LoRaWAN specificationdevelopments

NicolasSornin
LoRaAlliance.org

LoRa=aradiophysicallayer

LORA
Antenna
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LoRacanbeusedwithanyprotocol

WMbus

HART
LORA
Antenna
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Whatprotocolcanweuse?

Toochatty
Nodeistiedtoagateway
Verydifficultmobilitysupport
NosecurityatMAClevel

6LoPan
LORA
Antenna
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LoRaWAN1.0
CloseALIGNMENTWITHIEEE802.15.4inordertopreservehigherlayers

Butseamlessmobility,nohandover
Minimalprotocoloverhead

LoRaWAN
LORA
Antenna
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LoRaWANdesignobjectives

DesignedforvirtualizedCLOUDBASEDnetworklayer:
Simplerbasestations,lessmaintenance
AllNWantennasbehaveasone,nohandovernecessary.

CloseALIGNMENTWITHIEEE802.15.4inordertopreservehigherlayers
6LoWPANcompatibility
IEEEsensoraddressspace

MINIMALENERGYREQUIREMENTS:Eliminateuselessoverheads.

EnablesSMOOTHVERSIONING
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LoRaWANdeviceclasses
CLASSNAME

INTENDEDUSAGE

Batterypoweredsensors,oractuatorswithnolatencyconstraint
Mostenergyefficient communicationclass.
Mustbesupportedbyalldevices

( all )

B
( beacon )

C
( continuous )

Batterypoweredactuators
Energyefficientcommunicationclassforlatencycontrolleddownlink.
Basedonslottedcommunicationsynchronizedwithanetwork
beacon.
Mainspoweredactuators
Deviceswhichcanaffordtolistencontinuously.
Nolatencyfordownlinkcommunication.
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Whatscomingnext?

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ExamplesofcurrentdevelopmentsinsidetheTC

Globalfrequencybandssupport
Cleverfragmentation
Roaming

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NativesupportfordifferentFrequencybands..

Europe868ISMband
Europe433ISMband
Russia
NorthAmerica900band
China780band

Europe868ISMband
Europe433ISMband
NorthAmerica900band
China780band
Korea
Japan
Brazil
India

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Fragmentationuplink
Datablock

fragmentation
LoRaWAN
LORA
Antenna
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Fragmentationdownlink
Firmwareupgrade

fragmentation
LoRaWAN
LORA
Antenna
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Firmwareupgradebroadcast

fragments

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Firmwareupgradebroadcast

fragments

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Cleverfragmentationlayer

fragments

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Firmwareupdateblock
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Roaming..

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Roaming..Approach1.0

DisconnectfromnetworkA

ConnecttonetworkB

Easy!!
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Roaming..Butreallifelooksmorelikethis

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Roaming..

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Roaming..Butwhatif???

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Roaming..

Soroamingincludesmanydifferentscenarios
Cleverroamingimpliesbeingconnectedtoseveralnetwork
simultaneously
Roamingisabackendinterfaceproblemtosolve

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Roaming..

Roamingisaboutfindingasolutionto:

Backendtobackendsecureconnection
Operatortooperatorclearing&billing
Localizingtheenddevices
Transparentdeviceprovisioningacrossmultiplenetworks

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Thankyou,comeandjoinus
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