Is my scenario suitable for NB-IoT?

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In addition to a number of reasons that speak in favor of using Narrowband IoT as a communication channel, there are also some aspects that can prevent its use. These include:

Data volume: NB-IoT tariffs usually provide for the transfer of several hundred megabytes over several years. Especially with battery-operated devices, the transfer of larger amounts of data leads to a drastic reduction in battery life. If there are no restrictions here (for example due to network operation), a transmission technology such as LTE-M may be more suitable.
Data rate: If high-frequency data transmission is required because measured values ​​should be available in the cloud “in real time”, the use of NB-IoT is not suitable.
High availability from the cloud: If the end device is battery-operated, the singapore consumer email list module should switch to standby mode when no active data is being received or sent in order to save energy. If this is not possible due to the use case, because the device must be able to be controlled from the cloud at any time, the use of NB-IoT should be avoided.
If neither large amounts of data nor frequent transfers or immediate availability from the cloud are criteria, NB-IoT can be considered as a possible transmission method.
daily transmission of measured values ​​from an electricity meter in the basement of an apartment building. This does not require the transmission of large amounts of data or fast data transmission - but it does require good building penetration, which conventional mobile communications technology such as LTE does not provide due to its high frequency of up to 2,600 MHz.

What should be considered?
In order to use NB-IoT effectively – be it with regard to limited data quotas of mobile phone contracts or the economical use of battery-operated devices – without neglecting relevant aspects such as security, various other factors must be taken into account.

I will address these challenges and how to address them in the second part of my blog series on Narrowband IoT.

You can find more exciting topics from the adesso world in our previously published blog posts .

Also interesting:

A Protocol Stack for Narrowband IoT (Part 2)
Secure data exchange via Narrowband-IoT thanks to DTLS (Part 3)