Drone Convention 2016
#DroneConEU
www.droneconvention.eu
May 10 2016, C-Mine, Genk
Tom Sorgeloos
The cellular network:
a vital link in the world of drones

Part of the Orange Group
3
Orange Group
6.2
million
IoT SIM cards
Presence in
220
countries
Overall50
billion €
turnover (2015)
263
million
customers
worldwide
Orange Belgium
1
million
IoT SIM cards
(IMC)
1.235
billion €
turnover (2015)
5.5
million
active SIM cards
in Belgium
1,500
employees

INTERNET of THINGS & MACHINE to MACHINE

CSD GPRS

93 %
OUTDOOR
POPULATION
COVERAGE
99 %
COVERAGE
of Belgian territtory
9 Mbs
AVERAGE UPLOAD
SPEED
16 Mbs
AVERAGE
DOWNLOAD SPEED
OUR NETWORK

AGILE KICK-OFF MEETING, 12-14 January 2016, Trento IT
Academic
TestLab
4G in 3D
Drone Hero of the Year (?)

Increasing interest for the deployment of drones
for surveillance at large industry sites

What do we need ?
• -> Test cases on several aspects important for 4G/5G for drone control
 (Inter)national mobile coverage (roaming)
 E2E (fix) connectivity
 Latency < 10ms
 High/Low bandwidth (4G,5G,NB-ioT)
 Network slicing
 Reduced Interference
 100% reliability
 Round trip delay < 150 ms
 Energy efficiency
 Seamless Handover
 Privacy
 Security
 Authentication
 Fall-back mechanisms
 Regulation
 Mission Critical – Business Impact
 24/7
THE POWER OF DATA !

RELAX AND GO CELLULAR !

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THANKS !
Q&A
Tom.sorgeloos@orange.be
+32(0)495/55.04.24
@SorgeloosTom