As a common long-distance wireless communication technology, LoRa is very popular because of its simple installation, low cost, and long communication distance. There are many networking methods for LoRa. Today we will talk about: “lora networking method”.
Basic introduction to LoRa
| LoRa | |
| Networking method | Based on LoRa gateway |
| Network deployment method |
Node gateway (the gateway deployment location has higher requirements and many factors need to be considered |
| Transmission distance |
Long distance (up to more than ten kilometers, 1~2 kilometers in the city, up to 20km in the suburbs) |
| Single network access node capacity | About 60,000, the actual number is affected by the number of gateway channels, node packet sending frequency, data packet size, etc.Generally, there are 500 to 5,000 pieces. |
| Battery life | Theoretically about 10 years/AA battery |
| cost | Module about 5$ |
| banda de frequência |
Unlicense frequency band, Sub-GHZ (433, 868, 915 MHz, etc.) |
| transfer speed | 0.3~50kbps |
| Network delay | TBD |
| Suitable fields |
Outdoor scene, LPWAN, Large area sensor applications Can use private network to cover places where cellular network cannot cover |
Lora technology is used in many scenarios, such as: tunnel communication, power grid monitoring, data collection of electricity meters, water meters and other meters, smart agriculture, smart water conservancy, smart transportation, smart communities, environmental monitoring, industrial automation detection, aquaculture, etc. There are several working modes as follows.
LoRa networking method
1. Point-to-point networking
