LoRaWAN Global Networks – where are we today?

Oct. 2017

2LoRa Alliance

Board members of the LoRa Alliance include Actility, Bouygues Telecom, Cisco Systems, Comcast, Homerider, IBM, Kerlink, KPN, Orange, Proximus, Sagemcom, Semtech, SK Telecom, STMicro and ZTE

ABOUT THE LORA ALLIANCE

The LoRa Alliance is an open, non-profit association of members

Initiated by industry leaders with a mission to standardize LoRaWAN Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN)

Dedicated to promoting interoperability and standardization of LoRaWAN to drive global implementation of IoT

Collaborates by sharing knowledge and experience to guarantee interoperability of an open global standard to drive the global success LoRaWAN

Timeline 3

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

• Launch of first LoRa radio • Private network implementations begin

• First public mobile network operator trials in Europe

• Launch of LoRa Alliance - MWC Barcelona • 130 members in 6 months• Alliance members start providing sensors, gateways

and software to the cloud• Public, private, viral network deployments worldwide

• Over 400 LoRa Alliance members in less than 2 years• Over 100 cities and regions with deployments or trials• Low Power Geolocation feature • Comcast announces trials in the U.S.

• 500 LoRa Alliance members over 100 countries with LoRaWAN deployment

LoRaWANTM IoT Ecosystem – making IoT happen 4

Chipsets Modules Devices Base Stations

NetworkServers

ApplicationServers

Network Operators

Solution Providers

from Silicon to Solutions

Multi-Source Value Chain

Countries –– LoRaWAN™ Networks

Legend:

Country with Publicly Announced Network

Other LoRaWAN deployment

• 50 Announced Public Network Operators

• 45 Alliance Member Operators

• Over 100 Countries

• 350+ on-going trials & city deployments

• 500+ members in the Alliance

September 2017

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Reaching for 50 Billion Devices - what is needed?

19921 MILLION

20030,5

BILLION

20128,7 BILLION

2009IoT INCEPTION

201414,4 BILLION

201311,2 BILLION

201518,2

BILLION

201728,4 BILLION

201728,4 BILLION

201828,4 BILLION

201940,1

BILLION

202050,1

BILLION

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• Communication is key• Low Power is critical

• Distance is essential• Open Standards are imperative

7Status of the Technical Committee (Deliverables)

LoRaWAN1.0.2

LoRaWAN1.1

Backend Interfaces 1.0

Regional Parametersv1.1revA

LoRaWAN1.0

Regional Parametersv1.0

FUOTA

Security

Application Stack Adaptation (e.g., ZCL, KNX, …)

Application DevelopmentGuidelines

…

Regional Parametersv1.0.2revB

Specifications Recommended Practices

New publications! Ongoing

Past publications

NetID Database

8What is New in…

• LoRaWAN 1.1• Handover Roaming support• Official support for Class B (no longer experimental)• Security and other enhancements (see details in Changes section)• Backward compatibility with 1.0.x devices/networks

• LoRaWAN 1.1 Regional Parameters rev A• Equivalent of LoRaWAN 1.0.2 Regional Parameters rev B for LoRaWAN 1.1

• LoRaWAN Backend Interfaces 1.0• Break down of “network” into Network Server, Join Server, Application Server• Passive and Handover Roaming support (interop activity already ongoing)• 3rd party JS support• Supports both 1.0.x and 1.1 devices/networks

9Cross-participation with other SDOs

• ETSI Technical Committee (TC) EMC and Radio Spectrum Matters• ERM-TG28: Generic Short Range Devices • ERM-TG28 - LPWAN-CSS SRdoc

• Technical characteristics for Low Power Wide Area Networks Chirp Spread Spectrum (LPWAN-CSS) operating in the UHF spectrum below 1 GHz

• Final draft for approval October 23rd

• IETF LPWAN• SCHC compression operational on multiple technologies• Close to WGLC for fragmentation and IPv6; CoAP is next• See also LPWAN Overview draft

Membership

North/South America

Africa/Middle East

Europe

Asia/South Pacific

2017 Geographical DistributionA Truly Global Alliance!

500+ Members & Growing15 x Member Growth in 27 months

Over 18’000 Spec Downloads

11Q&A

12Backup

Publically Announced - Alliance Member Open Network Operators

September 2017

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What is an Operator? 14

LoRaWAN Operators

Type Rollout Focus Coverage Plans Coverage Focus Business Market Focus Advantage Connections

OPR Nationwide (NAT) Comprehensive Population & Territory

Connectivity, Ecosystem, Solutions Horizontal Footprint Large

INFR Regional &/or Nationwide (REG) Progressive Population &

Territory Connectivity, Ecosystem,Solutions, Private & Open

Specific Verticals / Use Cases Access Med-Large

SLTN City then Regions (CTY) Opportunistic Population Project / Customer, Private & Open Use Cases Agility Medium

OPR28%

INF28%

SLTN44%

EMEA

NAT REG CTY

OPR52%

INF12%

SLTN36%

OPR12%

INF75%

SLTN13%

NAT REG CTY NAT REG CTY

60%

22%18%

48%

28%24%

APAC AMERICAS

75%

25%

0%

Publically Announced - Alliance Member Open Network Operators

Operator Country Operator Country Operator CountryYEAP!/iCondor Argentina Netzikon Germany Machinestalk Saudi Arabianot yet Alliance member Australia Tata India Stream Technologies ScotlandNNNCo Australia Connect Centre Ireland Slovanet SlovakiaMicrotronics Austria A2A Italy Comsol South AfricaProximus Belgium Axatel Italy Fastnet South AfricaTelBru Brunei Unidata Italy Blink  Services SwedenEleven‐X Canada KDDI Japan not yet Alliance member SwedenIoTCAN Canada Softbank  Japan Swisscom SwitzerlandX‐Telia Canada SK Telecom Korea not yet Alliance member TaiwanCNICG China not yet Alliance member Latvia Gemtek Taiwannot yet Alliance member China not yet Alliance member Malaysia CAT Telecom ThailandBluesky / Kotahinet Cook Islands Tangerine Electronics Mexico KPN The NetherlandsRadiokomunikace Czech Republic Kotahi New Zealand not yet Alliance member TunisiaLevikom Estonia Spark New Zealand Digital Catapult UKDigita Oy Finland not yet Alliance member Norway Senet USAObjenious France Netemera Poland Comcast USA Orange France Everynet Russia

September 2017

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