[Industrial Focus in China's Instrumentation Network Industry] Last week, Huawei, Vodafone, and u-blox announced that they have completed testing of a pre-standard NB-IoT (Narrowband Internet of Things) solution based on commercial networks in Montcala, Spain. . By embedding the u-blox module supporting the NB-IoT technology in the water meter, the water meter is connected to the mobile network so as to realize the remote meter reading service.
Embedding the wireless chip in the smart meter allows it to automatically report metering data on a regular basis, eliminating the need for manual meter reading. This will greatly increase operational efficiency and reduce costs. However, due to the environment in which the water meter is placed, which is usually in a hidden environment such as a closet, and the water meter cannot be connected to an external power source, the current wireless technology cannot meet the demand of the meter automatically reporting data by wireless, in terms of coverage capability and power consumption. Huawei and Vodafone jointly initiated and promoted NB-IoT technology with low-power, wide-coverage, high-capacity, low-cost and other technological advantages. It is applicable to the emerging low-power wide area network market represented by smart water meters, and can deal with it well. The future object connection challenges the equipment standby time and network connection reliability. Similar to smart water meters, NB-IoT has a wide range of applications in the field of low-power wide area networks such as smart agriculture and smart manufacturing. Due to the high technical requirements brought about by the special application scenarios, this market has always lacked proprietary wireless technologies. The completion of this test shows that NB-IoT can fill this gap in the market and support the development of the Internet of Things to a wider area.
As Matt Beal, Director of Architecture and Innovation Division of Vodafone Group stated: “Vodafone leads the development of NB-IoT and has received tremendous support from the industry in the use of operator spectrum NB-IoT as a low-power wide area network technology, this time with partners. The completed commercial tests further illustrate this point. After commercial use, NB-IoT will enable more devices to be connected through the mobile network, creating value for our corporate customers."
Wang Tao, president of Huawei's wireless network product line, said: “Narrowband cellular IoT technology has received the attention and recognition of the entire industry. Through joint innovation with Vodafone, Huawei has matched the needs of customers and markets with innovative solutions to lead the industry's development direction. Further, we will use technological innovation to drive the development of the industry and gradually realize the good vision of a fully connected world."
Andreas Thiel, executive director and co-founder of wireless products at u-blox, said: "This partnership reflects the fact that u-blox is an important player in terms of both technology and philosophy in the Internet of Things market. We will work with partners. Together, it will drive the development of the NB-IoT technology innovation service industry and support the standardization of the agreement."
The NB-IoT standard is expected to be completed in the first half of 2016 by World Standards Organization 3GPP in Release-13. Pre-standard protocols have been prototyped for early testing.
Embedding the wireless chip in the smart meter allows it to automatically report metering data on a regular basis, eliminating the need for manual meter reading. This will greatly increase operational efficiency and reduce costs. However, due to the environment in which the water meter is placed, which is usually in a hidden environment such as a closet, and the water meter cannot be connected to an external power source, the current wireless technology cannot meet the demand of the meter automatically reporting data by wireless, in terms of coverage capability and power consumption. Huawei and Vodafone jointly initiated and promoted NB-IoT technology with low-power, wide-coverage, high-capacity, low-cost and other technological advantages. It is applicable to the emerging low-power wide area network market represented by smart water meters, and can deal with it well. The future object connection challenges the equipment standby time and network connection reliability. Similar to smart water meters, NB-IoT has a wide range of applications in the field of low-power wide area networks such as smart agriculture and smart manufacturing. Due to the high technical requirements brought about by the special application scenarios, this market has always lacked proprietary wireless technologies. The completion of this test shows that NB-IoT can fill this gap in the market and support the development of the Internet of Things to a wider area.
As Matt Beal, Director of Architecture and Innovation Division of Vodafone Group stated: “Vodafone leads the development of NB-IoT and has received tremendous support from the industry in the use of operator spectrum NB-IoT as a low-power wide area network technology, this time with partners. The completed commercial tests further illustrate this point. After commercial use, NB-IoT will enable more devices to be connected through the mobile network, creating value for our corporate customers."
Wang Tao, president of Huawei's wireless network product line, said: “Narrowband cellular IoT technology has received the attention and recognition of the entire industry. Through joint innovation with Vodafone, Huawei has matched the needs of customers and markets with innovative solutions to lead the industry's development direction. Further, we will use technological innovation to drive the development of the industry and gradually realize the good vision of a fully connected world."
Andreas Thiel, executive director and co-founder of wireless products at u-blox, said: "This partnership reflects the fact that u-blox is an important player in terms of both technology and philosophy in the Internet of Things market. We will work with partners. Together, it will drive the development of the NB-IoT technology innovation service industry and support the standardization of the agreement."
The NB-IoT standard is expected to be completed in the first half of 2016 by World Standards Organization 3GPP in Release-13. Pre-standard protocols have been prototyped for early testing.
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