Introduction to M2M Technologies What Wireless or Wired Option is Right For Your Company or Products Webinar. December 15, 2015. Syed Zaeem Hosain ( Z ), CTO, Aeris. Syed.Hosain@aeris.net, Twitter: @AerisCTO
Agenda What we will cover Who is Aeris What is IoT and M2M anyway? Why deploy an IoT application? Connectivity and Technology Options Cellular and IoT Futures Q & A
Agenda What we will cover Who is Aeris What is IoT and M2M anyway? Why deploy an IoT application? Connectivity and Technology Options Cellular and IoT Futures Q & A
About Aeris Overview Company: M2M / IoT services HQ in Silicon Valley, CA Services since mid-1990 s Our Customers: Enterprises deploying M2M Connectivity to / from Devices Analytics business actions Solutions The Numbers: Optimized M2M / IoT platform Connectivity to Application enablement Neo Rapid M2M deployment Global M2M / IoT services, CDMA, GSM, and LTE 99.995% infrastructure reliability 500 Million+ messages per day
Aeris Markets & Services Global solution for M2M and IOT markets Multi-technology Services for M2M / IoT Markets Healthcare Telematics Consumer Auto Monitoring & Control Point of Sale Utilities Platform Application enablement Connectivity enablement Provisioning / Activation Real-time information Alerts & alarms Billing & reporting Account-level NOC support Device / IP session control Data & voice connectivity Cellular Global services 500+ carriers 2G / 3G CDMA and GSM 4G LTE
IoT Optimized Platform Full solution stack for M2M and IoT Applications
Agenda What we will cover Who is Aeris What is IoT and M2M anyway? Why deploy an IoT application? Connectivity and Technology Options Cellular and IoT Futures Q & A
What is the Internet of Things? Bidirectional information flow: messaging and control Sensors & Devices Data & Connectivity People & Processes Data and Control Messages
Definition: Internet of Things Machine to Machine ( M2M ) is the collection of data from sensors & devices transport of data on wireless & wired networks delivered to servers & databases & processes But, it s also the use of the M2M data by businesses, systems and people to make informed decisions and actions in combination with the analyzed data That makes it the IoT!
What is Happening in IoT Explosion of IoT applications in many markets
Agenda What we will cover Who is Aeris What is IoT and M2M anyway? Why deploy an IoT application? Connectivity and Technology Options Cellular and IoT Futures Q & A
Why Deploy an M2M Application? Generally quite a simple proposition Businesses want to increase Revenues Businesses want to reduce Costs Higher Revenue Lower Cost Better Profit
Related Reasons Internal and external drivers Government Regulations Laws driving implementation Industry requirements Greater Efficiency Reduced operation costs Consistent control Predictive Visibility Early insight into any problems See patterns & opportunities Competitive Features Meet customer requirements Avoid losing market share
Many Factors to Consider Developing and deploying an application takes effort don t go it alone! Alerts & analytics Rules & regulations Certification Design Process Hardware selection Antennas, Modules End-of-life planning Which G? Global deployment Multitechnology Time to market Hybrid applications Billing customers Transport costs Scaling Wireless radio cost Deploying for years! Coverage & longevity Provisioning Bandwidth use Activation ROI Firmware Updates Application Life-cycle IoT Application Selecting Providers
Delivery of Data & Control Messages Bi-directional data chain: messaging and control Sensors & Devices Data & Connectivity People & Processes
Sensors and Devices Many sensors are available to gather information Position Alarms Motion Vehicle Sensors & Devices Humidity Body Meters Flow Temp.
Agenda What we will cover Who is Aeris What is IoT and M2M anyway? Why deploy an IoT application? Connectivity and Technology Options Cellular and IoT Futures Q & A
IoT Application Categories First step to technology selection Physically Mobile Applications Devices installed on moving objects Physically move during operation Easily traverse multiple service boundaries Fixed Location Applications Devices installed at a single location Generally do not move Often in a single service boundary
Category Network Selection Some technologies are natural for particular categories Physically Mobile Applications Natural for Wireless networks Cellular & Satellite solutions are common Needs WANs and Mobility Management Fixed Location Applications Wired networks in most cases But, Wireless networks also used Hybrid: WiFi, ZigBee, etc. with WANs
Connectivity Options Depends on IoT Application category Wired Transport Short Range Medium Range Long Range Ethernet Cable IP Circuits Bluetooth WiFi ZigBee 6LoWPAN Cellular LPWAN Unlicensed Whitespace Satellite Fixed Location Physically Mobile
M2M: A Portfolio of Technologies 22 Source: Infonetics Research
Wired Connectivity Used for Fixed Location M2M and IoT applications Characteristics Connectivity costs shared with Internet access High bandwidths often available at the locations More immune to noise & wireless capacity issues Concerns Requires ISP service or other LAN service Network availability & quality depends on ISP Consumer setups are not necessarily simple
Cellular and Satellite Connectivity Required for Physically Mobile applications Characteristics Service availability is generally excellent Cellular coverage in cities & highways is excellent Satellite services can provide coverage beyond cellular Concerns Radio module costs higher than other transports Multiple generations of Cellular technology deployed Cellular service technology longevity driven by handsets
Cellular Choices Service, coverage and availability is evolving steadily GSM 2G GPRS excellent coverage in US (but AT&T sunset 1+ year) 3G HSPA good coverage in US superseded by LTE in time CDMA 2G 1XRTT excellent coverage in US for next 6 to 8 years 3G EVDO excellent coverage in US for less than 5 to 6 years LTE 4G LTE coverage improving steadily many spectrum bands Most M2M & IoT apps don t need LTE performance today New variants lower (CAT 0, LTE-M, etc.) available in future
Agenda What we will cover Who is Aeris What is IoT and M2M anyway? Why deploy an IoT application? Connectivity and Technology Options Cellular and IoT Futures Q & A
Mobile Cellular Connections Growing steadily through 2020 Over 9 Billion (non-m2m) by 2020 GSMA Intelligence. Source: GSMA Intelligence.
Global Connections By technology 2G: From 90% (2008) 67% (2013) 33% (2020) GSMA Intelligence. Source: GSMA Intelligence.
Total Cellular M2M Connections World-wide growth in number of units Faster pace than cellular phones > 4X in five years Source: Harbor Research, 2013
M2M Cellular Technologies Used Predominantly 2G and 3G for next five years LTE starting to ramp in 2017 accelerating Source: Cisco VNI Mobile, 2014
New Challenges M2M and IoT is the next Big Thing Scaling for explosive growth Security for content & transmissions Storage & efficient analysis of data New transport technologies Device management
The Predictions Are Staggering Numbers over the years remain high 2010: IBM (describing their Rational software design) A World with 1 Trillion Connected Devices by 2015 2011: Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg 50 Billion Connected Devices by 2020 2013: ABI Research report 30 Billion by 2020 2013: Morgan Stanley report 75 Billion Devices Connected IoT by 2020 2014: Intel infographic 31 billion devices connected to Internet by 2020 2014: ABI Research report 41 billion active wireless connected devices by 2020 Source: Intel
Summary Exciting times ahead IoT experiencing tremendous growth Adoption in a large number of markets Business reasons drive the adoption of IoT Improves corporate profitability Many technologies exist to transport M2M data Wired, short-range wireless and long-range wireless Technology choice depends on application Characteristics of application drives selection LTE in design phase for future deployments New LTE variants in standards development phase
Thank you! Syed.Hosain@aeris.net +1 (408) 557-1905, twitter: @AerisCTO Aeris Communications, Inc: Mobility Development Group: www.aeris.com www.mobilitydg.org