What is LoRaWAN? In-Depth Overview of Technology & Applications

Rather than relying on proprietary communications technology, MultiTech devices communicate using a network layer protocol known as LoRaWAN. These devices operate at low power, eliminating the need to constantly replace network nodes. Unlike WiFi, LoRa-enabled products communicate over long distances, making them an ideal choice for applications throughout a building, agricultural field or even a city.

As leading IoT service providers, we strive to inform our customers about the technology behind our products, so they can better plan LoRaWan networks that suit their needs. This presentation covers some of the most common questions people have about our offerings:

What is LoRaWAN?
How does this technology fit in the marketplace?
What are MultiConnect Conduit mDot and xDot?
mLinux or AEP (Node Red)?
LoRa server on the gateway or in the cloud?
What is DeviceHQ?
What are end node mbed scripts?

In addition to these topics, Michael discusses how industries are using IoT to solve problems they didn’t even know they had. MultiTech devices can be found in a large number of smart grid applications that use energy more efficiently. With instantaneous monitoring capabilities, our customers have more control over their productivity than ever before.

[ivyjitsingh]

Impressed with LoRaWAN. I would like to know whether 10 miles from equipment took for wireless to concentrator or from concentrator to LoRaw server to IoT

[guywhoknows]

Good sales and paving...
Was that a LoRa remote?

Having a look at the data sheets you show, there seems to be a 53byte transfer for most. I also don't believe the 2 mile indoors!!!

Dial up was 56kb (49) it worked back then and I understand that it's a "tiny pack" non consumers really.

Ideal for data mining any minor send message, or we could say a pager or SMS(c).

Having looked into the tech and being one (old) developers from 2005 era. It struggles with moving subjects so not ideal for moving objects. (C/R end only).
It is common due to the spectrum use and echo issues which I believe is the basis on which LoRa forms it's wider range?

You also mentioned below noise...
But there are a few hundred channels, and the more propagation of these types the more noise will be added in the range.
The same thing happened with WiFi.
4w standards dropped to .1w due to the flood of noise and uptake of the 'products' thus very much counter productive.
WiFi was 1000ft out door, but could be tuned into hearing better, I see the gain is used for delivery. It is interesting how the biostats effect the devices and how that will work on a mass uptake.
It would be interesting if your down maybe 10 years time make wave.
So that the packet and route plotting can use more than one device to transmit the data to its destination, such as load balance on a cluster, and best effort and fastest route.
I believe one of our guys from 2006 sold a how to to Cisco as this was one of the big issues when looking at routes and backhauls.
Multi in multi out data transmission would be tremendous as your data rates could grow significantly.
But as I'm sure you know, small data, means lots of packets, which means slow down and there has to be management (control and registered) to make this work.
I see Mimo is already there for small scale. But this is much like a can-bus. Which LoRa technically is a wi-can. (Hyphen most certainly required)

What Dev needs...
Packet loss and resend, delays, bit rate... Back bone on and off device.
PTP albitration.. MPTP-d.

This would make the network redundant, carryout traffic shaping and load balance and also lower drops and speed up the network, with lower resend/losses.

Its only small budget too. But you may need some of us old programmers and Devs as you new guys try to use all resources lol...

[viccg]

Hi, I would like to know which Network Server - Open Source to deploy on my own servers do you recommend?

Thank you for your suggestion.

[shirishjadav]

one mistake Bluetooth 4.0 is very very very good for battery . exceptional case your slide is misleading.

[Nartin]

18:13 LTE NB IoT is better by link budget. Plus it is a global standard. LoRaWAN is a dead technology like mobile WiMAX