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ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies, Volume 2 (2021), Issue 5

IOE: TOWARDS APPLICATION‑SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGY SELECTION

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Biswajit Paul , Gokul Chandra Biswas , Habib F. Rashvand 3
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1 Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh, Genetic
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Engineering and Biotechnology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh, Advanced
Communication Systems, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
NOTE: Corresponding author: Biswajit Paul, biswajit‑eee@sust.edu

Abstract – Determining the suitability of any technology for an Internet of Everything (IoE) application is essential in the
presence of diverse technologies and application requirements. Some of the IoE applications include smart metering, wear‑
ables, healthcare, remote monitoring, inventory management and industrial automation. Energy ef iciency, scalability, se‑
curity, low‑cost deployment and network coverage are some of the requirements that vary from one application to another.
Wireless technologies such as WiFi, ZigBee, Bluetooth, LTE, NB‑IoT, LoRa and SigFox will play crucial roles in enabling these
applications. Some of the technological features are transmission range, bandwidth, data rate, security schemes and infras‑
tructure requirements. As there is no one‑size‑ its‑all network solution available, the key is to understand the diverse require‑
ments of different IoE applications and speci ic features offered by different IoE enabling technologies. Application‑speci ic
technology selection will ensure the best possible utilization of any technology and the quality of service requirements. An
overview of network performance expectations from various IoE applications and enabling technologies, their features and
potential applications are presented in this paper.

Keywords – IoE, LPWANs, M2M, MTC, network design, suitable technology selection, wireless technologies

ABBREVIATIONS • FHSS ‑ Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum

• 3GPP ‑ 3rd Generation Partnership Project • GFSK ‑ Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying
• 8PSK ‑ Eight Phase Shift Keying • GMSK ‑ Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying

• AMI ‑ Advanced Metering Infrastructure • GW ‑ Gateway
• BPSK ‑ Binary Phase Shift Keying • HANs ‑ Home Area Networks

• CAPEX ‑ Capital Expenditure • HCO ‑ Healthcare Organization

• COPD ‑ Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease • IC‑IoE‑ Information‑Centric IoE
• CSMA/CA ‑ Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Colli‑ • IIoT ‑ Industrial Internet of Everything
sion Avoidance
• IoE ‑ Internet of Everything
• D2D ‑ Device to Device
• IoT ‑ Internet of Things
• DBPSK ‑ Differential Binary Phase Shift Keying
• IP ‑ Internet Protocol
• DMM ‑ Disributed IP Mobility Management
• ISM ‑ Industrial, Scienti ic and Medical
• DSO ‑ Distribution System Operators • LoS ‑ Line of Sight
• DSSS ‑ Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum • LPWANs ‑ Low Power Wide Area Networks

• EC‑GSM‑IoT ‑ Extended Coverage Global System for • LR‑WPAN ‑ Low Rate Wireless Personal Area Net‑
Mobile Communications for the Internet of Things work

• eDRX ‑ extended Discontinuous Reception • M2M ‑ Machine to Machine
• eGPRS ‑ enhanced General Packet Radio Service • MLANs ‑ Meter Local Area Networks

• eMTC ‑ enhanced Machine Type Communication • MMC ‑ Massive Machine Communications
• EVs ‑ Electric Vehicles • mMTC ‑ Massive Machine Type Communications

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