Research Trends in NB-IoT

According to one of the leading networking and telecommunication companies, the proliferation of smart (Internet of Things – IoT) devices is expected to reach 4 Billion in 2024 spanning its applications from healthcare to agriculture including education, transportation system, industry, and so on. It brings along with it, the connectivity and coverage challenges that should be dealt with in an efficient way for the proper functioning of the IoT network. Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT), a Low-Power Wide-Area (LPWA) networking technology, is gaining much attention in the market nowadays due to its distinguishing features. The greatest advantage of NB-IoT is its enhanced coverage which uses the existing Long Term Evolution (LTE) architecture for its functioning. NB-IoT has attracted significant interest from the research community as its distinguishing features support various IoT use cases with stringent specifications such as connectivity, energy efficiency, reachability, reliability, and latency. Considering the growing interest in NB-IoT, this talk highlights the NB-IoT covering its architecture, use cases, advantages and disadvantages. The talk ends with the research road ahead in NB IoT. The talk is an eye-opener for beginners towards NB-IoT.

Biography

Dr Kiran received his Doctoral Degree in 2014 from the Department of Information Technology at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, Mangalore, India. He was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi National Scholarship/fellowship for pursuing his Doctoral Research. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Technology, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, Mangalore, India. He has 14 years of teaching and research experience.

He has contributed to the literature through many international conferences and journal publications under the leading publishers. He has published a research-oriented textbook named “Quality of Service Aware Routing Protocol“ under leading publishers CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group in 2016. He is the technical expert committee for the Smart City projects called “E-Library” and “Centralized Command Center” in two districts (Shimoga and Mangalore) of Karnataka state. He is also the technical committee member of the Regional Academic Center for Space (RAC-S) sponsored by ISRO in NITK. His research interests include Blockchain Technology, 5G and beyond, and Swarm Intelligence.

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