Publication detail

NB-IoT vs LTE Cat M1: Demystifying Performance Differences under Varying Radio Conditions

MIKULÁŠEK, M. DVOŘÁK, R. ŠTŮSEK, M. MAŠEK, P. MOŽNÝ, R. MLÝNEK, P. HOŠEK, J.

Original Title

NB-IoT vs LTE Cat M1: Demystifying Performance Differences under Varying Radio Conditions

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

The completely redefined requirements across the industry sectors accelerated the need for a new set of communication technologies. The European Union (EU) supports the need for remote metering, sensing, and monitoring; for example, all the newly installed smart electricity meters in the Czech Republic since 2024 must be equipped with a communication module for wireless data transmissions. In this paper, we take the opportunity of tight cooperation with the Vodafone Czech Republic and test the two prominent representatives of communication technologies in the licensed frequency spectrum, Narrowband IoT (LTE Cat NB1) and LTE Cat M1. These technologies are compared side by side, and the results related to the network throughput and jitter in strictly defined radio conditions are shown. On the one hand, the data indicates the clear differentiation between the technologies; on the other hand, the communication scenarios' complexity makes the technology's final choice more complicated. Key parameters, e.g., battery life, traffic pattern, network latency, and throughput, are discussed in the last section of this paper to steer the final decision.

Keywords

LTE Cat M1; NB-IoT; Enhanced Coverage Levels; Network Performance; Jitter; Throughput

Authors

MIKULÁŠEK, M.; DVOŘÁK, R.; ŠTŮSEK, M.; MAŠEK, P.; MOŽNÝ, R.; MLÝNEK, P.; HOŠEK, J.

Released

13. 10. 2022

Publisher

IEEE Computer Society

ISBN

979-8-3503-9866-3

Book

14th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems (ICUMT)

Pages from

133

Pages to

138

Pages count

6

URL

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=9943485

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT181405,
  author="Michal {Mikulášek} and Radim {Dvořák} and Martin {Štůsek} and Pavel {Mašek} and Radek {Možný} and Petr {Mlýnek} and Jiří {Hošek}",
  title="NB-IoT vs LTE Cat M1: Demystifying Performance Differences under Varying Radio Conditions",
  booktitle="14th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems (ICUMT)",
  year="2022",
  pages="133--138",
  publisher="IEEE Computer Society",
  doi="10.1109/ICUMT57764.2022.9943485",
  isbn="979-8-3503-9866-3",
  url="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=9943485"
}