Quectel NB-IoT Modules

NB-IoT Modules
for Low Power Wide Area Networks
April, 2018
About Quectel
● Founded in October, 2010

● HQ in Shanghai, China. 40+ Sales Offices,
2 R&D Centers, 70+ Distributors Worldwide
● 500+ employees
● Monthly production capacity over 5 Mpcs
● More than 3000 customers worldwide
© Quectel Wireless Solutions | April, 2018

Quectel - Global Market Share
Based on 100% customer focus, most innovative product portfolio and efficient company set-up,
Quectel is gathering most of the market growth in the IoT Module Market

Quectel M2M
Cellular Portfolio

Cellular Network Evolution
2G

2.5G
2G 3G

3.5G
2.5G
2G 3G 4G (LTE)
Cat 1...4

3.5G
2.5G
2G 3G 4G (LTE)
Cat M1 Cat NB1 Cat 1..4...6...12 ….

3.5G
5G
2.5G
2G 3G 4G (LTE)
Cat M1 Cat NB1 Cat 1..4...6...12 ….

3.5G
5G
2.5G
2G 3G 4G (LTE)
Cat M1 Cat NB1 Cat 1..4...6...12 ….

3.5G
5G
2.5G
2G 3G 4G (LTE)
Cat M1 Cat NB1 Cat 1..4...6...12 ….

3.5G
5G
2.5G
2G 3G 4G (LTE)
Cat M1 Cat NB1 Cat 1..4...6...12 ….

New narrowband technologies

NB-IoT by design
Improved Massive Low Low Power

Indoor Coverage Connections Cost Consumption
+20dB 100K $5-$10 10 Years

better than GSM connections per cell per module battery life

Quectel NB-IoT modules
LTE Cat NB1 & M1 + EGPRS LTE Cat NB1 LTE Cat NB1

Quectel NB-IoT modules
EG91 / EG95
4G Cat 1 / Cat 4
Cat 4 BG96 BC68

Cat 1 Cat M1 + Cat NB1 + EGPRS Cat NB1
Cat M1
Cat NB1 BC95 BC66
Cat NB1 Cat NB1
3G UG95 / UG96
M95 M66 MC60

2G EGPRS EGPRS + BT EGPRS + GNSS + BT
2G-3G-4G-LPWAN 2G-LPWAN
© Quectel Wireless Solutions | April, 2018 migration migration
Future proof design compatibility
[4G] - EG95 LTE Cat 4 module

[4G] - EG91 LTE Cat 1 module
[4G] - BG96 LTE Cat M1 & NB-IoT
[4G] - BC95 LTE Cat NB-IoT
[3G] - UG96 & UG95 UMTS modules
[2G] - M95 GSM/GPRS module

Future proof design compatibility
[4G] - BC66 LTE Cat NB-IoT
[2G] - M66 GSM/GPRS module

Quectel NB-IoT modules roadmap
BC95
Boudica 120
BC95-G
BC68
Boudica 150
BG96
MXM9206
BG96 v2
MXM9205
BC66
MT2625

BG96 module overview
● LTE Cat M1 & Cat NB1 + EGPRS
● Multiband: B1+B2+B3+B4+B5+B8+B12+
B13+B18+B19+B20+B26+B28
● IP/UDP/TCP/DNS
● ThreadX/QAPI/LwM2M/MQTT
● Integrated GNSS with LNA
● Voltage/Power: 3.3 - 4.3V, 10uA @PSM
● Temperature range: -40°C.. +85°C
● LGA package
● Dimensions: 22.5 x 26.5 x 2.3 mm
BG95 module overview
● LTE Cat NB1
● Single band: B5/B8/B20/B28
● IPv4/IPv6*/UDP
● CoAP/DTLS*/LwM2M/Non-IP
● Single Tone: DL 25.2kbps / UL 15.625kbps
● Voltage/Power: 3.1 - 4.2V, 3.6uA @PSM

● LCC package
BG95-G module overview
● LTE Cat NB1
● Multiband: B1+B3+B5+B8+B20+B28
● IPv4/IPv6*/UDP/TCP*
● CoAP/DTLS*/LwM2M/MQTT*/Non-IP
● Multi Tone: DL 25.2kbps / UL 54kbps
● LCC package
BC68 module overview
● LTE Cat NB1
● Multiband: B1+B3+B5+B8+B20+B28
● Multi Tone: DL 25.2kbps / UL 54kbps
● LCC package
BC66 module overview
● LTE Cat NB1
● Multiband: B1+B2+B3+B5+B8+B12+B13+
B17+B18+B19+B20+B25+B26+B28+B66
HTTP*/HTTPS*/OpenCPU*
● Multi Tone: DL 25.5kbps / UL 62.5kbps
● Voltage: 2.1 - 3.63V
BC95 power consumption - Cat NB1
Description Conditions Typical Unit
Power Saving Mode PSM 3.6 uA
Idle (average) DRX=1.28s 2 mA
23dBm (B8/B5/B20) 220 mA
Active 12dBm (B8/B5/B20/B28) 80 mA
0dBm (B8/B5/B20/B28) 65 mA

