1MA296: Narrowband Internet of Things Measurements

This section briefly covers the basics of NB-IoT. For a more detailed description, please refer to the white paper titled 1MA266 - Narrowband Internet of Things. Though specified under 3GPP LTE (Release 13), NB-IoT actually represents a new physical layer. This means that NB-IoT is not backward compatible with LTE. From the beginning, the specification of NB-IoT included considerations for its coexistence with both LTE and GSM. Parts of the physical layers of LTE were reused in NB‑IoT. As the name suggests, a narrowband signal is used. NB‑IoT is therefore primarily for low data rates applications that are quasi‑stationary and battery‑powered. There is no need to specify handover scenarios, however the number of devices is expected to be quite large. Sensors are a good example. In addition, LTE specifies eMTC for higher data rates.

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Data Fabric Its time has come

whitePaper | October 3, 2022

This paper is intended to introduce the definition of a Data Fabric solution from a business perspective, the technical capabilities required to instantiate the solution, and a reference architecture representative of the solution.

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Fixed 5th Generation Advanced and Beyond

whitePaper | September 20, 2022

One of the overarching goals of the ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) F5G on Fifth Generation Fixed Network is to establish a regular rhythm of evolution for the fixed telecommunications network. This technology enhancement corresponds to the series of generations defined for the wireless network. So far, F5G has published technical specifications on use cases, generations definition of fibre networks, architecture, and more. As it continues, these documents will be enhanced and revised to describe the fifth generation of fixed networks more fully. Therefore, we need to consider the evolution of F5G. This White Paper describes the drivers, dimensions, and technologies of the F5G advanced and beyond.

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Best Practice For End-To-End IoT Security

whitePaper | January 31, 2022

Security concerns remain a major barrier to IoT adoption for as many as 85% of IoT industry leaders1. Fraud is growing in this area, causing widespread agreement across the ecosystem that securing the IoT application is the only way to fully develop its business potential. The good news is the vast majority of attacks can be prevented – and the resilience of any IoT deployment significantly improved – with measures that are simple and cost-effective to implement.

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The Industrial IoT Landscape

whitePaper | December 30, 2019

Our mission is to design and demonstrate an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). We will develop the guidance needed to securely connect and profitably deploy intelligent systems across devices, edge, and cloud.

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Global Industry Standards for Industrial IoT

whitePaper | June 2, 2021

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a rapidly expanding world of connected objects. As IIoT systems proliferate, large amounts of data are consumed by machine learning algorithms and shared between partners, customers and others. IIoT is a technology environment in which integration and interoperability are critical capabilities and the complexity of this environment makes this difficult to achieve. Standards play a critical role in IIoT for five main reasons. First, users and vendors cannot engineer a custom interface every time components or systems need to interact. Standards can make this explosion of interfaces manageable; they are the lingua franca for interoperability. For suppliers, this eliminates needless costs related to common capabilities instead encouraging a focus on innovations that add value.

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Satellite based LoRa® unlocks Europe-wide IoT

whitePaper | May 16, 2022

Big data is the dominant economic currency in a changing world moving at an increasingly accelerated pace. The speed and frequency with which data is collected, processed, and actioned is crucial to delivering the core promise of the Internet of Things (IoT) – either saving money through optimized operations or enabling new business models to generate new revenue streams.

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