1、BOGUNLOCKING TELCOS IOTPOTENTIALHOW TELECOM OPERATORS SHOULD STRATEGICALLY NAVIGATETHE COMPLEX LAN DSCAPE OF IOT LPWAN TECHNOLOGIESBy Thibault Werle, Rachid ElAmeri Rudiger Schichtand Rodolphe FrugesFHEINTERNET OF THINGS QoT) allowstingedge use cases require telecom opera-computing devices and machi
2、nes totors toadapt.share data directly without human input.Itboosts productivity- via speed accuracyThis paper offers an overview of theLPand system integration- across a wideWAN space,major cellular and non-cellularrange of applications,andis alreadytechnologies and their corresponding usetransform
3、ing consumercommercialcases.the key focus oftelecom operators todayand the key strategic levers for telecomindustrial and infrastructural activitiesplayers to stay relevant in the future.Low-power wide-area network (LPWAN)technologies can support diverse largeLPWAN technologies are criticalscale use
4、 cases across all sectors and are atenablers of todays large scaletractivein terms ofrangepower consump-IoT use casestion,and cost.LPWAN runs on bothlicensed (cellular) or unlicensed (non-cellu-LPWAN stands for a group of network tech-lar) frequencies and includes proprietarynologies that connect lo
5、w-bandwidth bat-tery-powered devices with low bit ratesor open standard options.With theirover long ranges.A fit-for-purpose balancepre-existing LTE infrastructure,telecom opbetween battery life,cost,and bandwidtherators have focused on cellular IoT withmore than 100 operators already deployinghave
6、made LPWAN technologies a criticalNarrowband IoT (NB-IoT)and Long Termenabler for massive IoT deployments suchEvolution for Machines (LTE-M).as smart cities.LPWAN can be deployed on a licensedHowever the IoT space is evolving quicklywith implications for all stakeholders.Despectrum using LTE-M and N