Short Range Communication

and Smart Home

Liang Zhu
IoT Division of CTTL‐Terminals Laboratory
China Academy of Information and Communication Technology
zhuliang@caict.ac.cn
Outline

• Introducing Short Range Communication (SRC)

• Overview of SRC Technologies and Standards

• Application Scenarios of SRC for Smart Home

• The New Evolution of SRC for Smart Home

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Introducing Short Range Communication

 Short Range Communication (SRC) refers to the communication between two or more devices in local areas.
• The Wireless distance between devices ranges from a few centimeters to tens of meters.

Data Rate

1Gbps Wi‐Fi 4G/5G

Hi‐speed SRC Hi‐speed WAN

1Mbps

Bluetooth
1Kbps
Low‐speed SRC
LPWAN
Low‐speed WAN

1m 100m 10km Distance 3

Introducing Short Range Communication

 Different SRC technologies have different characteristics, and can be used at different scales.

Smart community area：Wi-Fi, Bluetooth

Wi‐Fi Bluetooth NFC Smart home area：Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC

Data Rate 10Gbps 1‐2Mbps 424kbps

MAX 50‐200m 20‐200m 20‐40mm

Distance Special Purpose
Frequency 2.4G/5.8GHz 2.4GHz 13.56MHz Provide access, sphygmomano
meter General Purpose Provide access, data
connection
Blood glucose air conditioner transmission and
Security Normal High High management, and
data transmission meter connection management
Refrigerator Key node for outdoor mass
for home / Office / Weighing
Standard IEEE802.11a/ IEEE 802.15 ISO/IEC sensors and terminal
indoor sensors and scale Purifier Router
b/g/n/ac/ax 18092 terminal devices . devices in residential
PlayStation Sensors Gateway
areas / parks / Buildings.
Cost Low Low Low Control
TV
AR / VR
Lamp
Power 100mw 100/2.5mw 5mw control Smart door Mobile phone,
Gamepad lock APP, Smart
Consumptio … … … speaker, …
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Introducing Short Range Communication

 Wireless Short-Range Communication technologies with low cost, low power consumption and easy wiring
features are an important component of smart home systems.
 The smart home system architecture from the bottom to the top is: terminal sensing layer, wireless short-
range communication layer, wide area network layer and application layer of smart home.

Terminals
HTTP
HTTPS
Module
Applications
Chip of Smart
Wi‐Fi Smart Home Home
Bluetooth Management
Sensor MQTT
etc. Platform
CoAP

Smart Home System Architecture

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Overview of SRC Technologies and Standards

 Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) is the latest generation of Wi-Fi industry standard after Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac).
• Date rate up to 9.6Gbps (Capacity 4 x that of Wi-Fi 5)
• 2.4GHz & 5GHz, up to 1024QAM, 160MHz and 8SS

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 Overview of SRC Technologies and Standards

Intensive User Concurrency Higher Data Rate

 DL/UL MU-MIMO  Higher order modulation
 Channel utilization efficiency  Spatial reuse and BSS coloring
improved OFDMA technology mechanism

Application Scenarios Application Scenarios

 High density wireless access and  Highly confrontational network
high-capacity wireless services, game and cloud game
such as high-density venues,  4k/8k HD video industry
indoor high-density wireless areas,  Virtual reality, naked eye 3D, etc
electronic classrooms, etc  Panoramic electronic classroom

Lower Power Consumption Better network coverage

 Dynamic power control  Extend Long Range technology
 TWT Power Saving

Application Scenarios Application Scenarios

 Provide better power control  Indoor large public places, such as
functions for low-power devices, museums, gymnasiums, airports,
such as smart wristbands and cafes
headwear devices
Overview of SRC Technologies and Standards

 Bluetooth technology becomes more and more successful in applications of smart home.
• Bluetooth 5.0 brought additional speed and distance enhancement.
• The Mesh Profile is a many-to-many style of communication with provisions for message relay in BT 5.0.

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Overview of SRC Technologies and Standards

 Bluetooth technology becomes more and more successful in applications of smart home.

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Overview of SRC Technologies and Standards

 NFC technology becomes mature and acts as an important role in applications of smart home.

The First NFC NFC Forum Release 2012 NFC Forum Release 2017 NFC Forum Release 2021
Based on international standards， Added NFC Type V technology
Philips and Sony developed Cancel the support to
NFC Forum defined NFC A，B，F
with longer distance (≤1m) technology of T1T protocol
ISO14443 international Standard technology and P2P protocol

2003 2017 2021

2012

2004 2014 2019

NFC Forum NFC Forum Release 2014 NFC Forum Release 2019
NFC Forum adopted NFC standards Support NFC wireless power standard to meet
Support NFC Type5 tag operation
the demand for low power charging（1W）
from ISO and JIS association
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Application Scenarios of SRC for Smart Home

 Smart Home Application Scenarios

Air Conditioner Surveillance Power Saving Entertainment Smart Kitchen

Health Lighting Sensors Bedroom Bathroom

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Application Scenarios of SRC for Smart Home

 Wi-Fi Applicable Smart Home Scenarios

50ms
Wi-Fi 6 Main Applicable Scenarios

1 Video Surveillance
2 Multiplayer Online Game
3 Home Automation

Time 4 Home Office

Delay 5 Smart Community
• Wi-Fi can quickly establish wireless network for smart
6 HD Video Display home and build the required network structure to
meet the needs of family customized scenarios. For
7 Online Education
example: home office, home automation, HD video
8 AR / VR transmission.
10ms
• In addition to meeting the traditional Wi-Fi scenarios,
Wi Fi 6 can be used in ultra-high speed and low delay
application scenarios, such as AR/ VR / metauniverse.

Low High
Bandwidth
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Application Scenarios of SRC for Smart Home

 Bluetooth Applicable Smart Home Scenarios

• With Bluetooth Low‐Energy (BLE) mesh wireless

communication technology, you don't have to
build a smart home by connecting a separate
hub.
• Bluetoth BLE mesh is a low‐power, wireless
networking option designed to connect each
BT Gateway device to every other device in a many‐to‐many
communication model.
• By extending the end‐to‐end communication
range beyond the radio range of each individual
device, this model enables the control and
monitoring of many connected devices.

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Application Scenarios of SRC for Smart Home

 NFC Applicable Smart Home Scenarios

• NFC stands for Near Field Communication

over tiny distances of up to around 4
centimeters. NFC can be used in so many
different creative ways in smart home.

• NFC tags can act as an input to your

system just as a button would. They can
be "activated" by being scanned just the
same as a button would be pushed.

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The New Evolution of SRC for Smart Home

 Wi-Fi7 delivers value for the next decade with much higher performance for smart home.

BW 320MHz Multi-RU

Wi‐Fi 7 Core Multiple Links

4096-QAM
Technologies

16 Spatial flow AP Cooperation

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The New Evolution of SRC for Smart Home

 Latest Bluetooth V5.3 provides more features in applications of smart home.

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The New Evolution of SRC for Smart Home

 Open Link Association (OLA) is developing NFC standard for WLAN access authentication in
smart home.

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Trainer information

• Trainer: Dr. Liang Zhu

• E‐mail: zhuliang@caict.ac.cn
• Department: IoT Division of CTTL‐Terminals Laboratory
• Organization: China Academy of Information and Communication Technology
• Address: No. 52 Hua Yuanbei Road, Beijing, 100191, CHINA

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