What is LoRaWAN?
LoRaWAN is a type of long-range wireless (typically up to 10 km or up to 1336km) at a very-low bit rate.
- LoRaWAN is estimated to be the leading non-cellular LPWAN technology by 2026.
- It will account for more than half of all non-cellular LPWA connections, ensuring the start of a splendid future.
- In the segment of Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN), LoRaWAN® is the most popular technology.
The Benefits of LoRaWAN
LoRaWAN is the best wireless technology for IoT in long range:
- Long range wireless: Typilcally 4-5 building floor, 1-10km in open space and 100+ km in open sea or from air.
- Long lasting battery: LoRaWAN IoT nodes can last 1-10 year on battery thanks to ultra-low power usage. That allows us to deploy LoRaWAN IoT nodes in remote areas without much maintenance.
- Global standard: Every servers, gateways and nodes from every vendor in LoRaWAN ecosystem will work together. You can buy the gateways and nodes from hundreds vendors in the market.
LoRaWAN applications for Smart City
LoRaWAN is a Wide Area Network for IoTs. Therefore, it is preferred to be used in Smart City applications.
- Indoor / outdoor air quality, weather monitoring
- Predictive cleaning, room occupancy
- Fleet management, traffic lights
- Predictive waste removal
- Parking space occupancy
- Ultility meters
- Urban argiculture…
LoRaWAN applications for Smart Projects
LoRaWAN is applied to various segments thanks to its long range and low power consumption: Smart Building, Smart Ultility (Gas and Water), Smart Waste, Smart Argiculture, Smart Parking…
Welcome to LoRaWAN! 🙂
I have used LoRa and its range is awesome.
Should I move to LoRaWAN?
LoRaWAN is a standard and use LoRa radio below.
If you switch to LoRaWAN, your nodes can work with any LoRaWAN gateways and servers in the market.
LoRaWAN also has built-in encryption to protect the data privacy.
Yes, you should move from LoRa to LoRaWAN while still enjoying the long range and low battery consumption.