Mark White - Successful practical applications of IoT / M2M Presented at TADSummit, 15-16 Nov, Lisbon in Stream 2 reviews the successful practical applications of IoT / M2M, WebRTC, Telecom APIs, and the many mash-ups across these capabilities.

1. IoT Network Location
Mark White
Locatrix Communications
mark@locatrix.com

2. Agenda
• About Locatrix
• Why IoT Location? Why MNO IoT?
• IoT Location Centre
– IoT Positioning methods
– VAS delivery + successes
• Summary

3. Locatrix Communications
• Queensland-based developer
of telecom industry solutions
– Customer care, consumer
services + more
• Founded in 2003
• Successful in commercialising
location-based solutions for
mobile networks
– Also mobile apps, web
development
• Successful projects in
Australia & internationally

4. IoT Location Control Centre
• Initial version developed & launched
in 2014
– Locatrix-owned solution & IP
– Foundation customer (& sales
channel) is Telstra
• Provides network-derived location
for Telstra’s machine-to-machine
(M2M) IoT Customers
– Tightly integrated with Telstra’s IoT
provisioning platform
• Cloud-based / SaaS delivery model
– Commercial model based on active
number devices
– Derives position information
directly from Telstra network
elements (GMLC + middleware)

5. Location Control Centre @ Telstra
• Successful commercial deployment
• Hosted & supported by Locatrix
• Gaining traction with Telstra
enterprise IoT customers
• Refer video for full demonstration

6. Uses of Location Control Centre
• Primarily indoor connected devices:
– Smart Utility Meters
• Installation location verification
• Post-installation movement alerts
• Network diagnostics (fault location)
• Telstra example: Origin
– Smart Kiosks / EFTPOS
• Installation verification, management
• Reporting on retail location effectiveness
• Telstra examples: MyKi, Travelex
– In-home Medical equipment tracking
• Where device GPS is not a viable solution

7. Location CC Architecture
Jasper CC
Portal
Locatrix App
Server + GMLC
HLR
VLR
Operator
GMLC
SS7
Sigtrans
HTTPS
OMA MLP
Int’l
CellID
DB
Map Service
(OSM/Google)
Existing CC
Solution
SS7
Sigtrans

8. Commercialisation Challenges
• Telstra is one of a few homogenous networks
– Wholly Ericsson network equipment
– Location infrastructure within network is 1st class
• Feedback from International IoT MNOs
– Much lower revenue per device than Australia
– Utilise 3rd-party RANs (Roaming and/MVNO)
• We needed a device positioning solution that is
– low-cost (both cost and signaling traffic-overhead)
– network independent (roaming friendly, unlike GMLC)
– Wholly cloud-deliverable (Capex-free for IoT MNOs)

9. Network Independent IoT
Location Pilot
• Sponsored by a customer MNO
– Explores alternative data sources generated by 3G/4G data
networks
• e.g. SGSN + HLR log records, data session end/start records
• Secure log extraction from MNO network elements
• Avoid in-network signaling (e.g. SS7/SIGRTRAN) if possible
– Determine algorithms for identification & extraction of
network cell data from each logged record
– Implement a pseudo-GMLC solution that implements &
determines device serving cell ID
– Determine, evaluate & integrate any required 3rd party
information (Dell databases, geospatial/map services)
– Display & report position using a web-based application

10. IoT Location PoC Status
• Driven by commercial interest from European MNO
– Pan-European IoT business division
– Home radio network, plus network roaming agreements
elsewhere
• Data from 3 major customers made available
– Energy utilities + medical device management
– Wholly using roaming (i.e. non-home) networks
• Progress milestones
– Commenced PoC development in June 2016
– PoC demonstrations in August & September
– Customer PoC presentations scheduled for October 2016
– Designed Architecture for final solution

11. Network-Independent IoT PoC

12. Summary
• Interesting and evolving space
– IoT + Location
• GMLC OEMs are challenging commercially
– Working with Telestax GMLC (v1.0.0 is now GA)!
• Questions?
• Thank You!