Opportunities & Challenges IoT in 5G Opportunities & Challenges Ming Lei Vice Chair Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF) 5G Huddle Copenhagen, Denmark October, 2015
What’s exciting? Size of opportunity Clues from Internet and mobile communications 1995 vs. 2015 Online population: 35 million (1995) vs. 2.8 billion (2015) Mobile phone users: 80 million (1995) vs. 5.2 billion (2015) Unknown territory Expose weakness of tech industry Profound change to the landscape Drive disruptive new business
IoT vs. M2M IoT Customer experience Software Hardware M2M Embedded software
Do we have blind spots in our vision? IoT is simple? Can we go solo? Who’s the customer? Software (APPs): barrier of entry is low Open-source software Powerful PC Regulatory issues … Hardware: barrier of entry is high Sensing, processing, execution, connectivity RF, antenna, … Standardization, cell towers, cell planning, …
Challenges for cellular operators Cellular technology Standardization, cell towers, cell planning, … More complicated than WiFi, bluetooth … Which IoT should be brought into cellular network? Business models More than smart phones, data plans, … Who’s the customer?
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