Nordic Semiconductor recently announced it will demonstrate the 3GPP compliant, Low Earth Orbit (LEO) non-terrestrial network (NTN) connectivity capabilities of its nRF9151 low power System-in-Package (SiP) at the upcoming MWC in Barcelona, from 3-6 March.
At the event, Nordic will also exhibit and demonstrate a range of solutions from its Bluetooth LE, low power Wi-Fi, and Power Management product families.
The nRF9151 SiP is one of the lowest power cellular IoT solution with industry-leading battery life time performance. The SiP features an integrated LTE-M/NB-IoT and DECT NR+ modem, together with GNSS.
Through collaborating with Keysight Technologies, Nordic will showcase a 3GPP LEO NTN connectivity emulation at its booth. 3GPP-compliant LEO NTN using the nRF9151 promises to transform the IoT by allowing small and cost-sensitive IoT devices like Nordic’s Thingy:91 X multi-sensor cellular IoT prototyping platform to achieve standardised connectivity anywhere across the world.
“Satellite connectivity brings resilience and connectivity to remote and critical IoT applications anywhere on the planet,” said Oyvind Birkenes, EVP of BU Long Range, Nordic Semiconductor. “This collaboration with Keysight is important, enabling the integration of a standardised solution into Nordic’s broad portfolio of connectivity options.”
“This collaboration between Nordic and Keysight transforms 3GPP-compliant LEO NTN connectivity from vision to reality. Nordic’s ultra-low power nRF9151 SiP, combined with Keysight’s Network Emulation Solutions, ensures that major satellite operators, and IoT device manufacturers can realize their vision for a fully connected world,” added Lucas Hansen, Vice President of Keysight’s Wireless Devices and Operators at Keysight.
As well as the NTN demonstration, Nordic will showcase other capabilities of the nRF9151, including how the SiP supports SGP.32 Remote SIM Provisioning (RSP) for IoT. The GSMA’s SGP.32 standard simplifies RSP for resource- and network-constrained low-power IoT devices.
A further demo, using Nordic´s Power Profiler Kit II connected to an nRF9151 DK (development kit) and its interactive Power Profiler application, will exhibit the low-power capabilities of the nRF9151. This demo shows in real-time the SiP’s world-low power consumption and how it performs using both standardised and unique power-saving techniques.
Finally, Nordic will demonstrate connected device capabilities using an interactive dashboard showcasing Thingy:91 X, featuring best-in-class Power Management and Wi-Fi locationing. Among these exhibits will be a demo showing connectivity over NR+.
NR+ is a 5G standard that can operate in the 1.9GHz global, license-free spectrum, and incurs no data charges. It supports high-density private mesh networks without the need for SIMs. Nordic’s NR+ solution offers one-millisecond latency between devices and throughput of three megabits per second. This performance is suitable to densities of up to one million devices per square kilometer – making NR+ well-suited to massive IoT applications.
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