LoRaWAN: Evaluation of Link- and System-Level Performance

The Internet of Things (IoT) addresses a huge set of possible application domains, requiring both short- and longrange communication technologies. When long distances are present, a number of proprietary and standard solutions for low power wide area networks are already available. Among them, LoRaW...

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Published in:IEEE internet of things journal 2018-06, Vol.5 (3), p.2249-2258
Main Authors: Feltrin, Luca, Buratti, Chiara, Vinciarelli, Enrico, De Bonis, Roberto, Verdone, Roberto
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Bandwidth
Capacity
Field tests
Internet of Things
Internet of Things (IoT)
Logic gates
LoRa
low power wide area networks (LPWANs)
protection ratio
Receivers
Sensitivity
Technology assessment
use case
Wide area networks
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Summary:The Internet of Things (IoT) addresses a huge set of possible application domains, requiring both short- and longrange communication technologies. When long distances are present, a number of proprietary and standard solutions for low power wide area networks are already available. Among them, LoRaWAN is a candidate technology supported by many network operators. This paper discusses the possible role of LoRaWAN for the IoT. First, the LoRaWAN technology is assessed experimentally through a set of laboratory and on-field tests, to characterize it from the link-level viewpoint; then, a system-level analysis is performed through simulation, to evaluate the capacity of an LoRaWAN gateway and a multigateway network to serve a large area. Finally, the results are discussed considering a broad set of use cases.
ISSN:2327-4662
2327-4662
DOI:10.1109/JIOT.2018.2828867