LoRaWAN Brings the IoT Across Longer Distances (Part 1): The Technology (Download)

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Low-power wireless network (LPWN) technologies such as LoRaWAN (long-range wide area network) and Sigfox help extend the IoT into areas and applications that aren’t practical for 5G services to support. Though their low data rates (250 bits/s to 50 kb/s) and relatively high latency aren’t suitable for some applications, the ability to perform reliably in noisy, congested environments across long distances, while operating for nearly a decade on a single low-voltage battery, make them an excellent solution for many other apps. They include smart agriculture, remote environmental sensing, and monitoring the structural health of bridges, railways, and other critical elements of the national infrastructure.