Description
Priority 2 activities will only be initiated on the explicit request of at least one delegation.
Objective: Demonstrating in laboratory the performance of a cost-efficient M2M system based on advanced techniques and technologies.
Some market segments tend to be more satellite affine than others such as transportation, logistics and supply chain, SCADA and energy. The major reasons for selecting satellite to connect devices are coverage, lack of alternatives, and high reliability requirements. On the other hand, the reported major disadvantages of satellite communication are costs, both for the service and the terminal hardware.
This activity shall demonstrate within physical layer and system simulators the performance of an advanced M2M network, exploiting state-of-the-art air interface techniques as well as an optimised space segment. To this end, the activity will derive the major figures of merit at system level (e.g. efficiency, achievable throughput, availability, network size, and scalability) based on the user traffic profiles of the selected M2M services. The overall goal is to minimise the service provision cost also taking into account the terminal complexity impact. Other aspects like security and integration with terrestrial networks will be addressed.