Things Connected Northern Ireland LPWAN An initiative by Digital - PDF document

21/03/2018 Things Connected Northern Ireland LPWAN An initiative by Digital Catapult Joseph Rafferty & Philip Catherwood Presentation overview • A brief introduction to the Internet of Things (IoT) • LoRaWAN and IoT • LPWAN NI • LPWAN NI Challenges • Further Information 1

21/03/2018 Internet of Things What is the Internet of Things? Internet of Things 2

21/03/2018 Internet of Things  IoT devices need to communicate with the world/servers/end users  3G/4G/WiFi connections may not always be available (or cost effective)  A purpose-built, IoT network is needed to enable low-cost and effective communication IoT devices  Enter LoRaWAN 3

21/03/2018 LoRaWAN  LoRaWAN™ - A Long Range Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technology operating a licence-free radio band (868MHz in EU), providing:  Long range connections  Secure communications  Low power communications (longer battery life)  Low data rates (0.3 – 50 kbps)  In practical tests rural transmission ranges of 15-20 km and urban transmission ranges of 3-5 km LoRaWAN 4

21/03/2018 LPWAN NI  LPWAN NI is a NI Consortium network involving;  NI councils, multi-national private business, the country’s tourism development sector and business development sector all working together to deliver the LPWAN programme in NI  Supported by Digital Catapult  Coast-to-coast and border-to-border LoRaWAN (and Sigfox) network  50+ LoRaWAN gateways strategically placed using geographical propagation software LPWAN NI  Infrastructure is currently under construction and will be complete by April 2018 5

21/03/2018 Challenge Calls  Competition open April 1 st 2018*  Application forms on ThingsConnected.net  Applications clinics in each council area  Hosted workshops and training:  First event 29 th March @ UUJ Challenge Calls - Areas  Agriculture  Creative technologies  Healthcare  Management of playable open spaces  Manufacturing  Smart Buildings  Tourism  Transportation Note: some calls may be dropped 6

21/03/2018 Challenge Calls – Example solutions  Brexit – tracking movement of goods and livestock  Agriculture – tracking levels of toxic gasses within silos, temperature monitoring of barns  Industry 4.0 – monitoring performance of industrial devices powering predictive maintenance analytics  Remote Healthcare – IoT devices monitoring wellbeing, such as blood pressure monitors  Tourism – tracking movements of tourists within NI, optionally providing contextual information  Further Information  Further information is provided on a number of outlets, including:  Our official website – https://lpwan.ulster.ac.uk  Our twitter @LPWAN_NI  Our email – lpwanni@gmail.com Any Questions? 7

21/03/2018 Thank you Joe Rafferty Digital Catapult LPWAN NI lpwanni@gmail.com www.digicatapult.org.uk @LPWAN_NI @DigitalCatapult 8