This slide illustrates that for IoT solutions there is a portfolio of connectivity technologies that can be used. The choice of connection type will depend on the solution that is being developed. For a fixed solution, like a smart meter where the data transmission is low volume and low frequency, there are multiple choices for connection, including the local wireless connection, or 2G. When an IoT device has a more data-intensive transmission like a control function for a robot, a connectivity option like 3G or 4G would be a better choice. When considering a fixed device like a vending machine in a commercial building, one option could be to wire the device in to the wireline services of the building. In the case of a solution like a home security system (including motion sensors, cameras, and leak detectors), the devices can utilize short range technologies (like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, etc.) for the short range communication to deliver the data to a gateway. From there the different connectivity protocols, like wireline, WAN, or cellular will perform the “backhaul” to deliver data to the network.