5G – Part 2 – Some Thoughts On Network Slicing

One of the new features of 5G networks is ‘Network Slicing’. So far I couldn’t really get my head around the concept, everything I heard was just too abstract to make practical sense. Finally, however, things are getting more concrete and 3GPP TS 38.300 has an interesting section of how network slicing will work on … Continue reading 5G – Part 2 – Some Thoughts On Network Slicing

The Sigfox Arduino – Part 3 – Sigfox Network Basics

After test driving the Mkrfox 1200 Arduino with Sigfox functionality on board and giving an introduction to programming in the previous two parts it’s time now to have a closer look at some of the basic parameters of a Sigfox network to get an idea of the capabilities and constraints, what that means for devices … Continue reading The Sigfox Arduino – Part 3 – Sigfox Network Basics

Cellular IoT – Part 8 – A Whitepaper and 3GPP Spec References

Over the past months, 3GPP was quite busy to ensure the NB-IoT made it into Release 13 before time ran out. So far, I’ve been looking into CRs and the Work Item description to get an idea of what is standardized because the Release 13 specification documents themselves did not yet contain NB-IoT content. Fortunately … Continue reading Cellular IoT – Part 8 – A Whitepaper and 3GPP Spec References