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Implementing Cellular IoT Solutions for Digital Transformation

By : Dennis McCain
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Implementing Cellular IoT Solutions for Digital Transformation

By: Dennis McCain

Overview of this book

Even if you’re an IoT technology manager with a sound understanding of wireless local area network technologies like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, you may face many unique challenges when implementing a wireless wide area network (WWAN) IoT solution with cellular technologies with respect to choosing the optimal IoT device, cellular connectivity, and architecture. To help you overcome such roadblocks, this digital transformation book guides you in implementing a robust, end-to-end cellular IoT solution using best practices for all aspects of managing the IoT solution. Starting with an introduction to the top IoT markets and solutions in the context of an enterprise’s digital transformation, this book will show you how this leads to cost savings and new business models. You’ll grasp all you need to know about the IoT system components, life cycle, and best practices for implementing an IoT solution. While the book explains all the leading IoT wireless technologies, the focus is on LTE and 5G cellular technologies. With a review of real-world cellular IoT solution case studies and future IoT trends, you'll be ready to work with wireless IoT technologies, devices, and architectures. By the end of this book, you'll be able to identify the best wireless technologies for your IoT use cases and successfully implement cellular IoT solutions addressing key issues in the solution life cycle.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
1
Part 1: Entering the World of the Internet of Things
5
Part 2: Deep Dive into Cellular IoT Solutions
11
Part 3: Cellular IoT Solution Life Cycle and Future Trends

The evolution of cellular technology

In this section, let’s review a brief history of cellular technology, beginning with the introduction of analog (1G) cellular phones in 1979 and continuing up to modern smartphones in the 2020s, as shown in the following chart.

Figure 4.1 – The evolution of cellular technology to 5G

Figure 4.1 – The evolution of cellular technology to 5G

Cellular phones have driven the evolution of cellular network technology globally, starting with analog voice calls in the 1980s, transitioning to digital voice calls and basic data services with 2G and 3G technologies over the following 20 years, and eventually true smartphones with high bandwidth Internet Protocol (IP) mobile broadband applications, since roughly 2010. In this network evolution, there were early 2G and 3G devices that were used in Machine to Machine (M2M) solutions before it was known as IoT. For example, there were 2G and 3G asset tracking and remote monitoring IoT solutions using integrated cellular modules...