Experimental Evaluation on NB-IoT and LoRaWAN for Industrial and IoT Applications

Ballerini, Massimo; Polonelli, Tommaso; Brunelli, Davide; Magno, Michele; Benini, Luca

doi:10.1109/indin41052.2019.8972066

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“…First, we use the NB-IoT protocol for our communication link and leverage its advantages over LoRaWAN [22]: NB-IoT uses a licensed band, so there is no limitation on band occupation; moreover, there is no need of gateways because the node connects directly with mobile operator's base stations. Note that, LoRaWAN protocol is generally less energy consuming than NB-IoT [10] at low datarates, but it is not adequate for high datarate SHM applications that need thousand of KBytes of data transferred. The NB-IoT payload is 3 times bigger than LoRaWAN (1500 Bytes against 300 Bytes in specific condition); furthermore, NB-IoT datarate is 200 kbps against 50 kbps of LoRaWAN [25].…”

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“…Moreover, such sensors are also suitable for short-term structural monitoring applications, exploiting single clusters of devices for multiple buildings. Previous works have pointed out that, concerning power consumption, coverage, and security, LoRaWAN [9] and NB-IoT [10], [11] are the most suited LPWAN protocols in distributed IoT applications. In addition to the installation, the second limiting factor comes from transducers [12].…”

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Structural Health Monitoring System With Narrowband IoT and MEMS Sensors

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Monitoring of civil infrastructures is critically needed to track aging, damages and ultimately to prevent severe failures which can endanger many lives. The ability to monitor in a continuous and fine-grained fashion the integrity of a wide variety of buildings, referred to as structural health monitoring, with low-cost, long-term and continuous measurements is essential from both an economic and a life-safety standpoint. To address these needs, we propose a low-cost wireless sensor node specifically designed to support modal analysis over extended periods of time with long-range connectivity at low power consumption. Our design uses very cost-effective MEMS accelerometers and exploits the Narrowband IoT protocol (NB-IoT) to establish long-distance connection with 4G infrastructure networks. Long-range wireless connectivity, cabling-free installation and multi-year lifetime are a unique combination of features, not available, to the best of our knowledge, in any commercial or research device. We discuss in detail the hardware architecture and power management of the node. Experimental tests demonstrate a lifetime of more than ten years with a 17000 mAh battery or completely energy-neutral operation with a small solar panel (60 mm x 120 mm). Further, we validate measurement accuracy and confirm the feasibility of modal analysis with the MEMS sensors: compared with a high-precision instrument based on a piezoelectric transducer, our sensor node achieves a maximum difference of 0.08% at a small fraction of the cost and power consumption.

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“…Comparisons between NB-IoT and other LPWAN have been carried out to evaluate some features. These features include the cost of deployment, coverage range, interference immunity, power, and spectral efficiencies [ 6 , 7 , 16 , 81 , 82 ]. However, the results obtained showed that these technologies have some distinctive features that are suitable for specific purposes or applications.…”

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Suitability of NB-IoT for Indoor Industrial Environment: A Survey and Insights

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The Internet of Things (IoT) and its applications in industrial settings are set to bring in the fourth industrial revolution. The industrial environment consisting of high profile manufacturing plants and a variety of equipment is inherently characterized by high reflectiveness, causing significant multi-path components that affect the propagation of wireless communications—a challenge among others that needs to be resolved. This paper provides a detailed insight into Narrow-Band IoT (NB-IoT), Industrial IoT (IIoT), and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) within the context of indoor industrial environments. It presents the applications of NB-IoT for industrial settings, such as the challenges associated with these applications. Furthermore, future research directions were put forth in the areas of NB-IoT network management using self-organizing network (SON) technology, edge computing for scalability enhancement, security in NB-IoT generated data, and proposing a suitable propagation model for reliable wireless communications.

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“…First, we use the NB-IoT protocol for our communication link and leverage its advantages over LoRaWAN [20]: NB-IoT uses a licensed band, so there is no limitation on band occupation; moreover, there is no need of gateways because the node connects directly with mobile operator's base stations. Note that, LoRaWAN protocol is generally less energy consuming than NB-IoT [8] at low datarates, but it is not adequate for high datarate SHM applications that need thousand of KBytes of data transferred. The NB-IoT payload is 3 times bigger than LoRaWAN (1500 Bytes against 300 Bytes in specific condition); furthermore, NB-IoT datarate is 200 kbps against 50 kbps of LoRaWAN [23].…”

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“…Moreover, such sensors are also suitable for short-term structural monitoring applications, exploiting single clusters of devices for multiple buildings. Previous works have pointed out that, concerning power consumption, coverage, and security, LoRaWAN [7] and NB-IoT [8], [9] are the most suited LPWAN protocols in distributed IoT applications.…”

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Structural Health Monitoring system with Narrowband IoT and MEMS sensors

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We propose a low-cost wireless sensor node specifically designed to support modal analysis over extended periods of time with long-range connectivity at low power consumption. Our design uses very cost-effective MEMS accelerometers and exploits the Narrowband IoT protocol (NB-IoT) to establish long-distance connection with 4G infrastructure networks. Long-range wireless connectivity, cabling-free installation and multi-year lifetime are a unique combination of features, not available, to the best of our knowledge, in any commercial or research device. We discuss in detail the hardware architecture and power management of the node. Experimental tests demonstrate a lifetime of more than ten years with a 17000 mAh battery or completely energy-neutral operation with a small solar panel (60 mm x 120 mm). Further, we validate measurement accuracy and confirm the feasibility of modal analysis with the MEMS sensors: compared with a high-precision instrument based on a piezoelectric transducer, our sensor node achieves a maximum difference of 0.08% at a small fraction of the cost and power consumption. <br> <br>

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Experimental Evaluation on NB-IoT and LoRaWAN for Industrial and IoT Applications

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Structural Health Monitoring System With Narrowband IoT and MEMS Sensors

Structural Health Monitoring System With Narrowband IoT and MEMS Sensors

Suitability of NB-IoT for Indoor Industrial Environment: A Survey and Insights

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