LoRaWAN Metering Infrastructure Planning in Smart Cities
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Abstract
The planning of metering network infrastructure based on the concept of the Internet of Things primarily involves the choice of available radio technology. Then, regardless of the type and availability of power sources, energy conservation should be one of the main optimization criteria. For this reason, LPWANs operating in unlicensed ISM bands appear to be a suitable solution in urban environments due to their sub 1 GHz propagation properties. High signal penetration and coverage make them applicable in urban areas with buildings and various obstacles. Therefore, this article presents solutions developed to support the planning process of implementing a LoRaWAN network infrastructure aimed at monitoring and collecting electricity meter data in smart cities. To this end, an algorithm has been proposed to support the selection of the number of LoRaWAN gateways and their deployment, as well as the selection of transmission parameters at the measurement nodes with a particular focus on geographic data from real maps.
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OpenAlex topics: IoT Networks and Protocols · IoT and Edge/Fog Computing · Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
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Department of Computer Science, Kazimierz Wielki University, 85-064 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Institute of Computer and Communication Networks, Faculty of Computing and Telecommunications, Poznań University of Technology, 60-965 Poznań, Poland
Funding
Kazimierz Wielki University
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