Four advantages and applicable fields of LoRaWAN

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With the rapid development of communication technology, the communication industry is about to enter the 5G era. Data transmission will be more intensive, and the amount of data exchange will become larger and larger. Especially for M2M communication, since the deployment range of equipment is usually wider and wireless devices must avoid frequent battery replacement, LoRaWAN technology was born and shined in the field of Internet of Things applications.

Advantages of LoRaWAN

First, the service life will be a great advantage. In the era of the Internet of Things, IoT devices need to avoid frequent battery replacement, which is troublesome, so the equipment needs to have a long battery life. LoRaWAN has excellent performance in battery performance. Taking water meter applications as an example, LoRaWAN can provide a service life of up to ten years, which basically meets the application scenarios of water meters.

Secondly, we have to mention long-distance transmission. In the past, wireless transmission technology was often used for short-distance transmission, including WiFi, with transmission distances ranging from a few meters to hundreds of meters. Now it is different. For future IoT devices, frequent deployment of device nodes in different environmental applications will increase costs. LoRaWAN technology can support a transmission distance of tens of kilometers, and its architecture is very simple, which reduces the equipment cost and usage cost of network deployment to a certain extent.

Third, it can complete flexible network construction. Mr. Kenny Pai also said that LoRaWAN can support not only private networks but also public networks, which is entirely determined by users or operators. From the current development situation, LoRaWAN technology is increasingly used in multiple vertical markets, and the solutions are becoming more and more complete.

Fourth, a complete ecosystem has been formed. For a standard, the most important thing is not a single device, but the resume of a complete ecological architecture. Now, with more and more manufacturers and markets participating in LoRaWAN technology, the LoRaWAN network has formed a very large coverage area around the world and can also provide a very complete solution for users to adopt.

Mr. Kenny Pai also emphasized, “To be precise, LoRaWAN is a product of LoRa. Based on this product, we hope to establish a standard to provide a common platform for product use, communication and information exchange.

Application areas of LoRaWAN

Smart Agriculture

For agriculture, low-power and low-cost sensors are urgently needed. The application of sensors such as temperature and humidity, carbon dioxide, and salinity is of great significance for increasing agricultural production and reducing water consumption. However, these data indicators will not change significantly in a short period of time, the data volume is small, and the real-time requirements are not high. Therefore, LoRaWAN is undoubtedly the best choice.

Smart Building

For building renovation, adding sensors for temperature and humidity, safety, harmful gases, water flow monitoring, etc. and uploading the monitoring information regularly facilitates the supervision of managers and users. Generally speaking, the communication of these sensors does not need to be particularly frequent or guarantee particularly good service quality, and a portable home gateway can meet the needs, so LoRaWAN is a more suitable choice for this scenario.

Automated Manufacturing

In the automated industrial production environment, a large number of intelligent technologies are applied, and various information data are intersected in the network, so the characteristics of the selected network are directly related to the execution quality of the production plan. Some scenarios require frequent communication and ensure good quality of service (QoS), then NB-IoT is a more appropriate choice; while some scenarios require low-cost sensors with low power consumption and long-life batteries to track equipment and monitor status, then LoRaWAN is a reasonable choice.

Smart Logistics

The logistics industry covers a very wide geographical area, so low investment and high working life are the top considerations when choosing a network. In order to track pallets and determine the location and status of goods, freight companies need all facilities involved in the entire logistics process to be covered by the network. This requires not only that the network nodes are economical enough to be laid over a large area, but also that they have mobility so that they can be installed on transportation vehicles as a mobile gateway. As such, NB-IoT technology, which relies on 4G base stations to deploy networks, is obviously not able to meet this requirement. LoRaWAN's low cost, high battery life, high mobility, and stable communication at high speeds enable it to lead the way in the field of smart logistics.

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