Nokia brings latest innovations to Saudi to help operators and enterprises develop new IoT revenue streams and enable smart cities

Nokia today announced that it is demonstrating its latest innovations to help telecom operators and enterprises develop new IoT revenue streams and lay a solid foundation for smart cities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The demonstrations are taking place at Four Seasons Hotel in Riyadh from 9-11 May.

The world is becoming more urbanized, with exponentially more connected devices. For every device connected to the Internet today, 10 more will join it in the near future. Through IoT and smart city concepts, we can automate our lives by connecting mobile devices to appliances, lights, roadways and just about everything – a shift that will improve efficiency and enable economic, social and environmental sustainability in Saudi.

Following are the innovations Nokia is currently showing:

Narrow Band-IoT (NB-IOT): This live demonstration validates the potential of NB-IoT to further enhance connectivity for the IoT with enhanced coverage. Nokia is driving toward commercializing NB-IoT as a global standard for connecting billions of meters, sensors, tracking devices and other objects crucial for a programmable world.

NB-IoT is a 3GPP Rel. 13 radio access technology designed especially for enabling cellular connectivity to IoT devices, and is designed to combine long range mobile connections with long battery life. The technology is expected to help billions of things connected by reducing costs, enhancing coverage and extending the battery life of connected objects.

IoT for agricultural monitoring with eMTC (Enhanced Machine Type Communications):eMTC complements NB-IoT by addressing demanding IoT applications with low- to mid-volume data use of up to about 1 Mbps. The technology also simplifies modems by about 80%. Nokia supports all three radio technologies included in GSMA’s Mobile IoT Initiative —  NB-IoT, EC-GSM and eMTC.

5G network slicing: The live demo shows how a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) can deploy isolated network slices for service providers, (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) MVNOs or enterprises and allow them to operate the slice, monitor KPIs, control attached devices and take certain actions on the slice and its resources. The IoT slice provides resources for low bitrate, low ARPU traffic but highly reliable connectivity and is based on a cost optimized architecture. 5G network slicing technology transforms a single physical network into a multi-service fabric to meet the needs of any industry: from the automotive industry where you can find generic services as window repairs, to logistics, manufacturing, utilities and more. By creating virtualized instances across the radio access network (RAN), core and transport parts of the network, each slice precisely meets capacity demands and service requirements while also optimizing network performance.

LTE-Advanced Pro LWA (LTE- Wi-Fi Aggregation): The live demo shows how HetNet approach, with concrete upgrade step, can be applied in 2016 to bring enhanced capacity and subscriber experience to support demands all the way to 2020.  LWA utilizes free, unlicensed Wi-Fi spectrum together with LTE to gain additional capacity.

400 Gig demo: In this live demo Nokia showcases live of high capacity programmable optical chipset, including industry-first single carrier 400G, first long haul 200G, flexible superchannel transmission. With this Nokia boosts optical fiber capacity 4X to 70+ Tb/s with the industry’s most programmable, highest capacity silicon. Photonic Service Engine version 2 chipset offers unprecedented capacity, reach, flexibility, and density, including industry’s first single carrier 400G, first long haul 200G and first ultra-long haul 100G.