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Title LoRaWAN for Smart City IoT Deployments: A Long Term Evaluation
ID_Doc 36446
Authors Basford, PJ; Bulot, FMJ; Apetroaie-Cristea, M; Cox, SJ; Ossont, SJ
Title LoRaWAN for Smart City IoT Deployments: A Long Term Evaluation
Year 2020
Published Sensors, 20, 3
DOI 10.3390/s20030648
Abstract LoRaWAN is a Low-Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technology designed for Internet of Things (IoT) deployments; this paper presents experiences from deploying a city-scale LoRaWAN network across Southampton, UK. This network was deployed to support an installation of air quality monitors and to explore the capabilities of LoRaWAN. This deployment uses a mixture of commercial off-the-shelf gateways and custom gateways. These gateway locations were chosen based on network access, site permission and accessibility, and are not necessarily the best locations theoretically. Over 135,000 messages have been transmitted by the twenty devices analysed. Over the course of the complete deployment, 72.4% of the messages were successfully received by the data server. Of the messages that were received, 99% were received within 10 s of transmission. We conclude that LoRaWAN is an applicable communication technology for city-scale air quality monitoring and other smart city applications.
Author Keywords Internet of Things; wireless sensor networks; communication networks; smart city; LoRaWAN
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000517786200072
WoS Category Chemistry, Analytical; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Instruments & Instrumentation
Research Area Chemistry; Engineering; Instruments & Instrumentation
PDF https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/3/648/pdf?version=1580889187
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