The time to develop IOT infrastructure is now. Find out about the innovating strategies for transforming today's cities into tomorrow's smart and sustainable cities, through Narrowband IoT, and which are the main industries it impacts. Author: Bogdan Nitulescu, CTO of Tremend Software Consulting Presentation held at the "Different City - Smart City International Conference", Bucharest, Romania

1. Tremend Software Consulting
The future
infrastructure of IoT
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BogdanNitulescu
CTO
November4rd2016

2. Smart cities live on wireless networks:
• Easy to deploy
• City-wide range
• No cables needed
Utilities
Smart meters
Parking
Traffic sensors
Health care
Medical devices
Lighting
Environment
Sensors
Security
Detectors
and alarms
Industry
Asset trackers
Low Power Wide
Area Networks
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3. • Technology already deployed: 2G, 3G, 4G
• National coverage, fast networks.
• Built for smartphones, not sensors
• Barriers:
- expensive devices
- expensive SIM cards and data plans
- battery
- low signal in hard to access places
Why are we not
already there?
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4. • “Things” don’t need fast Internet
• They need low cost and coverage
New wireless
technologies
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NB
IoT
Cat
M1

5. • Low hardware cost. Adds 4€ per device**
• Low communication cost
• 10 year battery. Zero maintenance needed.
• NB-IoT power boost. Signal reaches basements.
• 10-30 km range
• 50.000 devices in a cell
Advantages
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6. • Smart parking
Parking sensors in the road
• Smart lighting
Light, traffic, air quality sensors
in each pole
• Waste management
Smart garbage bins call back
when filled up
New use cases -
Smart City
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7. • Water and gas meters
Read meters, close valves, detect
tampering and theft
• Agriculture
Measure soil and track animals
Used now in Romania and Moldova
• Retail
Track packages and items sold
New use cases -
Smart Economy
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8. • Health Care
Monitor patient activity
• Security
Access control and alarms
Easy to deploy on wide areas
• Home and office
Control A/C, heating, lighting
Setup is no longer complex
No hub needed anymore
New use cases -
Smart Life
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9. • Right now - major operators are doing pilots
across Europe
• Narrowband IoT - fast to deploy, only a soft-
ware upgrade
• Expect to have coverage everywhere, soon
The time for development is now
Coming to
Romania in 2017
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10. Automotive
Vehicle
communication
IoT
IoT platform
for watering
control
Oil and Gas
Sensor network
in low coverage
areas
Selected projects
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11. • Smart connected devices
controlling irrigation
• User friendly mobile
applications
• Sprinkler network managed
from one central place
Case study -
Rain Machine
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