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Low-Power Wide-Area Networks for Sustainable IoT

Julie A. MccannQiang NiFrank Y. LiGeoffrey Ye LiZhijin Qin

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FOS: Computer and information sciencesComputer scienceComputer Science - Information Theory0805 Distributed Computing02 engineering and technologylaw.inventionComputer Science - Networking and Internet ArchitectureBluetoothGSMlaw1005 Communications Technologies0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringBandwidth (computing)Resource managementElectrical and Electronic EngineeringNetworking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)business.industryInformation Theory (cs.IT)020206 networking & telecommunicationsComputer Science ApplicationsPower (physics)0906 Electrical and Electronic EngineeringWide areaSoftware deploymentNetworking & TelecommunicationsTelecommunicationsbusinessInternet of Things

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Low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks are attracting extensive attention because of their abilities to offer low-cost and massive connectivity to Internet of Things (IoT) devices distributed over wide geographical areas. This article provides a brief overview on the existing LPWA technologies and useful insights to aid the large-scale deployment of LPWA networks. Particularly, we first review the currently competing candidates of LPWA networks, such as narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) and long range (LoRa), in terms of technical fundamentals and large-scale deployment potential. Then we present two implementation examples on LPWA networks. By analyzing the field-test results, we identify several challenges that prevent LPWA technologies moving from the theory to wide-spread practice.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-06-01
10.1109/mwc.2018.1800264https://doi.org/10.1109/MWC.2018.1800264