Sequans 5G/4G IoT Tech Dictionary

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) unites seven telecommunications standard development organizations, known as organizational partners, and provides their members with a stable environment to produce the reports and specifications that define 3GPP technologies, including 2G (GSM, GPRS, EDGE), 3G (HSPA, and HSPA+), 4G (LTE, LTE-Advanced, LTE Advanced Pro), and 5G (5G NR, 5G-Advanced). Among these organizations is ETSI, of which Sequans is a member.

When the user device is awake and actively receiving or transmitting.

Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level is a security certification designation awarded by a third party assessor that grades the ability of a product to pass rigorous security requirements, according to commonly agreed upon tests. For Common Criteria exams, the highest grade is level 7, EAL7. In determining a product’s EAL level, the assessor measures it against a pre-determined protection profile (PP). The level assigned indicates the extent to which a product has been tested and proven. While the top level, EAL7 provides the greatest level of assurance that a product’s security features are proven reliable, it does not necessarily indicate a higher level of security better than EAL5 or 6 because EALs are only comparable across products with the same security target. The EAL5 designation assures developers that the product has been designed with the application of specialist security engineering techniques. The “+” suffix in EAL5+ means the product has passed one or more tests beyond level 5. Sequans is the first and only cellular IoT connectivity solutions provider to achieve the Common Criteria EAL5+ security designation for its secure enclave solution. As such, the secure enclave in Monarch 2 and Calliope 2 is the only one in the industry today that is fully GSMA compliant and can host a SIM function that can be remotely provisioned.

Sequans easySWAP™ allows enterprises to activate global connectivity via an embedded iSIM and swap carriers at any time—pre or post-deployment—without physically adding or changing (e)SIMs.

Extended discontinuous reception. eDRX is a technology that allows sleep mode (discontinued reception) for a prescribed period of time in order to save battery life. eDRX allows the user device to tell the network how long it would like to sleep before checking back in.

Evolved Packet Core (EPC) is the terminology used to refer to the 4G Core Network, which ensures the convergence of voice and data. Compared to previous 2G and 3G architectures, which had one architecture for circuit switched (supporting voice) and another for packet switched (supporting data), the EPC enabled a true convergence in the IP world.

ESG (environment, social, and governance) refers to a company’s commitment to sustainability, usually measured by its ability to reduce biodiversity loss and carbon footprint. Sustainable technology describes innovation in developing products that use less energy, chemicals, and water, and reduce waste from operations. Sequans’ chips and modules demonstrate industry-leading low power consumption.

Originally the GSM Association, GSMA is an industry organization that represents the interests of mobile network operators worldwide. Spanning 219 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world’s leading mobile operators and more than 400 associate members, of which Sequans is one, from the wider ecosystem.

Integrated universal integrated circuit card; also known as integrated SIM. iUICC or iSIM is a subscriber identity module (SIM) function implemented on a tamper resistant element (TRE) that is integrated into a system–on–chip (SoC), optionally making use of remote volatile/non-volatile memory. The iSIM on Sequans Monarch 2 platform is Common Criteria EAL5+ certified and compliant with GSMA’s IoT Safe standard.

Monarch’s embedded location engine that provides highly accurate indoor and outdoor positioning without additional radios.

Also known as LTE Category M1 or LTE Cat M. LTE-M is one of two technology standards developed by 3GPP and originally defined in 3GPP Release 13 to address narrowband and lower data rate IoT (Internet of Things) applications. LTE-M defines LTE category M1, which in operator deployments reaches peak rates of 1.1 Mbps uplink and 590 kbps downlink in a 1.4 MHz channel size.

Sequans’ world-leading dual-mode LTE-M/NB-IoT chip platform, which is now in its second generation, Monarch 2, featuring ultra-low power consumption, Common Criteria EAL5+ certified integrated SIM, GNSS functionality, and an open SDK for customer applications.

Radio Access Network, also access network, is the radio element of the cellular telecommunications network that connects individual devices to other parts of the network through a radio link. RAN links user equipment, such as cell phones or IoT devices, to a wired or wireless backhaul connection, which then links to the core network.

The absolute lowest level of power consumed by a device in sleep mode (PSM or eDRX). Sequans’ Monarch delivers rock bottom power consumption of 1 microamp.

The dedicated secure area on a system–on–chip that is by design protected from unauthorized access and can be used to run a limited set of applications and store confidential and cryptographic data. The secure enclave can provide the security to host the iUICC/iSIM function. Monarch 2’s integrated secure enclave provides industry highest level Common Criteria (CC) EAL5+ security, as certified by the French security agency, ANSSI, and recognized by peers, including NSA in the USA and IPA in Japan.

Monarch’s ability to support all RF frequencies from 617-2200 MHz for global operation and roaming with a single hardware configuration.

Ultra reliable low latency communications delivers full end-to-end latency reduction in 5G for mission critical applications that are especially latency-sensitive and require wide coverage.