LoRaWAN Performance Analysis for a Water Monitoring and Leakage Detection System in a Housing Complex

Abstract

The automation of water leakage detection and monitoring systems has recently been made possible by the Internet of Things (IoT). However, the high cost is an obstacle when applying a network over a large area. The Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) was created specifically to address long-range IoT applications. The Long-Range Wide-Area Network (LoRaWAN) is one of the most common LPWANs. In this study, a method for monitoring and detecting water leakage in a housing complex was tested using LoRaWAN. Water leakage was detected using a low-pressure system model comprising a water meter, presser sensor, and smart valve within a LoRa node. This study investigates the use of LoRaWAN for water monitoring and leakage detection by implementing a comprehensive case study to identify LoRaWAN’s feasibility, reliability, and scalability for water monitoring and leakage detection in simulated scenarios. The housing complex varied in size and number of nodes. The LoRaWAN was evaluated by the FloRa simulator package through the Objective Modular Network Testbed (OMNeT++) platform. The results indicated that it was an efficient means of water monitoring and leakage detection in housing complexes.

Development of Microclimate Data Recorder on Coffee-Pine Agroforestry Using LoRaWAN and IoT Technology

“…The results of integration testing between Things Network (TTN) and IoT Server (ThingSpeak) for the LoRaWAN system have been successfully realized and provided good results [109]. This shows that the interconnection of LoRaWAN technology from sensor nodes to IoT servers has been established effectively [110]. This shows that the system has been successfully developed and has succeeded in recording microclimate data in coffee pine agroforestry by measuring the variables of soil and air temperature, soil and air humidity, and light intensity.…”

Integration of Data and Predictive Models for the Evaluation of Air Quality and Noise in Urban Environments

“…The sensor layer is responsible for collecting environmental data in real-time. These data are transmitted over a network that uses efficient technologies such as LoRaWAN [ 31 , 32 ]. The cloud-based storage server manages and stores large volumes of collected data.…”

Sistema de monitoreo LoRaWAN de consumo de agua

“…En Alghamdi et al (2022), los autores proponen un modelo para monitoreo de agua y detección de fugas para un complejo residencial, el cual fue simulado mediante OMNet++ (del inglés, Objective Modular Network Testbed in C++), simulador abierto de sistemas y redes. En este utilizaron el framework FLoRa que permite simular redes LoRaWAN.…”