed MHz (EU) / 915 MHz (USA) 600 Hz ISM Unlicensed MHz (EU) / 915 MHz (USA) Yes Yes Yes Yes No No milliseconds => seconds milliseconds => seconds seconds => minutes seconds seconds => minutes sec's => min's (140 Tx / day limit) Roaming Global Global Global Global Local 3 Single network Peak Data Rate Up to 85.6 kb/s (DL) Up to 42.8 kb/s (UL) 375kb/s (DL/UL) 27.2 / 62.5 kb/s (DL/UL) FOTA No Yes Yes Range / MCL 6 Above ground / / 144 db 6 Basement / db Mobility Vehicular (300kmh) (full handover) Vehicular (300kmh) Voice Support Yes (GSM) 31 /15.6 kb/s (DL/UL) Underground / Underground / 164 db db Vehicular (100kmh) Vehicular (100kmh+) (no handover) (full handover) 5.5kb/s (125-bw) 50kb/s (500-bw) 100b/s (UL) 500b/s (DL) 4 Yes (broadcast channel) 5 No No Underground / 161 db No Underground / 161 db Yes No No No No Battery life 5-10yrs 5-10yrs 10yrs+ 10yrs+ 10yrs+ 10yrs+ No Cost (Module or ebom) $ $ $ $+ (currently) $ $ Notes: 1. 3GPP Licensed spectrum in 450MHz and 700MHz 3.5GHz 2. ISM (Industrial, Scientific, Medical) unlicensed spectrum 3. LoRa Public and Private networks are operated by entities in specific areas, there is no guarantee of cross-network operation Slide 9 4. UL: Max 140 mssg w/ payload up to 12 bytes; DL: Max 4 mssg w/ payload up to 8 bytes 5. Separate broadcast channel allows multicast of FOTA, etc. to all devices at once 6. GSM has MCL (maximum coupling loss) of db, GPRS of 144 db 7. NB-IoT uses Single-Tone signalling in the UL to ensure reliable operation to the cell-edge

10 Narrowband IoT Modules

11 NB-IoT (LTE Cat NB1) Geography: EMEA (2017), APAC (2017/18), Americas (2017/18) Key Operators: Vodafone, DT, TIM, TDC, Telenor, Telefonica, Swisscom, China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom, LGU+, KT, Telus, TIM Brazil, Telstra, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Megafon Segments: Smart Metering, Smart City & MAC, Wearables (Trackers) Applications: Utility meters, street lighting, parking systems, waste management, HVAC, access control, white goods, people / animal tracking, land / pollution / precipitation monitoring Data rate: 27.2 / 62.5 kb/s (DL/UL) Spectrum: 180 khz Licensed Latency: Seconds Battery Life: 10+ Yrs Range: Underground (164 db MCL) 1 Quality of Service Voice FOTA Mobility Limited (No Handover) Slide 11 1 Maximum Coupling Loss, as compared to GSM db MCL

12 LTE Cat M1 Geography: North America (2017), EMEA (2017), APAC (2017/2018) Key Operators: Verizon, ATT, T-Mobile, Telus, Telstra, Optus, Bouygues, Orange, Swisscom, NTT DoCoMo, Softbank, KDDI Segments: Insurance, Vehicle & Asset Tracking, Smart City, Wearables (Trackers) Applications: Usage-based insurance, fleet management, crash notifications, stolen vehicle recovery, vehicle diagnostics Data rate: 375 kb/s UL/DL (Half Duplex) 1 Spectrum: 1.4 MHz Licensed Latency: ms - Sec Battery Life: 5-10 Yrs Range: Basement (155.7 db MCL) Mb/s UL/DL (Full Duplex) Quality of Service Voice FOTA Mobility Full Handover 2 Maximum Coupling Loss, as compared to GSM db MCL Slide 12, Confidential

13 Cat NB1/Cat M1 will enable diverse applications Smart Home & Buildings Alarm systems, energy mgmt, access control Smart Cities Streetlights, parking, waste mgmt Consumer White goods, people / animal tracking Smart Metering Gas & water Agriculture / Environmental Land, noise, rain, pollution monitoring Slide 13

14 Water metering 1 st pre-standard NB-IoT message Water Metering, Spain, 2015/2016 First pre-standard NB-IoT message sent over a live commercial network in Spain Tested typical indoor scenarios without GSM service availability, proving the in-building / underground range of NB-IoT Test location above is in underground supermarket car park. u-blox test mobile is working with no packet loss and proving 20 db link budget enhancement over GSM on a live commercial network Aguas Trial Video: Slide 14

