Multi-RAT LPWAN in Smart Cities: Trial of LoRaWAN and NB-IoT Integration

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26220%2F18%3APU128202" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26220/18:PU128202 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8422979" target="_blank" >https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8422979</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICC.2018.8422979" target="_blank" >10.1109/ICC.2018.8422979</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Multi-RAT LPWAN in Smart Cities: Trial of LoRaWAN and NB-IoT Integration

Original language description

The landscape of the contemporary IoT radio access technologies (RATs) is excessively diverse, especially when it comes to such a complex environment as Smart City. On the one hand, this diversity offers operators sufficient flexibility to select the most appropriate RAT for their target application. On the other hand, it becomes a severe limiting factor leading to high level of uncertainty for the IoT device vendors, who need to decide, which technology to support in their hardware. In this paper, we consider the provisioning of the low-power wide area network (LPWAN) devices supporting multiple RATs. First, we briefly discuss the parameters of several potential radio technologies as well as analyze the pros and cons of combining them in a single device. Next, we prototype a real-life device capable of communicating via two perspective LPWAN technologies, namely, LoRaWAN and NB-IoT, and report on the initial results of its performance evaluation. These confirm the feasibility of instrumenting dual-mode devices as well as reveal several important aspects related to the development of multi-radio IoT equipment and its performance. In our view, due to their higher flexibility, reliability, and dependability, the devices such as the one developed can be beneficial for various Smart City applications, with smart energy grids and road traffic control being only two of many examples.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20203 - Telecommunications

Project

<a href="/en/project/LO1401" target="_blank" >LO1401: Interdisciplinary Research of Wireless Technologies</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

IEEE International Conference on Communications 2018 (ICC 2018)

ISBN

978-1-5386-3180-5

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

1-6

Publisher name

Neuveden

Place of publication

Kansas City, MO, USA

Event location

Kansas City

Event date

May 20, 2018

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

000519271305102