Overview of Cellular LPWAN Technologies for IoT Deployment: Sigfox, LoRaWAN, and NB-IoT

Mekki, Kais; Bajic, Eddy; Chaxel, Frédéric; Meyer, Fernand

doi:10.1109/percomw.2018.8480255

Cited by 259 publications

(201 citation statements)

References 10 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

197

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…For the appropriateness of this technology in the energy sector for example, the study in [79] reviews the technological advances and presents Sigfox as one of the best low power candidates for smart metering for enabling real-time energy services for households. In addition, the study in [80] compare different low power wide area network technologies and conclude that Sigfox is a suitable solution to be used with electric plugs sensors alert in smart buildings.…”

Section: Communication Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Internet of Things (IoT) and the Energy Sector

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Integration of renewable energy and optimization of energy use are key enablers of sustainable energy transitions and mitigating climate change. Modern technologies such the Internet of Things (IoT) offer a wide number of applications in the energy sector, i.e, in energy supply, transmission and distribution, and demand. IoT can be employed for improving energy efficiency, increasing the share of renewable energy, and reducing environmental impacts of the energy use. This paper reviews the existing literature on the application of IoT in in energy systems, in general, and in the context of smart grids particularly. Furthermore, we discuss enabling technologies of IoT, including cloud computing and different platforms for data analysis. Furthermore, we review challenges of deploying IoT in the energy sector, including privacy and security, with some solutions to these challenges such as blockchain technology. This survey provides energy policy-makers, energy economists, and managers with an overview of the role of IoT in optimization of energy systems.

show abstract

Section: Communication Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Internet of Things (IoT) and the Energy Sector

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…NarrowBand IoT (NB-IoT) is an LPWAN technology based on narrow band radio technology that can coexist with GSM and long-term evolution (LTE) under licensed frequency bands. NB-IoT is standardized by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and its specifications were released in June 2016; thus, additional time is needed before its network is established [16].…”

Section: Wireless Sensor Network In the Context Of Smart Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In a smart irrigation system [19], the end-device achieved a distance of 7 km in the field tests. Table 1 shows a comparison of the different communication technologies discussed above for the creation of WSNs [8,16,21,22]. If we analyze the data shown in the table above, we can see that GPRS technology, apart from its high cost, is not entirely suitable for the communication of wireless sensors due to its high energy consumption, which means it is little used in the creation of high autonomy nodes.…”

Section: Wireless Sensor Network In the Context Of Smart Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

An Autonomous Wireless Device for Real-Time Monitoring of Water Needs

Borrero

Zabalo

2020

Sensors

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The agri-food sector is in constantly renewing, continuously demanding new systems that facilitate farmers´ work. Efficient agricultural practices are essential to increasing farm profitability, and reducing water consumption can be achieved by real-time monitoring of water needs. However, the prices of automatic systems for collecting data from several sources (soil and climate) are expensive and their autonomy is very low. This paper presents a low-consumption solution using the Internet of Things (IoT) based on wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and long-range wide-area network (LoRaWAN) technologies. By means of low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) communication, a farmer can monitor the state of crops in real time thanks to a large number of sensors connected wirelessly and distributed across the farm. The wireless sensor node developed, called BoXmote, exhibits very low power, since it has been optimized both in terms of hardware and software. The result is a higher degree of autonomy than commercial motes. This will allow the farmer to have access to all of the information necessary to achieve an efficient irrigation management of his crops with full autonomy.

show abstract

“…() Unlicensed long‐range (LoRa) and proprietary Sigfox protocols are solutions to attend long‐range coverage, in situations of fixed or nomadic terminals supporting communication distances greater than 10 km. ()…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Performance assessment of long‐range and Sigfox protocols with mobility support

Oliveira

Rodrigues

Kozlov

et al. 2019

Int J Communication

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Summary Low‐power wide area networks (LP‐WANs) protocols are considered options to meet the requirements of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions that need long‐range communication with low power consumption. Few studies intended to evaluate the performance of the same class of protocols coexisting in the same environment and with mobility support. This paper explores the technical characteristics of Sigfox and long‐range (LoRa) protocols and presents a performance evaluation study considering mobility scenarios. The experiments were performed in real environments. Then, two prototypes for LoRa and Sigfox equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS) were created. Quantitative and qualitative performance metrics were also proposed for this study. The results showed that the coexistence between these protocols has soft impact on the performance presented. Because of the movement, the effects of Doppler, multipath, and signal fading hardly affect the performance of both protocols.

show abstract

Overview of Cellular LPWAN Technologies for IoT Deployment: Sigfox, LoRaWAN, and NB-IoT

Cited by 259 publications

References 10 publications

Internet of Things (IoT) and the Energy Sector

Internet of Things (IoT) and the Energy Sector

An Autonomous Wireless Device for Real-Time Monitoring of Water Needs

Performance assessment of long‐range and Sigfox protocols with mobility support

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About