Ericsson’s march in the Internet of Things (IoT) sector continues. The IT major today announced its next plan in the cellular IoT sector and launched solutions that will enable service providers to address a larger part of the IoT market across verticals including automotive, manufacturing, and utilities.
Ericsson said in a press release that in line with this cellular IoT vision, it was launching enhanced functionalities for ‘Massive IoT’ and new solutions for Broadband IoT.
The Broadband IoT solutions being launched include drone detection and link control, radio access network (RAN) slicing, Advanced Subscriber Group Handling, and Multi-Gigabit LTE for 2Gbps data throughput and around 10 millisecond latency. The new solutions will enable a wide range of use cases in automotive, drones, AR/VR, advanced wearables, smart manufacturing, and smart utilities.
Fredrik Jejdling, Executive Vice President and Head of Networks, Ericsson, said in a statement, “Cellular IoT is moving from early adoption with Massive IoT to global rollout. We are now describing ‘what’s next?’ for our customers and how they can make the most out of their 4G and 5G investments on the same network and address more advanced IoT use cases across industries.”
Evolving cellular IoT
Ericsson’s evolution concept describes how cellular IoT can move from the more basic use cases of Massive IoT such as asset tracking and smart metering to increasingly sophisticated use cases enabled by Broadband IoT (for example infotainment in cars, AR/VR, drones and advanced wearables), and then by Critical IoT (for example, autonomous vehicles), and Industrial Automation IoT (for example, collaborative robotics in manufacturing).