Demonstration of a library prototype to build LoRa mesh networks for the IoT

LoRa has become popular in the Internet of Things (IoT) domain as a Low Power, Wide Area Network (LPWAN) radio technology providing low-power and long-range communi- cation. In a typical IoT application, the LoRaWAN architecture is applied, where LoRa-enabled sensor nodes communicate their data to a...

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Authors: Miquel Solé, Joan|||0000-0003-3737-376X; Miralles Nogués, Sergi; Pueyo Centelles, Roger|||0000-0002-3133-0657; Freitag, Fèlix|||0000-0001-5438-479X
Format: Report
Publication date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/363228
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/363228
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Internet of things
LoRa
Mesh networks
Internet de les coses
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Arquitectura de computadors
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Summary:LoRa has become popular in the Internet of Things (IoT) domain as a Low Power, Wide Area Network (LPWAN) radio technology providing low-power and long-range communi- cation. In a typical IoT application, the LoRaWAN architecture is applied, where LoRa-enabled sensor nodes communicate their data to a gateway, which over the Internet sends these data to a cloud-based service for further processing. LoRa however can also be used standalone for the communication between LoRa end nodes. In this demo paper we show the implementation of a library called LoRaMesher, which enables an application running on a LoRa-enabled IoT device to communicate over a mesh network through a distance vector routing protocol with other LoRa nodes.