NB-IoT Technology Overview and Experience from Cloud-RAN Implementation

Autor: Sassan Iraji, Anna Larmo, Yihenew Beyene, Riku Jantti, Olav Tirkkonen, Kalle Ruttik, Tuomas Tirronen, and Johan Torsner
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS. 24(3):26-32
ISSN: 1536-1284
Popis: The 3GPP has introduced a new narrowband radio technology called narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) in Release 13. NB-IoT was designed to support very low power consumption and low-cost devices in extreme coverage conditions. NB-IoT operates in very small bandwidth and will provide connectivity to a large number of low-data-rate devices. This article highlights some of the key features introduced in NB-IoT and presents performance results from real-life experiments. The experiments were carried out using an early-standard-compliant prototype based on a software defined radio partial implementation of NB-IoT that runs on a desktop computer connected to the network. It is found that a cloud radio access network is a good candidate for NB-IoT implementation.
Databáze: OpenAIRE