IoT protocol stacks
LwM2M oneM2M
CoAP MQTT HTTP
DTLS/TLS
UDP/TCP/SCTP
IPv4/6
SMS
Service capability exposure function (SCEF)
Communication
Triggering
Data delivery
High latency
Group
Subscription
Identity
Monitor
Context
Presence
Location
Services
Control
Security
N/W control
cloTUE
S1-U S5 SGi
Rest APISCEFMME
P-GWS-GW
cloTBS
IP messages via c-plane
Non-IP messages via c-plane
IP/non-IP messages via u-plane
S1-MME T6a
Surveillance
Health monitor
Vehicle
Smart lock
Smart watch
Container
eDRX
TX
RXsleep
RRC idle mode
Paging time window (PTM)
e.g. send
Pow
er c
onsu
mpt
ion
eDRX cycle length
RRC
conn
ecte
d
RRC
conn
ecte
d
(LTE-M: 5.12 s; 10.24 s … 2621.44 s)(NB-IoT: 20.48 s; 40.96 s … 10 485.76 s)
Supported LTE bandsE-UTRA half-duplex and full-duplex FDD bands (in MHz):1) UL: 1920 to 1980 DL: 2110 to 2170 2) UL: 1850 to 1910 DL: 1930 to 1990 3) UL: 1710 to 1785 DL: 1805 to 1880 4) UL: 1710 to 1755 DL: 2110 to 2155 5) UL: 824 to 849 DL: 869 to 894 7) UL: 2500 to 2570 DL: 2620 to 2690 8) UL: 880 to 915 DL: 925 to 960 9) UL: 1749.9 to 1784.9 DL: 1844.9 to 1879.9 11) UL: 1427.9 to 1447.9 DL: 1475.9 to 1495.9 12) UL: 699 to 716 DL: 729 to 746 13) UL: 777 to 787 DL: 746 to 756 14) UL: 788 to 798 DL: 758 to 76815) UL: 1900 to 1920 DL: 2600 to 2620 (Europe only)16) UL: 2010 to 2025 DL: 2585 to 2600 (Europe only)17) UL: 704 to 716 DL: 734 to 74618) UL: 815 to 830 DL: 860 to 87519) UL: 830 to 845 DL: 875 to 89020) UL: 832 to 862 DL: 791 to 82121) UL: 1447.9 to 1462.9 DL: 1495.9 to 1510.925) UL: 1850 to 1915 DL: 1930 to 1995 26) UL: 814 to 849 DL: 859 to 89427) UL: 807 to 824 DL: 852 to 86928) UL: 703 to 748 DL: 758 to 80331) UL: 452.5 to 457.5 DL: 462.5 to 467.566) UL: 1710 to 1780 DL: 2110 to 220071) UL: 663 to 698 DL: 617 to 65272) UL: 451 to 456 DL: 461 to 46673) UL: 450 to 455 DL: 460 to 46574) UL: 1427 to 1470 DL: 1475 to 151885) UL: 698 to 716 DL: 728 to 746
E-UTRA TDD bands (in MHz):39) UL, DL: 1880 to 192040) UL, DL: 2300 to 240041) UL, DL: 2496 to 2690
LTE-M in-band multiplexed
NB#0NB#1
NB#2 NB#4 NB#6NB#3 NB#5 NB#7
3 MHz
5 MHz
10 MHz
15 MHz
20 MHz
15
25
50
75
100
2
4
8
12
16
Bandwidth (BW) Resource blocks (RBs)Number of narrowbands
LTE carrier
e.g. 10 MHz bandwidth | 50 RBs | 8 NBs
PSM
(…; 54 min; …; 310 hours; …)
TX
RXsleep
Power saving mode
T3324
T3412 extended value
Pow
er c
onsu
mpt
ion
Idle
RRC
conn
ecte
d
RRC
conn
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d
LTE-M link channel assignment
Coverage enhancement modesMulti-subframe repetitions for physical channels in 4 CE levels
Mode A (CE level 0/1)mandatory
Mode B (CE level 3/4)optional
max. no. ofrepetitions
max. PRBsCat.M1 Cat.M2
PDSCHMPDCCH
32256
66
246
max. no. ofrepetitions
max. PRBsCat.M1 Cat.M2
PUSCH 32 6 24 248 6 6PUCCH 8 6 6 32 6 6
PRACH 128 6 6 128 6 6
248256
66
246
Frequency hoppingFrequency hopping between narrowbands (NBs) in case of repetition in UL and DL
10 ms LTE frame
NB
NB
e.g. multi-subframefrequencyhopping across NBsfor PUCCH
PUCCH
PUCCH
CCCH DCCH DTCH
UL-SCH
PUCCH PUSCH
BR-BCCH CCCH DTCHDCCH
BCH DL-SCH
MPDCCH
PCCH BCCH
PCH
PDSCH PBCH
logical
transport
physical
RACH
PRACH
Uplink Downlink
PD
521
5.80
87.8
2 V
02.0
0
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