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Confidential - NWave Technologies Inc. 2014 1

IoT and the Smart Grids and Cities of Tomorrow:

Today’s Opportunity?

Matthew Bailey

Business Development Director – NWave Technologies Inc.

Advisor to the Alberta Government

Former Chairman Marketing – Weightless SIG

Business mentor and coach


The rise of Mega Cities

Property of NWave Technologies Inc. 2015 2

The world’s population will move to cities due to

economic and climate change

Source: Next Big Future

Global Urbanisation


Mega Cities are growing


GDP and Mega Cities

5

2007

50% Global GDP

380 cities developed world

20% GDP from US 190 cities

2025

135 new mega cities

developing countries

100 in China

30% developed cities reduced GDP

Majority Global GDP – developing

world cities

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/urbanization/urban_world


LPWANs and Smart Cities


Introduction to IoT, Smart Cities, Smart Planet

Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) bridge the

IoT wireless “Connectivity Gap”

NWave/British Telecom UK Smart City


Next Giant Leap for Mankind – The IoT

Instrumenting (or digitising) the physical world

Billions of cheap sensors located across our planet

“tweeting” tiny bits of information from the physical world

Digitised information used by Big Data and Apps

to make intelligent decisions to make our lives better.

1st Wave - The Industrial Revolution

2nd Wave - Internet Revolution

3rd Wave of Global innovation

The Internet of Things” IoT (source GE Report 2010)

$Trillions new global economy – MIT, Cisco

50 Billion connected devices – 2020 - Mckinsey


IoT Analogy from Nature - Humans

2. Send Information

Via body networks

3. Store and Process information

4. Make Decisions and Take Action

5. Actions

Run, Walk, Cry, Speak, Sit, Write, Sleep,

Read, Create, Eat, Pain, Joy, Sadness…….

1. Sensory inputs

Hear, Touch,

Taste, Smell, See

The Brain = Cloud Computer

IoT Creates “Smart” Cities

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IoT – An Intelligent Planet?

1. IoT Sensors & Information

From “things”, “people”,

“animals”, “environment”

2. Send IoT Information

Via Networks”

“Big Data” & “Intelligence”

In its full vision

“the IoT might create a balanced conversation between

physical planet eco-systems and its participants”.

3. Store and Process information

4. Make Decisions and Take Action


Introducing LPWANs

LPWAN = Low Power Wide Area Network

Unlicensed radio spectrum

Wireless – new form of “tweeting” cellular

Developed specifically for the IoT

New paradigm for build of IoT solutions, Impact and ROI

World first open Standard for IoT LPWANs

Open standards proven to develop wireless markets

Low Cost – sensor connections, data costs, IoT infrastructure build

Low Energy – Sub 1Ghz radio, sensor AA battery – 5+years

Long Range – 10km +

(1 base station supports millions of IoT Messages per day)

4 Billion LPWAN connections by 2020

(Jan 2015)


$40 Million goes a long way!

CAPEX to cover 45% of the USA!

5000 LPWAN Base Stations

5000 Million IoT LPWAN connections

How far would $40 Million

go in an LPWAN deployment

across the US


NWave LPWAN Building Blocks for IoT Solutions

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IoT Sensors

with LPWAN

Wireless

Connectivity

LPWAN Wireless

Network Base

Station

LPWAN

Secure IoT

Data Cloud

Services and

Nwk Mgmnt

IoT Radio Module

Universal Modem

Long range

Low cost

Low power

IoT optimised

Secure

ISM Band

Weightless

Cellular IoT

Open Network

IoT Data

Ethernet

Cellular

Other

Secure

IoT Data

Nwk Mgmnt

Secure

API

Block 1 Block 2 Block 3


NWave IoT LPWAN Architecture

NWave Cloud

application

server 1

NWave base stations

user apps Application Server

Application Server User

Apps

User Apps

MKSmart - The IoT & Smart Cities

Glasgow

(Scotland)

Sunderland

(North England)

Milton Keynes

(Central England)

Bristol

(England/Wales)

Many Partners – Diverse Strengths

Smart Cities

Backed by Gov/EU

http://www.mksmart.org/

E.g. Smart City Use Cases

Waste Management Energy/Water Metering Parking

Agriculture Street Lighting Transport

Cambridge UK - NWave – Kisan Hub - NIAB

IoT LPWAN sensors providing real-time information to

the Kisan Hub data platform which process and In turn provides accurate

soil moisture and climate information to farmers

Soil moisture

data

Climate data

IoT Data

Kisan Hub

Ag Platform

Intelligent Farmer

Services

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SMART Cities – intelligent infrastructure

• City Wide sensor networks – the backbone of the city • Parking and traffic management – direction to empty spaces • ‘Smart’ Litter bins – emptied on demand • Environmental monitoring – traffic flow control to reduce CO2 • Street Light optimization – activated by movement • Electric Vehicle (EV) re-charging points (EVSE) • Road condition monitoring – variable speed limits, ice gritting... • Integrated traffic management – flow and congestion

SMART medicine – remote care of the sick and elderly Smart Cities

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• Smart Meters: • Domestic demand management and In-Home display for energy consumption monitoring • Consumer control of energy management and use • Japan already deploying to 10 million homes • UK procurement process begun – contracts awarded Q42012

- 28 Million meters installed & commissioned by 2016 • Smart Grid:

• Saves generating capacity and allows enhanced control of load • Annual savings of ~$2Bn for UK Plc alone, $100Bn worldwide

Smart Energy (Source -> consumer)


Challenges of Climate Change

As planet co-habitants, we face serious

global challenges from Climate or rather

Water Change



Water precipitation is changing (Source: National Center

for Atmospheric Research.)


