Fria frekvenser är just fria. Det är kanske den mest demokratiserade användningen av frekvensband man kan tänka sig. Det finns regler för banden, de är tillgängliga för alla och det gör att de är en lika demokratiskt fördelad resurs som luften vi andas, typ. Men, även om luften är fri, så finns inte en gemensam …
First published in Visions for Europe number 2 · 2024 Nowadays, everything is getting more and more connected. The digitalisation of our society during and after the pandemic has genuinely accelerated. The innovators are presenting innovations. The product developers are launching newer and more innovative products, one after the other. Most have heard about the …
Recently I attended an event by Proptivity, a company that wants to take 5G coverage indoors. The coverage should not be provided by outside base stations, but rather by indoor “spots” that will increase 5G coverage indoors in buildings. The clever idea is that is not a repeater solution per se, it is a distributed …
5G for Properties was an event by Ericsson and Proptivity, it was arranged at Ericsson HQ in Kista. I had a 15 min keynote, the topic was Inbuilding IoT – Today and Tomorrow. Watch the video from my Keynote here: Download my presentation
IoT has been the same as LPWAN, Low Power Wide Area Networks for many people. Sensor networks with millions of connections. Sensors that can run off batteries for years send small data packages with sensor data now and then. For years I have had another view of IoT, which is why I most of the …
Great news, I am now a part of the IoT Alliance of Eutech as a board member. Eutech, The European Technology Chamber, is a non-profit organization on a mission to enable European businesses to use technology to benefit Europe and humanity. Eutechs core value and vision is Technology Obliges. EUTECH is committed to bringing people …
Right now, at the dawn of the global rollout of 4G networks, the term 5G has started to appear, although it has yet to be defined. Opinions are divided on whether the term 5G will ever be standardized. Within a decade, 5G networks could be on the way, at least if you look at the …
NB-IoT can be implemented in three ways: standalone, guard band and in-band. NB-IoT standalone operation Standalone: NB-IoT channel used outside the 4G/5G spectrum, for example, the spectrum used for GSM or satellite communications. Standalone operation is when NB-IoT is used exclusively within a spectrum, whether in a private or public network. This model provides the …
NB-IoT is designed to achieve a 20 dB coverage improvement over GSM’s MCL or link budget. The maximum link loss, MCL, for GSM is 144 dB. The maximum link loss for NB-IoT is, therefore, 164 dB. There are several ways that NB-IoT improved the signal over GSM. NB-IoT and Message repetition The downlink improvement is …
For NB-IoT, the general design goal of the 3GPP standard is that the battery should last for at least ten years. NB-IoT reduces power consumption using mechanisms called eDRX and PSM. The eDRX (extended Discontinuous Reception) and PSM (Power Saving Mode) parameters allow the device to go into a deep sleep mode for a few …