Abstract
Small-scale commercial rollouts of Cellular-IoT (C-IoT) networks have started globally since last year. However, among the plethora of low power wide area network (LPWAN) technologies, the cost-effectiveness of C-IoT is not certain for IoT service providers, small and greenfield operators. Today, there is no known public framework for the feasibility analysis of IoT communication technologies. Hence, this paper first presents a generic framework to assess the cost structure of cellular and non-cellular LPWAN technologies. Then, we applied the framework in eight deployment scenarios to analyze the prospect of LPWAN technologies like Sigfox, LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, LTE-M, and EC-GSM. We consider the inter-technology interference impact on LoRaWAN and Sigfox scalability. Our results validate that a large rollout with a single technology is not cost-efficient. Also, our analysis suggests the rollout possibility of an IoT communication Technology may not be linear to cost-efficiency.
Highlights
Internet of things (IoT) extends internet connections to physical devices like sensors and actuators
According to the simulation results, we show that LoRaWAN and Sigfox can coexist with slide performance deprivation
This paper presents an inclusive framework for analyzing the cost structure of an low power wide area network (LPWAN) technology rollout
Summary
Internet of things (IoT) extends internet connections to physical devices like sensors and actuators. Physical devices are remotely communicating with each other and end-users via IoT platforms. For a multitude of application areas like smart cities, smart factories, vehicular, and surveillance services, experts identified IoT as the key to digital transformation. IoT has been a widely studied topic in the technology, economics, business, and policy management domain. The commercial rollout of 5G and Cellular-IoT (C-IoT) networks began in 2020. According to Ericsson mobility report [1], already one-eighth of the IoT devices
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