Climate change impacts Ag

Texas - 2012 $3.2 Billion of main crops were lost due to drought.

Nearly 50% of the annual state Ag revenue (AgriLife)

Florida - 2010 $100 Million of crops were lost – 2 week freeze.

(Florida Trend)

USA - Heat stress costs the dairy and beef industry $1Billion p.a

India – 1970 – Cyclone – 2 Million cattle lost

UK Parliament report 2012 predicts that

“Increasing amounts of high-quality horticultural and arable land

likely to be flooded at least once every 3 years”


We need more food (and water)

3.8 Trillion cubic metres potable water used by humans p.a.

70% used in Agriculture

By 2050 to meet food demand requires

10-13 Trillion cubic metres p.a. – Three times more! (Guardian)


Technology must create impact

Real-time climate information

at a micro level for Agricultural

Land.

More accurate climate modelling

and prediction leads to better

crop management and yield

Optimise water usage

in farming. Globally!

Real-time monitoring health

and location of livestock.

Reduce Heat Stress.

Detect disease early

Earlier detection of flooding

More sensors the better

the information.

Results in proactive and

effective disaster management.

The more IoT sensors that are located across our Ag Lands….

…the more information we have to optimise yield, manage resources and threats


Thank you for listening

Matthew Bailey [email protected]

Any Questions?

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Has to be a wireless solution

Support for large quantity of sensors, 1000s per cell

Sensor Long battery life – 10 years

Sensor Low cost connectivity < $2

Sensor Low cost service - $2 per year or less!

“Tweeting” data comm rates Bytes/sec not MegaBit/sec!

Distance sensor to mast, Kilometers not meters

Coverage inside buildings

Privacy and protection of data

Scheduling of data exchange and guaranteed delivery

Broadcast messages

Mobility across borders and territories, national coverage

Market Enablement – Requirements


GSM/CDMA

Designed for humans not for IoT devices

Poor battery life

High costs – terminal, monthly contract

High barrier to entry - spectrum is not free

Real life issues – data in emergencies

Japan Tsunami……cellular network crashed – disaster!

New York 9/11 – overloaded cellular network

OKC – Tornado – overloaded cellular network

Zigbee / Bluetooth – great for small ranges only..

Wifi – great for small ranges, high power

However, they do have a part to play in M2M

Current technologies struggle…

To develop the IoT Market new wireless technologies are needed!


Weightless – The First Global Standard for

LPWAN IoT Connectivity.

Credible board membership

Designed specifically for the IoT market

Fastest growing wireless standard – ever!

Open source, open standard, royalty free

IoT LPWAN standards for Whitespace

and ISM bands www.weightless.org



Smart Agriculture – Creating Impact

Property NWave Technologies Inc. 2015 30

20 Km +

In field sensors

Large equipment

Location and

health of livestock

Stationary equipment

Smart Agriculture

Using NWave IoT

LPWANs enable cost

effective deployment

of multitude of IoT

sensors that measure

information from any place

or from anything

in order to..

..increase the

efficiency of farming

NWave station

IoT – Smart Agriculture


Integration of NWave into Ag Sensors

Enabling sensors to have an LPWAN IoT connection using NWave’s UMI

is simple!

Decagon

Soil Moisture Sensor

Vegatronix


Irrometer



Irrigation Management Problem

NWave - creating impact in Ag

• US irrigates 37M hectares of cultivated land

• 310 Million hectares irrigated land globally

• Power consumed in Giga Watts!

• Crops require varying amounts of water

during lifetime

• Irrigating crops only when and where needed

NWave Project USA

• Real-time LPWAN monitoring of IoT soil moisture sensors

• Reduce water usage (maybe as much as 40%)

• Reduce pesticide, fertilizer run-off, soil erosion

• Increase yields

• Improve crop quality

• Reduce energy consumption

• More data for crop growing/yield models

Cambridge UK - NWave – Kisan Hub - NIAB

IoT LPWAN sensors providing real-time information to

the Kisan Hub data platform which process and In turn provides accurate

soil moisture and climate information to farmers

Soil moisture

data

Climate data

IoT Data

Kisan Hub

Ag Platform

Intelligent Farmer

Services


Chemical Fertilizer Tank Monitoring

NWave - creating impact in Ag

• Cellular coverage poor, Satellite expensive

• Locally have to inspect levels

• Business case to remotely monitor levels in

real-time to better manage logistics

• LPWANs provide guaranteed coverage and

solid ROI

NWave Project USA

• Real-time IoT LPWAN remote monitoring of Fertilizer tank levels and status

• New logistic services to the fertilizer distribution industry

• Better management of Fertilizer

• New data on how Fertilizer is being used, status, when and by whom

Once LPWAN coverage deployed then business to diversify its remit and

provide services for other IoT LPWAN sensors to connect into its

network for third party IoT Ag services .

Crop Food Security – Texas, USA

130 million acres (www.learnFarmingNews.com)

$3.2 Billion lost due to crop failure in 2011

(AgriLife)

$7Billion Revenues 2011 (TexasAlmanac)

The top five crops grown in Texas:-

• cotton

• greenhouse and nursery items,

• corn

• wheat

• hay.

http://www.learnfarmingnews.com/


NWave IoT LPWAN covering Texas Crop Land

Infrastructure Cost

$1.8 Million

0.02% of Texas Crop Revenue 2011

0.5% of lost Texas Crop Revenue 2011 (drought)

420

IoT

LPWAN

(Non-Urban 20km radius)

130 million acres 400+ Million

IoT connections

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