LPWAN technologies for IoT systems: choice between ultra narrow band and spread spectrum

Nitin Naik

doi:10.1109/SysEng.2018.8544414

LPWAN technologies for IoT systems: choice between ultra narrow band and spread spectrum

Nitin Naik

School of Computing

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Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) is imperative for the expansion and development of IoT networks and their connectivity infrastructure. This far-reaching connectivity of low power devices that are placed virtually anywhere is evolving a new things-based business model. This things-based business model has certain requirements such as long range, extended battery life and very low end point cost. LPWAN technologies have successfully addressed these IoT requirements and are receiving wider acceptance in the IoT industry. In most LPWAN technologies, two main alternative communication techniques, Ultra Narrow Band (UNB) and Spread Spectrum (SS) are used at the physical layer. However, the greatest dilemma is the selection of the most suitable technique from UNB and SS for LPWAN. This paper addresses this selection dilemma of UNB and SS by examining some of the most critical factors responsible for the performance of LPWAN technologies such as interference, capacity, link budget and coexistence. Furthermore, it evaluates the most popular UNB-based LPWAN technologies Sigfox and Telensa, and SS-based LPWAN technologies LoRa and RPMA investigating their strengths and limitations for IoT applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 IEEE International Systems Engineering Symposium (ISSE)
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SysEng.2018.8544414
Publication status	Published - 29 Nov 2018
Event	2018 IEEE International Symposium on Systems Engineering - Rome, Italy Duration: 1 Oct 2018 → 3 Oct 2018

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Conference	2018 IEEE International Symposium on Systems Engineering
Abbreviated title	IEEE ISSE
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Rome
Period	1/10/18 → 3/10/18

Keywords

LPWAN
Low Power Wide Area Network
IoT System
M2M
Ultra Narrow Band
Spread Spectrum
UNB
SS

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