Which is better: UDP, TCP, MQTT, CoaP or LWM2M? Q: Our application is an asset tracker on NB-IoT, LTE-M, GPRS and GNSS. We need to send the current position of the tracking device to a remote server after a particular interval. I am looking for the LWM2M protocol which consumes less energy & headers added […]
Simulation of NB-IoT coverage in Kirchheim
The grey map with the blue triangles shows the cellular base stations in the Kirchheim area. This map is available online from the Federal Network Agency in Germany. In Germany the locations of the cellular base stations are publicly accessible for everybody. The base stations vary in height from about 5 m up to 48 […]
LPWAN Benchmark: Time to Market only 6 Months and with World’s Best Radio Coverage
How your wireless IoT idea can become a real product The Timeline: May 2018: Inquiry Tracker with harald.naumann (at) lte-modem.com February 2019: Order for development with akorIoT Group August 2019: Pre-series/ field test order with akorIoT Group Basis = akorIoT SensPRO http://www.gsm-modem.de/M2M/m2m-componets/akoriot-senspro-reference-design-nbiot-ltem/ Radio modules = Quectel BG96 Multimode NB-IoT, LTEM, GSM GNSS Module= Quectel L76L, […]
Request for NB-IoT antenna design
Questions and answers about NB-IoT antennas are given below. This customer bought my IoT M2M Cookbook, built several NB-IoT PCB antennas based on the template in the book and needs some support. You can easily copy the NB-IoT / GSM antenna in the book into your own PCB design. However, as soon as the PCB […]
Request for an NB-IoT PCB antenna
Wow, 3.2 dBi gain and 79 % antenna efficiency – a mega-great antenna, or is it?
Do you use antennas in your products? Do you compare data sheets? Do you have problems comparing? Are the antennas in your device not compliant with the data sheet? Are there problems with radio certification? Then I will be glad to help you, starting with the analysis of the data sheets all the way up […]
Why to use NB-IoT instead of LoRaWAN or Sigfox?
Why now NB-IoT instead of LoRaWAN or Sigfox? There are hundreds of reasons for NB-IoT and hundreds against LoRaWAN and Sigfox. Below is a typical example. The potential customer already prefers NB-IoT and we can deliver NB-IoT with fallback to GSM. In Germany there is no Sigfox Indoor in my city. In the three neighbouring […]
NB-IoT in a matchbox
Private LPWAN for a small village in Germany
LPWAN for a small village – not in Gaul (Latin: Gallia) The year is 2019 Anno Domini, and cellular operators occupy all Hessian and a lot of them have imperfect indoor coverage in the basement of houses. Well, not entirely… One small village of indomitable Hessians plans to change it. However, how can Harald, Martin […]
IoT M2M Cookbook – The outlook for embedded antenna design
The IoT M2M Cookbook contains a simulation of a dual F antenna for cellular. This antenna has been customized several times by customers, or by us on behalf of customers. The Gillette order button using this base design and described in the book supports NB-IoT, LTE-M and GSM from about 750 MHz with 960 MHz […]