Open AccessPerformance Analysis of LPWAN Using LoRa Technology for IoT Application
Author(s) -
Amir Muaz Abdul Rahman,
Fadhlan Hafizhelmi Kamaru Zaman,
Syahrul Afzal Che Abdullah
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2227-524X
DOI - 10.14419/ijet.v7i4.11.20808
Subject(s) - lpwan , computer science , reliability (semiconductor) , transmitter , path loss , fading , wide area network , transmission (telecommunications) , internet of things , computer network , network packet , packet loss , path (computing) , real time computing , electronic engineering , wireless , power (physics) , embedded system , telecommunications , engineering , channel (broadcasting) , physics , quantum mechanics
This paper was dedicated to study the performance of an Internet of Things (IoT) application using LoRa Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN). LoRa is a Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technology developed for IoT applications specifically. Due to the facts that LoRa is a new product, there are questions about its reliability. Hence, a conclusive experiment has been made. The experiment conducted to get an insight to LoRa received signal strength (RSSI) and packet loss. The analysis also includes a measurement of the application Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) between the transmitter and receiver. The results of the experiment show that with a higher spreading factor, LoRa end device provides more immunity against multi-path and signal fading. The proposed IoT application based on this LoRa technology is for autonomous vehicle status information transmission and intervehicle communications, specifically deployed in UiTM Autonomous Vehicle 1 (UiTM AV1).