A Next-Gen IoT Platform To Accelerate IoT Deployment Efficiencies

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IoT Sensor Deployment
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A Next-Gen IoT Platform to Accelerate IoT
Deployment Efficiencies

• Virginia-based digital infrastructure company
  Nivid Technologies today announced the general
  availability of their IoT sensor deployment
  platform, N-View.
• N-View is a mobile platform for IoT network
  intelligence to simplify how companies deploy
  their IoT sensors with improved efficacy.
• The IoT market is replete with several RF
  technologies to offer low-power LAN and WAN
  connectivity.
• Rapid commercial launches of cellular
  technologies like NB-IoT, Cat-M1, LTE-M, LoRa,
  etc. coupled with the diminishing cost of mobile
  chipsets are driving the fast growth of
  cellular-connected IoT devices.
• However, when it comes to deploying the growing
  number of IoT sensors, operators have to depend
  on statistical modeling using terrain and clutter
  models. This leads to statistical variabilities.

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• Highlighting the problems most companies face
  today with their IoT deployments, Nivid
  Technologies CEO Kiran Yeddala said, To deploy
  the wide variety of mobile IoT sensors such as
  water meters, electricity meters, parking
  sensors, etc., today there is no uni?ed way to
  determine the sensor location with predictable
  connectivity SLAs.
• Yeddala further commented, In the absence of
  empirical network health data, after deployment,
  the sensors often exhibit poor performance due to
  unreliable connectivity.
• This drains resources. Companies have to dispatch
  multiple truck rolls to resolve sensor issues.
• For example, when a thousand connected parking
  meters are deployed in a city block, and 20 of
  the locations have poor connectivity, the number
  of truck rolls and associated cost is signi?cant.
  
• The combined impact of these negatively affects
  customer experience and overall cost of IoT
  deployment.

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To overcome these problems, N-View has been
engineered as a highly user-friendly mobile
platform to install IoT sensors with reliable
connectivity guarantee. N-View works across a
wide variety of sensor technologies from NB-IoT,
LTE-M, and Cat-M1/M2 to LoRa and 5G. The platform
delivers a number of key features to

• Determine with accuracy the best locations to
  deploy IoT sensors using network coverage
  intelligence.
• Reduce truck rolls and the associated cost of
  deployment.
• Validate RF design and network KPIs using a
  cloud-based analytics dashboard.

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• Salim Bendris, SVP Sales and Marketing at Nivid
  Technologies,explained, The N-View app measures
  a number of connectivity parameters. Using the
  test results technicians can determine with a
  high degree of accuracy the most optimal
  locations for installing the IoT sensors
• Post-deployment, enterprises can utilize N-View
  analytics to track and validate network
  performance in the context of the initial RF
  design and service SLAs. This minimizes the need
  to dispatch technicians for troubleshooting and
  ensures the desired level of service with your
  IoT deployment. These are key factors to drive
  better customer experiences Bendris added.
• Excellent UI/UX was also one of our main
  priorities while designing N-View, said Bendris
  Network evaluations could get quite complicated
  as it involves many protocols and parameters. The
  sensor deployment technicians are not necessarily
  proficient with those technologies. So it is
  really important from a usability point-of-view
  to design an application that can abstract the
  technical complexities into simple, user-friendly
  readings and color cues.

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N-View offers several compelling features for IoT
deployment

• Accurate assessment of network health at any
  location
• Works with multiple technologies and a wide range
  of devices
• Supports both stationary and mobile IoT sensors
• Users can customize tests by selecting test
  parameters and KPIs
• Ease of Use Color coding and legends abstract
  low-level details
• Stitch historical and spatial reference data from
  multiple installers
• Cloud-based analytics dashboard with multiple
  views
• Analytics and insights to compare markets, plan
  new sites, etc.
• Integrated mapping engine tracks locations
• Superior UI/UX design simplifies network tests
  and troubleshooting
• Advantages of an edge computing solution.
  Measurements can be done in offline mode, data
  uploaded to the cloud asynchronously.

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• To get more details about the platform, download
  the N-View brochure.
• Today, most IoT use cases involve low-cost
  sensors to measure water pressure, electricity,
  vibration, etc. The N-View platform has been
  priced very attractively to serve well a wide
  variety of these IoT use cases.
• For a free demo or a trial, you can contact Nivid
  Technologies.