Device Technologies to accelerate Cellular IoT Hiroshi Tsuji General Manager Product & Device Technology Department 25 th Nov. 2016
Kicking into high gear toward IoT Rapid Growth of the Number of Things Connected to the Internet. Source: Cisco IBSG, 2013 1
Why didn t the IoT market expand until now? 2
LPWA (Low Power Wide Area) is boosting IoT Low Power (Consumption) Extended Battery Life (10years / 2 AA Batteries) Wide Area (Coverage) Long-Range More accessibility to Non-residence area and underground Easy Installation Everywhere and Low Cost 3
1. Standardization Activities for IoT 2. Technologies to accelerate IoT 3. Technologies to commercialize IoT devices 4
1. Standardization Activities for IoT 2. Technologies to accelerate IoT 3. Technologies to commercialize IoT devices 5
3GPP - Standardization Activities ~2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 ~Rel-11 Rel-12 Rel-13 Throughput (Downlink) Cat-16 1Gbps Rel-14 Cat-17 Over 1Gbps Cat-4 150Mbps Time 6
3GPP - Standardization Activities ~2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 ~Rel-11 Rel-12 Rel-13 Throughput (Downlink) Cat-16 1Gbps Rel-14 Cat-17 Over 1Gbps Cat-4 150Mbps Cat-1 10Mbps Cat-M1 800kbps LPWA Time Cat-NB1 21kbps 7
Comparison of Specifications Throughput (DL/UL) bps Battery Life (*1) High Speed Throughput Cat-4 Cat-1 (w Rel.13) Cat-M1 (LTE-M) 150M/50M 10M/5M 1M/1M 29K/63K need large battery need large battery (10 years) Low Speed Low Power Wide Area Cat-NB1 (NB-IoT) ~10 years over 10 years Coverage (Cell radius) 5km 5km 10km 15km Module cost (*2) 1 1/2 1/4 1/4-1/5 *1) in case of using 2 AA batteries (Depending on applications, environment and etc.) *2) source: TSR 2016 Cellular Broadband Device & Module Market 8
Service Image by Each Category MOVIE T ext Data High Speed Throughput Low Speed Low Power Wide Area Low Cost 9
1. Standardization Activities for IoT 2. Technologies to accelerate IoT 3. Technologies to commercialize IoT devices 10
Technologies to accelerate IoT i. How to Lower Power Consumption? ii. How to Widen Area Coverage? iii. How to Lower Cost? 11
Technologies to accelerate IoT i. How to Lower Power Consumption? ii. How to Widen Area Coverage? iii. How to Lower Cost? 12
Technology to achieve Low Power Consumption Power On Technology development of idle state Newly defined state for LPWA Connected State Idle State Periodically available for incoming call Power Saving State not available for incoming call 13
Current Power Consumption Receive a page and establish a call Current Access to the network 1.28 second cycle Time 14
Technology to achieve Low Power Consumption edrx : Extended Discontinuous Reception Extending incoming interval enables low power consumption Current Receive a page and establish a call Access to the network Max 174 mins cycle LTE-M : Max 43mins NB-IoT : Max 174mins Time 15
Technology to achieve Low Power Consumption PSM: Power Saving Mode Transitioning to a state that doesn t receive incoming call enables low power consumption Current page Attach to the network Max 13 days cycle LTE-M and NB-IoT Max 13 days (310 hours) Time 16
Technologies to accelerate IoT i. How to Lower Power Consumption? ii. How to Widen Area Coverage? iii. How to Lower Cost? 17
Technology to achieve Wide Area CE: Coverage Enhancement This technology increases the reception rate in weak field areas by transmitting the same data repeatedly Send data only once (in case of stable environment) Short- Distance ex. Smart meter Long- Distance Distance 18
Technology to achieve Wide Area CE: Coverage Enhancement This technology raise a reception rate in a weak field area by transmitting same data repeatedly Restoration to original data Short- Long- Distance Distance Distance 19
Technologies to accelerate IoT i. How to Lower Power Consumption? ii. How to Widen Area Coverage? iii. How to Lower Cost? 20
Reducing the number of components Amplifier MIMO Antenna Duplexer Full Duplex Tx Rx Amplifier Single Antenna Switch Half Duplex Tx Rx 21
Optimizing the performance of components Throughput High Online GAME Memory Low & Small High & Large Hardware Performance & Capacity MOVIE T ext Data Memory Low 22
1. Standardization Activities for IoT 2. Technologies to accelerate IoT 3. Technologies to commercialize IoT services 23
Technologies to commercialize IoT Devices/Services Low Cost Small Size Various Sensors, GPS(GNSS), Image recognition, Humidity and etc. Source: Altair Semiconductor Corp. Low Power Consumption 24
Technologies to commercialize IoT devices 0.4 x 0.2mm / unit Minimization of Passive Components (Resistor, Capacitor, etc.) Downsizing and Lightening 25
Technologies to commercialize IoT devices mm SESUB: Semiconductor Embedded in SUBstrate Multi-Layers technology to minimize modules mm - 83% space-saving design mm mm Buit-In IC Source: SESUB - Technology Introduction 2016 October TDK Corporation 26
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