LoRaWAN Overview

• LoRaWAN Specification v1.0 & v1.1 – LoRa Alliance

• LoRaWAN Regional Parameters – LoRa Alliance
LoRaWAN ® definition
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What is LoRaWan ?
➢ LoRaWAN is a media access control (MAC) protocol specification that use the LoRa technology. It is an open
standard, operating in the unlicensed ISM band.

➢ It is designed to allow low-powered devices to communicate with Internet-connected applications over long-
range wireless connections (wide area networks).

➢ LoRaWAN can be mapped to the second and third layer of the OSI model. It is implemented on top of LoRa or FSK
modulation

What is the difference between LoRa & LoRaWAN ?

➢ LoRa is a modulation type (Chirp Spread Sprectum) allowing to send data between a transmitter and a receiver

➢ LoRaWAN is a communication protocol defining a network architecture (device, gateway, server) and specific
frame format allowing a LoRaWAN device to transmit its data to a LoRaWAN server

➢ LoRa is the physical layer while LoRaWAN is the MAC layer

How do
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du titre & LoRaWAN relate to each other?

LoRaWANTM MAC
Mac Layer
MAC options (MAC)
Networking protocol

Class A Class B Class C

(Aloha) (Beacon) (Continuous)

LoRa® Modulations (PHY)

PHY Layer
Regional ISM band (PHY)
Used to create long-range
communication link

EU 868 EU 433 US 915 AU915 AS923

Source: “What are LoRa and LoRaWAN?”, tech paper by Semtech (lora-developers.semtech.com)
LoRaWAN ® Network : Concept & Architecture
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LoRaWAN LoRaWAN LoRa Network IoT platform &

Devices Gateways Server Application Server

Smart Cities

Smart Metering

Smart Industry

Smart Tracking

Smart Agriculture
& Environment

Secure end-to-end Data Transport with AES encryption

LoRaWAN ® unlicensed bands
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Each country and region have its own set of regulations.

The LoRa Alliance defines regional parameters with the settings that may be used in each region

868 MHz frequencies

915 MHz frequencies
923 MHz frequencies
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