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kind of session :
Vocational section (C.S.)
T.D. Date :
subject : What is LoRa ?
C.L.I.L.
Part 1 Duration : 00 h 50

Name et Surname :
Goals :
 be able to understand the topic about new communication technology for IOT.

Level :
 intermediate

Professional context
IoT is in expansion today. LoRa protocol allow to connect all these objets with severals advantages. You
are going to learn about this protocol.

A. Reading comprehension
Read this extract from a web article and try to answer to the questions.

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 is a long
range, low power wireless platform that has become the de facto technology for Internet of Things (IoT)
networks worldwide. LoRa devices and the open LoRaWAN® protocol enable 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 devices and the
LoRaWAN protocol have amassed several hundred known uses cases for smart cities, smart homes and
buildings, smart agriculture, smart metering, smart supply chain and logistics, and more. With well
over 100 million devices connected to networks in 100 countries and growing, LoRa devices are creating a
Smarter Planet.

Complete article here : https://www.semtech.com/lora/what-is-lora

Questions :

1. What is LoRa mean ?

LoRa means Long Range.

2. Why does LoRa “de facto” used ?

LoRa is used “de facto” for IoT (Internet of Things).

3. What are the two remarquable features about LoRa ?

These two features are the long range and the low power consumption.

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B. Translation
Find these words/expressions in the article :

 longue portée : long range

 un appareils : device
 rendement (efficacité) : efficiency
 cas d’utilisation : uses cases
 worldwide : à l’échelle mondiale

Translate these words :

 several : plusieurs
 Internet of Things : Internet des Objets

C. Fill in the blanks

Watch the video about LoRa technology : “LoRa_alliance_4mn29s.mp4” from the beginning until 0’50’’
; then fill in the blanks with the correct words/expression int the text bellow.

Issues with resources like water and energy, as well increasing awareness of safety security and efficiency,
are driving the need for more information and better options to connect and manage advanced sensors to
build a smarter world.
In a few years global, national and regional networks will connect trillions of wireless devices ; even at
home hundreds of objects will be connected and send and receive hundreds of messages every day.
You will be able to monitor and control any device that's connected to the Internet.
The Internet of Things is going to connect the world and it will create lots of efficiencies and new business
opportunities.

D. Notes
Write here what you want as an help to understand this lesson (translation, …) :

issues : problèmes
awareness : prise de conscience, sensibilisation
smarter : plus malin ; dans ce texte : plus avisé
trillion : billion (1012)

Sources : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y0bMX3TVi0&feature=emb_logo
https://www.semtech.com/lora/what-is-lora

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