For years, analysts have been predicting the imminent arrival of tens of billions of connected devices worldwide. It looks like we’re finally arriving at that market state and it may be that low-power connectivity (Red Cap, LoRa, NB-IoT, LTE-M, and more) is what’s achieving the long-sought goals of the IoT sector. Even marginal improvements in power have huge implications for mass-IoT, and this session will examine what’s next.
By combining 5G latency and efficiency with the simplicity and reduced costs of LTE, Reduced Capability (RedCap) 5G is poised to be the next big thing in low-power IoT applications. It’s already proving invaluable in applications like wearables, cameras, industrial sensors and automotive telematics, where full 5G performance can be overkill. Signs are that LTE Cat-1 and NB-IoT applications will migrate in this direction.