Why Hofa’s Mobile Car Key Uses Bluetooth Low Energy Communication?

Why Hofa's Mobile Car Key Uses Bluetooth Low Energy Communication?

Accessing the car via smartphone: Hofa’s mobile car key Phone as a Key combines three advanced data transmission technologies to provide a comfortable and secure hands-free car access experience. The combination of Ultra Wideband (UWB) and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) offers high-precision positioning, making relay attacks impossible. Furthermore, Hofa’s system, compliant with the AUTOSAR standard, … Read more

Exploring Bluetooth Low Energy Communication in Android

Exploring Bluetooth Low Energy Communication in Android

Hello everyone, I am an experienced Java tutorial author. Today we will learn how to use Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) for Android development. BLE is an emerging Bluetooth technology that helps us develop Bluetooth applications with lower power consumption and more stable connections. BLE is a new low-power Bluetooth technology introduced with Bluetooth 4.0. Compared … Read more

The Relationship Between eMTC IoT and NB-IoT

The Relationship Between eMTC IoT and NB-IoT

In recent years, IoT technology has gradually become a focal point of attention. With the development of mobile communication technology, many “long-range” IoT technologies have emerged based on traditional “short-range” IoT technologies, bringing a wave of innovation to the industry. Among these emerging IoT technologies, the most frequently discussed are NB-IoT and LoRa. As the … Read more

The Evolution of IoT from Shared Bicycles: GSM to eMTC/NB-IoT

The Evolution of IoT from Shared Bicycles: GSM to eMTC/NB-IoT

This article is authored by: Wang Feng Source: IoT Jianghu (WeChat Official Account: iot521) Compared to cellular networks, the standards of IoT are complex and constantly changing. This article attempts to clarify the principles, characteristics, and application scenarios of different IoT standards through the evolution of smart bicycle locks. First, let’s look at the main … Read more

The Battle of Seven Major LPWAN Technologies: NB-IoT, LTE-M, Sigfox, LoRa, RPMA, Weightless, and HaLow

The Battle of Seven Major LPWAN Technologies: NB-IoT, LTE-M, Sigfox, LoRa, RPMA, Weightless, and HaLow

The chilling frost wind enters the night, countless stars shine in the sky, the pipa plays a rapid tune of golden spears, and the heavenly sounds are accompanied by the drums… As the pipa plays, behind the night curtain, an unprecedented battle in the Internet of Things begins! Wireless communication technology has rapidly developed for … Read more

Detailed Introduction to NB-IoT Chip Manufacturers and Modules

Detailed Introduction to NB-IoT Chip Manufacturers and Modules

What Is NB-IoT? There are many wireless communication technologies for the Internet of Things, mainly divided into two categories: one is short-range communication technologies such as Zigbee, WiFi, Bluetooth, and Z-wave; the other is LPWAN (Low-Power Wide-Area Network) technologies for wide-area communication. LPWAN can be further divided into two types: one operates in unlicensed spectrum, … Read more

Overview of LoRa and LoRaWAN Technologies

Overview of LoRa and LoRaWAN Technologies

1 Introduction The purpose of this article is to provide an introductory technical overview of LoRa® and LoRaWAN™. Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) are expected to support a major part of the predicted billions of IoT devices. LoRaWAN™ is designed from the ground up, optimized for battery life, capacity, distance, and cost. An overview … Read more

Quick Overview of LoRaWAN Technology Protocol

Quick Overview of LoRaWAN Technology Protocol

BY:Author Arjun Nagarajan LoRaWAN is a remote wide area network protocol developed by the LoRa Alliance that connects “things” wirelessly to the Internet in regional, national, or global networks. This technology meets critical Internet of Things (IoT) requirements such as bi-directional communication, end-to-end security, mobility, and localization services. It defines the communication protocol and system … Read more

Differences and Connections Between LPWAN, LoRa, and LoRaWAN

Differences and Connections Between LPWAN, LoRa, and LoRaWAN

Recently, keywords like LPWAN have sparked a craze in the IoT field. With LPWAN, LoRa, and LoRaWAN having similar names, many people are confused about these three concepts. So today, let’s explore the differences and connections between them. LPWAN, also known as LPN, stands for Low Power Wide Area Network or Low Power Network, referring … Read more

Understanding LoRaWAN Positioning White Paper

Understanding LoRaWAN Positioning White Paper

Internet of ThingsConference Recommendations We are honored to invite several well-known companies and institutions from the TOP20 list, including ARM, Huawei, ZTE, Keysight Technologies, and Alibaba, to attend the ET2018 IoT Forum (Shenzhen Station) to give wonderful speeches. Including: IoT security chip-level solutions, IoT security, latest applications of NB-IoT, IoT + blockchain, IoT + AI, … Read more