NB-IoT technology explained

NB-IoT timers
T3324 = IDLE time

PSM = TAU – IDLE
T3414 = TAU time

NB-IoT eDRX & Paging Window
PTW = n * DRX
IDLE = n * eDRX

NB-IoT Inactivity Timer



NB-IoT Inactivity Timer Skip

BC95 design example
ANTENNA

BC95 testing with NB-IoT
UDP
internet
UDP
Client
UDP
Server
BC95 EVB kit
bit.ly/quectel-bc95
bit.ly/quectel-bc95-g
bit.ly/quectel-bc68
bit.ly/quectel-bc66
bit.ly/quectel-bg96

BC95 communication layers
BC95 Laptop Terminal
User Text Protocol
UDP
IPv4
Serial UART

QCom - serial terminal
RX data
bit.ly/quectel-qcom
TX data

UDP Test Server
web: bit.ly/quectel-udp-server
IP: 83.58.228.64*
port: 16666
* IP is dynamic, check web link for current allocated IP

NB-IoT test system architecture
UDP
internet
UDP
Client
UDP
Server
CloudMQTT Broker
UDP
internet
MQTT publish
UDP
Client
UDP MQTT
Server Client
CloudMQTT Broker
JavaScript
UDP MQTT subscribe
internet
MQTT publish Web Client

UDP
Client
UDP MQTT
Server Client
Visualize UDP data
bit.ly/quectel-udp-server

Initial Setup & Configuration
1. Enable scrambling and other settings
2. Set Band, APN & URCs
3. Manual Operator Selection
4. Send/Receive UDP data

Enable scrambling & other settings
AT+CFUN=0
//Enable scrambling function
AT+NCONFIG=CR_0354_0338_SCRAMBLING,TRUE
AT+NCONFIG=CR_0859_SI_AVOID,TRUE
//Disable auto connect and multitone
AT+NCONFIG=AUTOCONNECT,FALSE
AT+NCONFIG=MULTITONE,FALSE (BC95-G/BC68 only)
//Reboot the module
AT+NRB
Set Band, APN & URCs
//set band 8=900 MHz, 20=800 MHz provided by operator

AT+NBAND=20
//Set APN for PDP context, can be empty (""), from operator
AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","u.iot.mt.gr.hu"
//Enable network registration, connection & PSM URCs
AT+CEREG=2
AT+CSCON=1
AT+NPSMR=1

Manual operator selection
//Enable full functionality

AT+CFUN=1
//set MCC MNC values, ex: 123456 for MCC=123 MNC=56
AT+COPS=1,2,"21630"
//wait min 30s for NW registration URC (1=home or 5=roaming)
+CEREG:1,xxxx,yyyyy,z
//or
+CEREG:5,xxxx,yyyyy,z

Send/Receive UDP Data
//create an UDP socket
AT+NSOCR= DGRAM,17,16666,1
0
//send UDP message
AT+NSOST=0,83.58.228.64,16666,12,48656C6C6F20576F726C6421
0,12
+NSONMI:0,12
//read received UDP message
AT+NSORF=0,12
0,83.58.228.64,16666,12,48656C6C6F20576F726C6421,0
//close socket
AT+NSOCL=0
© Quectel Wireless Solutions | April, 2018 * update 83.58.228.64 with UDP server IP from web link
ASCII to HEX encoding
Visualize UDP data
bit.ly/quectel-udp-server

BC95-G receiving data in during IDLE
| +CSCON:0
| +NPSMR:1 | +NPSMR:0
| +CSCON:1
| +CSCON:0
| +CSCON:1
| +NSONMI:0,12
BC95-G receiving data in during IDLE
+CSCON:0 //enter IDLE mode, then release connection
+NPSMR:1 //enter PSM mode
+NPSMR:0 //wakeup from PSM mode
+CSCON:1 //and connect
+CSCON:0 //enter IDLE mode
//message received during paging while IDLE
+CSCON:1 //exit IDLE mode and connect
+NSONMI:0,12 //UDP message received
Thank you!
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200233, China
Tel: +86-21-5108 6236 Email: info@quectel.com
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● Founded in October, 2010

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© Quectel Wireless Solutions | April, 2018

© Quectel Wireless Solutions | April, 2018

© Quectel Wireless Solutions | April, 2018

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Improved Massive Low Low Power

+20dB 100K $5-$10 10 Years

© Quectel Wireless Solutions | April, 2018

© Quectel Wireless Solutions | April, 2018

Cat 4 BG96 BC68

M95 M66 MC60

[4G] - EG95 LTE Cat 4 module

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[4G] - BC66 LTE Cat NB-IoT

[2G] - M66 GSM/GPRS module

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© Quectel Wireless Solutions | April, 2018

● Voltage/Power: 3.1 - 4.2V, 3.6uA @PSM

Description Conditions Typical Unit

Power Saving Mode PSM 3.6 uA

Idle (average) DRX=1.28s 2 mA

23dBm (B8/B5/B20) 220 mA

Active 12dBm (B8/B5/B20/B28) 80 mA

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T3324 = IDLE time

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BC95 Laptop Terminal

User Text Protocol

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* IP is dynamic, check web link for current allocated IP

MQTT publish Web Client

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1. Enable scrambling and other settings

2. Set Band, APN & URCs

3. Manual Operator Selection

4. Send/Receive UDP data

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//set band 8=900 MHz, 20=800 MHz provided by operator

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//Enable full functionality

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