Comparative analysis of different networks (Sigfox, LoRa, 4G/ 3G,

LTE-M1, NB-IoT,…) for the transmission of geolocation datas

based on real use-cases

AI Convention IoT – Mobility EU

Supplier

OPTICAL

Manufacturing Services

INTEGRATION

TELECOM – IoT

DEVICES

SOFTWARE<

OPERATING SYSTEMBOARDSCABLING

Mechatronics DIGITAL

Clusters

Islande Est-Ouest 2016

SERVICES

Objets & Data – Products & Services

COBOTIC

EMBEDDED

MECANICS

MAINTENANCE

ENGINEERING

OPERATOR

ODM

EMBEDDEDDATA

Figures

Hoggar - 2010

90EXPORT

COUNTRIES

1Owner

30M€CA 2019

200EMPLOYEES

17%R&D

20M€CAPITAUX PROPRES

60PATENTS

Financial PowerTechnologic Expertise

Collective Intelligence

6Factories (in France)

Industrial Capacity

75TECHS

Stability

4

Scope of expertise

Operators /

Partnerships

API WEB

Big DATA

ICloud IT Data

Embedded Software

Sensors Actuators

2G 3G 4G

Lora SigFoxLTE M1

BLE 4.2Wifi

Raw coordinates

Embedded IA = information

Data transmission

Cloud/ centralized IA = information

5

Multiple use-cases

6

Multiple networks

LoRa

Data Rate - -

Long-term

Battery Life

Cost

3G 4G LTE-M1 NB-IoT High speed

Ecosystem

Security

Latency

Mobility

+ + + + - +++

+ - + ++ ++ +++

++ - - - + + + - -

- - + + + + + + + +++

+ + + - + + + + - -

- - + + + + + +++

- + + + + + + + +++

- - + + + + + - +++

5G

Sigfox

- -

+

+++

-

+++

- -

-

++

Go from the use case with the right questions

Amount of datas needed,frequency,

security

Datas

Lasting quality/sustainability

Réseau

Couverture, coûts par abonnement et global,

portée, duty cycle

Bidirectionalal, safe& secure, latency

Critical use

CEM, redundancy,

pairings, scrambling

Perturbations

Battery/ autonomy, competencies, access

Installation

Architecture

Relays/antennas

(smartphone, base station, network)

Environment

Indoor/outdoor, user,

hostile environment

7

Independancy,technical maintenance,

updates

Network

Networks cover, cost per subscriptionand total costs, duty cycle, long

or short range

8

Main difficulty = prioritize

vs.Autonomy Frequency

vs.International coverAmount of datas

Price = Information value

vs.Indoor Outdoor

Specifications 3G/ 2G LoRa Sigfox LTE-M1 NB-IoT Wifi

Frequency of datas reception +++ ++ + +++ +++ ++

Geographycover +++ + ++ ++ ++ ++

Mobility ++ ++ + ++ + ++

Indoor + ++ + + + +++

Autonomy + +++ +++ ++ ++ +

Costs + ++ +++ ++ ++ +++

Accuracy ++ ++ + ++ ++ +++

Outdoor tracking: main technologies

9

10

Outdoor tracking: specific examples

Roaming/ Power efficiency/ Worldwide coverage/ Data transmission

Indoor geolocation: main technologies

11

Specifications BLE WIFI UWB RFID/ NFC ULTRASOUND LoRa

Accuracy ++ ++ +++ + +++ +Frequency of datas reception ++ +++ ++ + +++ ++

Tracking ++ ++ +++ + + +Outdoor - +++ - - - ++

Autonomy ++ + ++ +++ +++ ++

Costs ++ ++ + +++ + ++

12

Indoor tracking: specific examples

Accuracy/infrastructures costs/frequency

13

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