15 Smart parking NB-IoT Smart Parking Trial China Slide 15

16 Smart parking NB-IoT Smart Parking Live Demo Germany Slide 16

17 Smart lock NB-IoT Smart Lock trial Singapore ispot Hardware Hardware comprises a variety of tracking devices utilizing GPS, GPRS, RFId, and Satcom technologies. Our primary tracking devices are the iscout and the IVM (In Vehicle Module). To minimize cost, our tracking devices are designed to work with multiple SIM cards to eliminate roaming charges where possible. At the same time, for customers who must receive timely security status of their cargo, a Satcom option is offered for environments with little or no GPRS service (eg. The Trans Siberian Railroad). Page 4 Slide 17

18 Concentrator Smart lighting NB-IoT Smart Lighting trial China Slide 18

19 Pressure monitoring NB-IoT Pressure Sewer Monitoring trial Australia Slide 19

20 locate, communicate, accelerate Short range IoT Modules

21 NINA-B1 features Bluetooth low energy 4.2 Bluetooth secure connections Increased data rate Software upgradable to Bluetooth 5 Antenna flexibility Superior antenna onboard External antenna option Lowest power State-of-the art power consumption Low power crystal onboard u-blox connectivity software Advanced Serial Port service, >700 kbps GATT server and client Concurrent central and peripheral NFC for easy pairing Open CPU Powerful ARM Cortex -M4 with FPU Multiple software options for embedded customer application Industrial applications Range of certifications Industrial temp range Slide 21

22 ODIN-W2 features Powerful multiradio module Arm Cortex -M4 with FPU Concurrent dual-band Wi-Fi & dual-mode Bluetooth Embedded Wi-Fi driver and Bluetooth stack Industrial IoT gateway Micro access point Ethernet interface (RMII) Powerful Cortex-M4 Arm Mbed enabled for customer application Professional grade Medical Electrical Equipment certified Reduced time-to-market Global radio certification Flexible antenna options Internal PIFA antenna List of certified external antennas Slide 22

23 u-blox connectivity software Scenario examples

24 Scenario: Serial Port Service - Peripheral u-blox BLE Serial Port Service (SPS) is proprietary MCU converts the sensor data to serial MCU UART/RMII BLE serial UART MCU I 2 C ADC etc. Sensor ODIN-W2 IoT Gateway BLE Central NINA-B1 BLE peripheral (slave) Customer device Slide 24

25 Scenario: Serial Port Service Peripheral Sample source code for ios and Android available from u-blox ios communication without MFi license BLE serial BLE Central UART MCU I 2 C ADC etc. Sensor NINA-B1 BLE peripheral (slave) Customer device Slide 25

26 Scenario: Serial Port Service - Central Enables serial data between two NINA-B1 BLE Serial UART MCU MCU UART NINA-B1 BLE Central (Master) NINA-B1 BLE Peripheral (Slave) Customer device Customer device Slide 26

27 Scenario: GATT Client Customer device read/write data from/to BLE sensor MCU requests the sensor data by sending AT commands to NINA-B1 8 simultaneous connections GATT MCU UART Customer device NINA-B1 BLE Central (Master) Slide 27

28 Scenario: GATT Server MCU defines services (what sensor data) sending AT command to NINA-B1 MCU sends the sensor data to NINA-B1 via UART NINA-B1 replies to the sensor data requests over BLE GATT GATT BLE Central UART MCU I 2 C ADC etc. Sensor NINA-B1 BLE peripheral (slave) Customer device Slide 28

29 Scenario: Enhanced Data Mode Multiple individual BLE connections UART MCU I 2 C ADC etc. Sensor MCU UART Any BLE service NINA-B1 BLE Central (Master) Customer device Slide 29

30 Use case Infusion pump Bluetooth LE Wi-Fi NINA-B1 Serial port service ODIN-W2 Serial port service EDM or PPP Wi-FI Station Slide 30

31 Use case Infusion pump Bluetooth LE Wi-Fi NINA-B1 Serial port service ODIN-W2 Open CPU with ARM mbed Slide 31

32 Use case Truck management Bluetooth LE Wi-Fi Smart phone APP implementing SPS ODIN-W2 Serial port service PPP or EDM Wi-Fi Station Slide 32

33 Use case Vehicle diagnostic NINA-B1 as sensor GATT server ODIN-W2 in telematic box GATT Client Serial Port Service EDM Slide 33

34 locate, communicate, accelerate Thank you!