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What is LoRa? Introduction to LoRa Technology

The IoT industry is bringing lots of technology and solutions to the market with chip manufacturers investing heavily in the market growing the industry exponentially. It isn’t however without its challenges. One of the key challenges in building out the internet of things is ensuring that those “things” or end nodes are in fact able to communicate with the internet. The sheer number of current internet devices is massive and is expected to hit 25 billion by 2020. Any network that supports such an infrastructure needs to have the ability to handle the traffic. These issues don’t include the fact that nodes need to run on some sort of battery power, have weak radios and also are limited in memory and processing power.

What is LoRa?

LoRa (short for long range) is a spread spectrum modulation technique derived from chirp spread spectrum (CSS) technology. Semtech’s LoRa devices and wireless radio frequency technology (LoRa Technology) is a long range, low power wireless platform that has become the de facto technology for Internet of Things (IoT) networks worldwide. LoRa Technology enables smart IoT applications that solve some of the biggest challenges facing our planet: energy management, natural resource reduction, pollution control, infrastructure efficiency, disaster prevention, and more. Semtech’s LoRa Technology has amassed over 600 known uses cases for smart cities, smart homes and buildings, smart agriculture, smart metering, smart supply chain and logistics, and more. With over 50 million devices connected to networks in 95 countries and growing, LoRa Technology is the DNA of IoT, creating a Smarter Planet.

LoRa Technology

Why LoRa?

LoRa Technology offers an efficient, flexible and economical solution to real-world problems in rural and indoor use cases, where cellular and Wi-Fi/BLE based networks are ineffective. Learn why LoRa is becoming the de facto standard of low power wide area networks (LPWAN).

LoRa Technology Range

What is LoRaWAN?

The LoRaWAN open specification is a low power, wide area networking (LPWAN) protocol based on LoRa Technology. Designed to wirelessly connect battery operated things to the Internet in regional, national or global networks, the LoRaWAN protocol leverages the unlicensed radio spectrum in the Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) band. The specification defines the device-to-infrastructure of LoRa physical layer parameters and the LoRaWAN protocol, and provides seamless interoperability between devices. While Semtech provides the radio chips featuring LoRa Technology, the LoRa Alliance, a non-profit association and the fastest growing technology alliance, drives the standardization and global harmonization of the LoRaWAN protocol.

Key Features of LoRa Technology

 Specification  LoRa Feature
 Long Range  Connects devices up to 30 miles apart in rural areas and penetrates dense urban or deep indoor environments
 Geolocation  Enables GPS-free tracking applications, offering unique low power benefits untouched by other technologies
 Low Power  Requires minimal energy, with prolonged battery lifetime of up to 10 years, minimizing battery replacement costs
 Mobile  Maintains communication with devices in motion without strain on power consumption
 Secure  Features end-to-end AES128 encryption, mutual authentication, integrity protection, and confidentiality
 High Capacity  Supports millions of messages per base station, meeting the needs of public network operators serving large markets
 Standardized  Offers device interoperability and global availability of LoRaWAN networks for speedy deployment of IoT applications anywhere
 Low Cost  Reduces infrastructure investment, battery replacement expense, and ultimately operating expenses

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