Actility LoRaWAN - Inmarsat

1 ENTERPRISE > CAP > Acility LoRaWANKey benefits 1 Sensors are low cost and in most instances can be installed by anyone2 Sensors can last up to 10 years without needing to be charged leading to low maintenance costs3 LoRa networks can reach up to 15km from a base station in rural areas resulting in low infrastructure costs4 LoRaWAN networks offer two-way communication, so an action can be performed based on sensor data5 There is no limit to the number of sensors that can be deployed in an areaActility LoRaWANA ctility enables long-range, low-power sensor networks to collect and send data, using the LoRaWAN (Low Power Wide Area Network) s network server enables large sensor networks to be created over wide geographical areas allowing organisations to collect data and monitor assets scattered around the globe efficiently and our ever more connected world we need to know what our assets are doing, how they re functioning and what data they are collecting easily and efficiently.

2 We also need to be able to monitor how this data changes over time. Actility is leading the way in smart monitoring with their LoRaWAN (Low Power Wide Area Networks) across a diverse range of combination of sensors and the network technology supplied by Actility , powered by connectivity from Inmarsat can make it easier and more efficient to monitor multiple assets and collect data. By using high numbers of sensors across very large geographical areas, users can reach further and gather more sensors can collect data on almost anything you can imagine from air quality in a city, to motion (such as the opening of a school gate) to footfall on a shop floor of a retail outlet or even enable organisations in the oil and gas sector to monitor, command and control remote oil production and distribution of any type can be connected to a base station, with each base station able to cover up to 700Km2 connecting thousands of things at a time.

3 Each base station is then connected to a BGAN terminal, bringing the data traffic across the Inmarsat infrastructure, through Actility s secure network servers and onto a customer s application server; at which point they are able to see the status of their sensors and send back key defining element of Actility LoRaWAN over competitors who also use sensor technology, is the range over which one base station operates (up to 15Km, meaning less hardware required) and the low power requirement of the sensors. The sensors are cheap to manufacture and run on a single battery for up to 10 years.

4 Both of these attributes make running large networks much cheaper than with traditional means. However, both LoRa network range and sensor battery life will vary based on the factors presented by each individual IoT the information in this document has been prepared in good faith, no representation, warranty, assurance or undertaking (express or implied) is or will be made, and no responsibility or liability (howsoever arising) is or will be accepted by the Inmarsat group or any of its officers, employees or agents in relation to the adequacy, accuracy, completeness, reasonableness or fitness for purpose of the information in this document.

5 All and any such responsibility and liability is expressly disclaimed and excluded to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. Inmarsat is a trademark owned by the International Mobile Satellite Organisation, the Inmarsat LOGO is a trademark owned by Inmarsat (IP) Company Limited. Both trademarks are licensed to Inmarsat Global Limited. All other Inmarsat trade marks in this document are owned by Inmarsat Global Limited. Inmarsat Global Limited 2016. All rights reserved. Acility LoRaWAN August I-4 and Alphasat coverageI-4 MEASI-4 AmericasAlphasatI-4 Asia-PacificThis map depicts Inmarsat s expectations of coverage following the commercial introduction of Inmarsat s fourth L-band region.

6 It does not represent a guarantee of service. The availability of service at the edge of coverage areas fluctuates depending on various scenariosAny solution which requires things such as pressure, temperature, location and pulse to be sensed could be made part of a low-power sensor network and provide tangible business benefit to the organisation which owns the example, a parking organisation can monitor which parking spaces are occupied and vacant using Actility sensors in order to manage flow of cars into a car park and see how different times of day or weather conditions affect the popularity of a particular area s parking availability.

7 Gas sensors in different locations around a city can monitor air quality and provide warnings if an undesirable level of air pollution is indicated. GPS on a shipping container can keep HQ aware of its location and confident it is on track to its location. Retail stores can use sensors to monitor footfall and interest in specific areas of the shop floor to optimise their sales strategy. Verticals where this solution is used include: Aid Banking and finance M2M (Machine to Machine) Construction eHealth eLearning Environmental monitoring Mining Oil and gas (on and offshore) Transportation Utilities AgritechInmarsat coverageActility LoRaWAN is supported by Inmarsat s global L-band satellite network coverage, ensuring reliable access to critical data from remote sites anywhere in the world.

8 Actility LoRaWAN has been certified for use over the following services: BGAN BGAN M2 MInmarsat CertifiedAs part of our CAP (Certified Applications Partner) programme, Inmarsat works with a number of solutions providers to ensure that their products are not only compatible with our network, but provide our network users with effective, customer-focused solutions that offer genuine business benefits, whether they re using the network for voice, broadband, machine to machine connectivity or all three. Only individual solutions approved by Inmarsat are endorsed with the Inmarsat Certified Actility LoRaWANA ctility is an industry leader in LPWA (Low Power Wide Area) large scale infrastructure with ThingPark , the new generation standard-based IoT / M2M communication platform.

9 Actility s ThingPark Wireless network provides LoRa / LoRaWAN long-range coverage for low-power sensors used in SmartCity, SmartBuilding and SmartFactory applications. Actility also provides the ThingPark Cloud which provides big data storage for sensor data and exposes sensor function through an open API allowing developers to provide vertical applications on top of rolled out sensors. To help vendors transform their sensors, Actility provides the ThingPark IoT platform which include embedded software solutions and cloud solutions to help devices connect to innovative applications. Actility is a founding member of the LoRa Alliance: the largest, most powerful standards-based effort to enable the Internet of Things (IoT).

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