Worldwide Connectivity for the Internet of Things Through LoRaWAN

Autor: Lorenzo Vangelista, Marco Centenaro
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Future Internet, Vol 11, Iss 3, p 57 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1999-5903
DOI: 10.3390/fi11030057
Popis: The low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) paradigm is gradually gaining market acceptance. In particular, three prominent LPWAN technologies are emerging at the moment: LoRaWAN™ and SigFox™, which operate on unlicensed frequency bands, and NB-IoT, operating on licensed frequency bands. This paper deals with LoRaWAN™, and has the aim of describing a particularly interesting feature provided by the latest LoRaWAN™ specification—often neglected in the literature—i.e., the roaming capability between different operators of LoRaWAN™ networks, across the same country or even different countries. Recalling that LoRaWAN™ devices do not have a subscriber identification module (SIM) like cellular network terminals, at a first glance the implementation of roaming in LoRaWAN™ networks could seem intricate. The contribution of this paper consists in explaining the principles behind the implementation of a global LoRaWAN network, with particular focus on how to cope with the lack of the SIM in the architecture and how to realize roaming.
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