An evaluation of low power wide area network technologies for the Internet of Things

Nolan, Keith; Guibène, Wael; Kelly, Mark

doi:10.1109/iwcmc.2016.7577098

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“…By inviting corporate managers and operators to participate in the system evaluation, we discussed the system performance and formed a consensus on how to develop the system to improve the efficiency of salt lake brine production management [42]. Test scenario 3: Reliability test of communication link based on LoRa and GPRS The reliability of wireless links from sensor nodes to the server is evaluated by measuring the packet loss rate of the LoRa network within 30 days at the brine mines [41].…”

Section: System Assessment Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: System Assessment Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…By inviting corporate managers and operators to participate in the system evaluation, we discussed the system performance and formed a consensus on how to develop the system to improve the efficiency of salt lake brine production management [42]. This research compares and analyzes the statistical data of brine pump failures before the implementation of the system (from July to October 2016) and after the implementation of the system (from July to October 2017).…”

Section: System Assessment Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Improving Intelligence and Efficiency of Salt Lake Production by Applying a Decision Support System Based on IOT for Brine Pump Management

Cui

Zhang

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Electronics

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At present, due to their geographical distribution, environmental conditions and traditional monitoring technologies, the manual inspection of brine pumps in Qinghai Saline Lake can not be effectively carried out in real time, so the pumps have a high failure rate. This has seriously affected the chemical production of this saline lake. The paper designed a remote real-time monitoring terminal and a decision support system based on LoRa technology, GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) remote communication technology and remote-control technology. The system integrated the liquid-level sensing model and the decision support model for brine pump management. The system monitored and analyzed the voltage, current, and liquid-level parameters in real time to determine the operating status or failure of the brine pump. The ID3 (Iterative Dichotomiser 3) method was used to establish the correlation models between the dynamic monitoring information and the brine pump failure, which is the core of the decision support model. The remote controller was implemented to display and control the running status of the brine pumps when the maintenance personnel received the warning information. PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) language and a MySQL database were implemented to realize the data display, management and decision support system.

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Section: System Assessment Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: System Assessment Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…By inviting corporate managers and operators to participate in the system evaluation, we discussed the system performance and formed a consensus on how to develop the system to improve the efficiency of salt lake brine production management [42]. This research compares and analyzes the statistical data of brine pump failures before the implementation of the system (from July to October 2016) and after the implementation of the system (from July to October 2017).…”

Section: System Assessment Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Improving Intelligence and Efficiency of Salt Lake Production by Applying a Decision Support System Based on IOT for Brine Pump Management

Cui

Zhang

et al. 2018

Electronics

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“…Wireless technologies commonly associated with the IoT include IEEE 802.15.4 mesh [2], LoRaWAN [3], Sigfox [4], NB-IoT [5], Weightless-P [6], random-phase multiple access (RPMA) by Ingenu [7], and MIoTy from Fraunhofer-IIS [8], amongst others. In a previous work, we provided additional detail regarding the real-world performance of a selection of these wireless IoT networking technologies [9]. An example depicting LPWA and mesh is shown in Figure 3, where two non-IP technologies, LPWA and IEEE 802.15.4 mesh, are used as part of a WLAN-and Ethernet-based heterogeneous network.…”

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IPv6 Convergence for IoT Cyber–Physical Systems

Nolan

Kelly

2018

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Abstract:We describe the evolution of the IoT towards a heterogeneous multitopology network subject to dynamic change and volatility yet still capable of secure and dependable operation. As part of this evolution, we outline the key changes in wireless communications technologies and heterogeneous networking that have arisen during the development of the IoT. We briefly outline the emerging area of cyber-physical systems, and associated technical challenges. We then describe how IP convergence can be viewed as the narrow waist connecting endpoint devices and fieldbus devices with applications and services in new Industry 4.0, and cyber-physical system use cases. We outline how a protocol-packing approach can be used for encapsulating LoRaWAN frames with IEEE 802.15.4 and IEEE 802.11 frames. Extending this, we propose a method for ultracompressed IPv6 signaling, and detail how this can be achieved in an example low-power wide-area technology, namely LoRaWAN. To support our proposed approach, we provide real-world analyses where IPv6 commands undergo a process of ultracompression and are then conveyed to a LoRaWAN endpoint. We find that IPv6 command ultracompression can potentially support command packet sizes that are over 20x smaller than the reported worst-case maximum protocol data unit size of 81 bytes.

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“…With these networks, it is possible to cover a medium size city with a few number of base stations. Two alternatives stand out over the others; LoRa and SIGFOX [7]. Both solutions operate at sub-GHz ISM band.…”

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An Alternative Wearable Tracking System Based on a Low-Power Wide-Area Network

Fernández‐García

Gil

2017

Sensors

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This work presents an alternative wearable tracking system based on a low-power wide area network. A complete GPS receiver was integrated with a textile substrate, and the latitude and longitude coordinates were sent to the cloud by means of the SIM-less SIGFOX network. To send the coordinates over SIGFOX protocol, a specific codification algorithm was used and a customized UHF antenna on jeans fabric was designed, simulated and tested. Moreover, to guarantee the compliance to international regulations for human body exposure to electromagnetic radiation, the electromagnetic specific absorption rate of this antenna was analyzed. A specific remote server was developed to decode the latitude and longitude coordinates. Once the coordinates have been decoded, the remote server sends this information to the open source data viewer SENTILO to show the location of the sensor node in a map. The functionality of this system has been demonstrated experimentally. The results guarantee the utility and wearability of the proposed tracking system for the development of sensor nodes and point out that it can be a low cost alternative to other commercial products based on GSM networks.

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An evaluation of low power wide area network technologies for the Internet of Things

Cited by 178 publications

References 5 publications

Improving Intelligence and Efficiency of Salt Lake Production by Applying a Decision Support System Based on IOT for Brine Pump Management

Improving Intelligence and Efficiency of Salt Lake Production by Applying a Decision Support System Based on IOT for Brine Pump Management

IPv6 Convergence for IoT Cyber–Physical Systems

An Alternative Wearable Tracking System Based on a Low-Power Wide-Area Network

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