BLE and LORALOW POWER INNOVATIVE DEVICES AND STANDARDS FOR IoT

Mariusz Lasek / Comarch Technologies CEO

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mariusz.lasek@comarch.com

Comarch Technologies

CEO

Mariusz Lasek

COMARCH INTERNET OF THINGS LAB

23M USD Investment – ready on 1Q16

Comarch builds its own HW lab at Comarch

Located in the Comarch Village in Kraków

Low and medium volume capacity

Prototyping & Preproduction for CE

Small series to verify final product quality

Extensive QA for both SW and HW

Development of scalable, secure

and highly accessible building

blocks (HW & SW)

for the world of digital economy in order

to build the Internet of Things

OUR MISSION

Data

Exchange

AUTOMOTIVE INITIAL PERCEPTION

- DIGITAL SERVICES FOR CONNECTED CAR

Digital Service Providers

Car Manufacturers

Car Manufacturers

Connectivity Management Platform

Application Enablement Platform

Car Manufacturers

Telco Operators

Smart Infrastructure

Digital Services Management

Content

Sensor data

Services

TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION TOWARDS IOT

WE ARE

HERE

NOW

M2M models forquite some timenow

Ubiquitouscomputingenablers

Connectivity cost

dropping down

Customer awernessof capabilities drivesneeds

Emerging LEconnectivityprotocols

M2M VS IOT– FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE

Focused on the communication

between machines and applications

using a network

Monitoring, controlling, or managing

certain machines

Acts automatically or on request

Smart home equipment, connected

cars, fitness gadgets, etc.

Broader concept

Exchange of information between not

only machines, but also social media

services, ERP applications, etc.

Focused on the information generated

by the ecosystem of multiple assets

and the usage of this information

M2M IoT

CONNECTIVITY PROTOCOLS LANDSCAPE

PAN (1)

WLAN (1000)LAN

TO SIM OR NOT TO SIM?

Non-SIM technologies

With long ranges but low bandwidth already cover 80% of

M2M and IoT needs.

Some operators and service providers already putting

their bets on alternatives:

LoRa:

Bouygues (France)

Orange (France)

KPN (Netherlands)

Proximus (Belgium and Luxemburg)

SKTelekom (Korea)

SIGFOX:

Securitas Direct (Spain)

Abertis Telecom (Spain)

IoT Denmark

T-Mobile (Czech)

Tele2 (Sweden)

Full country coverage in Denmark, Spain, France,

Netherlands, Portugal

Selected cities in Poland, UK, US, Germany, Italy,

Ireland, Chile, Colombia,…0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

2012 2015 2020

SIM vs SIM-less

SIM SIM-less

PAN PROTOCOLS – OLD DOGS vs NEW WAVE

LONG RANGE PROTOCOLS

LTE-M will compete with SIGFOX and LoRa

LTE offer international roaming

Sigfox and LoRa do not support roaming

But:

LTE-M – not existing yet

SIGFOX and LoRa – ready to use

SIGFOX and LoRa units are much cheaper

Key requirement for biggest IoT projects:GLOBAL COVERAGE

Possibilities of development:

SIGFOX and LoRa will become “WiMAX of IoT”

Coexistence – per use case – local vs global projects

EFFICIENT DEVICES ARE KEY IOT ENABLER

Comarch connectivity

module

Comarch IoT Hub

(Active Beacon)

Comarch

Beacon

Comarch Industrial

Beacon

Comarch LoRA

node (WIP)

OUR LORA LESSONS LEARNED

LoRa experience:

Generally long range, even without line of sight

Connectivity issues in urban environment when

there are multiple tall buildings on the way

We found a dead spot just behind the power

station, below a high capacity power line – note

that client packets were send to the gateway

(and accepted) but client was unable to receive

gateway ACK – so still one way possible (e.g.

sensor to central server)

Some communication scenarios require

rework, as star topology does not support node

to node communication

BT / BLE – Field Testing & Lessons Learned

BLE experience:

BLE is based on 2.4 GHz radio as

there are many other technologies.

While most technologies, including

BLE has built-in some means to

handle interference when in the

sample place - device designers

shall keep potential, occasional link

quality decrease in mind (lower data

transfer rate, connection loss or even

data corruption in extreme

conditions)

Be careful with dual-mode devices

(e.g most of smartphones). They

may switch from regular BT to BLE

with (Apple) or without (Android)

physical (MAC) address switch. This

behavior has to be addressed when

using MAC-based data.

IOT WILL BE HETEROGENOUS, COMBINATION OVER COMPETITION

INTERNET

IoT Platform / Solution

sensor

sensor

sensorsensor

sensor

LoRa

Gateway

Car

Gate

sensor

smartphone

LCD

display

IoT HUB

Access Point

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WE CAN DEVELOP YOUR THINGS END TO END

WE CAN DELIVER THE WHOLE IOT SOLUTION

Comarch IoT Platform

ApplicationsMobile Clients

Discovery O&M AnalyticsBusiness

Rules

Retail Location Your Applications…

Your Applications

Integration

with B2B

gateway

M2M

CRM

ERP

Loyalty

FSM

Things

… Your Thing

OUR WEBSITE

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Mobile: +48 691 464 338

mariusz.lasek@comarch.com

mariusz.lasek@comarch.com

Comarch Technologies

CEO

Mariusz Lasek

Thank You!

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