Comment by Aachen
2 years ago
Anyone here feeling qualified to answer the question in the title?
The article describes various aspects, such as that the new DECT version uses modulation and other mechanisms also present in cellular NR/5G, which sounds like a big step forward but, at the same time, no difference in user experience either. The networks get more secure and efficient by the sound of this vendor publication, but is there any user-visible chance? Or are the under-the-hood changes "a big deal" as they put it?
Latency is probably the crucial specification here. LTE includes low latency IoT modes, but last I heard getting them to work was an active area of research. Maybe DECT-2020 is the plan B?
I suspect the big deal is combination of range, density, and effective bandwidth for given density, which is explicitly something they compare against other IoT wireless protocols.