Demystifying Satellite IoT: Fulfilling the Parts Cellular Cannot Reach
RCRWirelessNews, Monday, April 1st, 2024
Cellular IoT is one of the most common forms of IoT connectivity for a number of reasons. It has vast coverage, works pretty much out of the box, supports low and high bandwidth applications and is a relatively cheap investment.
But what about those remote, or tough to reach locations, where critical data for a raft of industries from utilities and renewables through to forestry and wildlife tracking, are not covered by cellular coverage?
One of the biggest challenges cellular IoT specialists face when implementing satellite IoT connectivity is learning to throttle back on data requirements. It's too expensive and too power hungry to try to use satellites in the same way as you would a terrestrial network.