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LoRaWAN use cases

Here are a few great LoRaWAN use cases to give you some insight into how LoRaWAN can be applied:

• Vaccine cold chain monitoring - LoRaWAN sensors are used to ensure vaccines are kept at appropriate temperatures in transit.

• Animal conservation - Tracking sensors manage endangered species such as Black Rhinos and Amur Leopards.

• Dementia patients - Wristband sensors provide fall detection and medication tracking.

• Smart farms- Real time insights into crop soil moisture and optimized irrigation schedule reduce water use up to 30%.

• Water conservation- Identification and faster repair of leaks in a city’s water network.

• Food safety- Temperature monitoring ensures food quality maintenance.

• Smart waste bins - Waste bin level alerts sent to staff optimize the pickup schedule.

• Smart bikes- Bike trackers track bikes in remote areas and dense buildings.

• Airport tracking - GPS-free tracking monitors vehicles, personnel, and luggage.

• Efficient workspaces - Room occupancy, temperature, energy usage and parking availability monitoring.

• Cattle health - Sensors monitor cattle health, detect diseases and forecast calves delivery time.

• LoRa in space - Satellites to provide LoRaWAN-based coverage worldwide.

Why is LoRaWAN so awesome?

• Ultra low power - LoRaWAN end devices are optimized to operate in low power mode and can last up to 10 years on a single coin cell battery.

• Long range - LoRaWAN gateways can transmit and receive signals over a distance of over 10 kilometers in rural areas and up to 3 kilometers in dense urban areas.

• Deep indoor penetration - LoRaWAN networks can provide deep indoor coverage, and easily cover multi floor buildings.

• License free spectrum - You don’t have to pay expensive frequency spectrum license fees to deploy a LoRaWAN network.

• Geolocation- A LoRaWAN network can determine the location of end devices using triangulation without the need for GPS. A LoRa end device can be located if at least three gateways pick up its signal.

• High capacity - LoRaWAN Network Servers handle millions of messages from thousands of gateways.

• Public and private deployments - It is easy to deploy public and private LoRaWAN networks using the same hardware (gateways, end devices, antennas) and software (UDP packet forwarders, Basic Station software, LoRaWAN stacks for end devices).

• End-to-end security- LoRaWAN ensures secure communication between the end device and the application server using AES-128 encryption.

• Firmware updates over the air - You can remotely update firmware (applications and the LoRaWAN stack) for a single end device or group of end devices.

• Roaming- LoRaWAN end devices can perform seamless handovers from one network to another.

• Low cost - Minimal infrastructure, low-cost end nodes and open source software.

• Certification program- The LoRa Alliance certification program certifies end devices and provides end-users with confidence that the devices are reliable and compliant with the LoRaWAN specification.

• Ecosystem- LoRaWAN has a very large ecosystem of device makers, gateway makers, antenna makers, network service providers, and application developers.

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LoRaWAN use cases

Here are a few great LoRaWAN use cases to give you some insight into how LoRaWAN can be applied:

Why is LoRaWAN so awesome?

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