We Can Stop Pretending LTE-M Is a Low-Power WAN

Re:We Can Stop Pretending LTE-M Is a Low-Power WAN by barbegal on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @06:32PM (#17963989)

I would love to see an actual low power, long range system: a cross between Bluetooth low energy and LTE. Allow devices to transmit at a higher power than Bluetooth and with much smaller receiver on time than LTE.

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Re:We Can Stop Pretending LTE-M Is a Low-Power WAN by jpnorair on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @10:13PM (#17965090)

That's a really hard problem to solve, which is why you don't see lots of solutions. DASH7 has been around for a few years, and it addresses the technical aspects of this problem, although it still probably needs another year to mature to the point where it's easy to integrate. But if you have a high volume application, it's an option.

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Re:We Can Stop Pretending LTE-M Is a Low-Power WAN by gh02t on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @06:40PM (#17964045)

Isn't that exactly what Sigfox and LoRaWAN are?

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Re:We Can Stop Pretending LTE-M Is a Low-Power WAN by Steltek on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @06:40PM (#17964046)

Duplex? Scheduled or unscheduled transmissions? What about LoRaWAN?

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