Qualcomm 9205S Target Applications
• Seamless shipping container
tracking through connectivity
between land and waters
• Agricultural and farming
equipment management
• Mining equipment management
• Freight, railway cargo, and fleet
management
• Real-time monitoring of exotic
and farm animal tags
Features
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Block Diagram
Leverages best-in-class Qualcomm
connectivity solutions for seamless coverage
between cellular and satellite networks using
just one modem
9205S
Arm®
Cortex®-A7
Processor
Satellite connectivity protocol based on
3GPP Release 17 standards (GEO/GSO only)
allows for ubiquitous coverage
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Integrated GNSS to provide location for 5G
IoT-NTN connectivity
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Low-power wide area (CAT-M/NB-IoT)
support with 2G for terrestrial network
connectivity and seamless mobility
Specifications
CPU
Ideally suited for hybrid use case applications
that require mobility between terrestrial and
satellite networks including asset tracking
and real-time monitoring
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Name: Arm® Cortex®-A7 Processor
Clock Speed: Up to 800 MHz
Clock Speed (range): < 1 GHz
Peak Download Speed: Up to 127 kbps1, Up to 588 kbps2
Peak Upload Speed: Up to 1119 kbps2, Up to 158.5 kbps1
Cellular Technology: Rel.14 LTE Cat-NB2, Rel.12 EGPRS MSC12,
Rel.14 LTE Cat-M1, Rel.17 NB-IoT over NTN3
Cellular Modem-RF
Built on the trusted Qualcomm 9205
platform used reliably across a range of IoT
applications
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Calling Services: LTE Cat-M1 VoLTE over IMS, GSM CS voice
Uses virtually the same physical dimensions
as the Qualcomm 9205 for straightforward
equipment replacements
Location
Satellite Systems: GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, GPS
Network Protocols
Protocols: SSL, IPv4, IPv6, ping, PPP, DTSL, TCP, HTTP, FTP, UDP,
OMA Lightweight M2M, CoAP, MQTT
Small 60mm x 60mm reference card provides
flexibility to design form factors to address a
variety of IoT applications
LTE low bands: B85, B5, B8, B18, B19, B12, B13, B17, B14, B27, B28,
B26, B20, B71, B31, B72, B73
RF
LTE mid bands: B25, B66, B4, B3, B2, B1, B234, N256, N2554
EGPRS bands: B3, B2, B8, B5
Highly capable applications processor and
peripheral support to enable different hub
type use cases
Battery Management
Monitoring: Thermal
Can be attached to any host (MCU) as a
peripheral to provide satellite connectivity
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Power Management
Security
Supply Voltage Range: 2.4 V to 4.8 V
Features: Secure Boot, Qualcomm® Trusted Execution Environment
(TEE), Hardware-based Crypto Engine, Secure file system, Secure
debug
No need to orient devices in a particular way
beyond line of sight to establish and maintain
connectivity
Operating System: ThreadX OS
SDKs: LTE IoT SDK
Soꢀware Options
Works with any GEO/GSO satellite network
using the 3GPP Rel.17 5G IoT-NTN protocol
globally
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Interfaces
Supported Interfaces: PWM, USB 2.0, SPI5, ADC, HS-UART, GPIO
Specification Version: USB 2.0
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
Ordering Information
Operating Temperature
Range
Minimum Temperature: -40 °C
Maximum Temperature: 85 °C
Product
Qualcomm Part Numbers
Baseband: Qualcomm 9205S
Radio Transceiver and Front-End: SDR105
Audio Codec: WCD93066
Power Management IC (PMIC): PME9205
Battery Charger: SMB2316
Contributing Chipsets
MDM9205S
PME9205
SDR105
MDM9205S-0
PME9205-0
SDR105-0
1. Rel.14 Cat-NB2 2. Rel.14 Cat-M1 3. GEO/GSO only 4. Future update 5. Master only 6. Optional
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