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A survey on LPWA technology: LoRa and NB-IoT

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Sinha, Rashmi Sharan, Wei, Yiqiao, Hwang, Seung-Hoon·2017·ICT Express

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By 2020, more than twenty five billion devices would be connected through wireless communications . In accordance with the rapid growth of the internet of things (IoT) market, low power wide area (LPWA) technologies have become popular. In various LPWA technologies, narrowband (NB)-IoT and long range (LoRa) are two leading technologies. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive survey on NB-IoT and LoRa as efficient solutions connecting the devices. It is shown that unlicensed LoRa has advantages in terms of battery lifetime, capacity, and cost. Meanwhile, licensed NB-IoT offers benefits in terms of QoS , latency, reliability, and range.

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  • Sigfox end-devices communicate with base stations through BPSK modulation in a 100 Hz ultra-narrow band with a maximum data rate of 100 bits/s.

    “End-devices communicate with these base stations through BPSK modulation in a 100 Hz ultra-narrow band with a maximum data rate of 100 bits/s [75].”

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  • Sigfox deploys its own base stations in multiple nations using its patented ultra-narrowband technology in the unlicensed sub-GHz ISM frequencies.

    “It deploys its own base stations in multiple nations using its patented ultra-narrowband (UNB) technology in the unlicensed sub-GHz ISM frequencies (e.g.915MHz in North America and 868MHz in Europe).”

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Authors
Sinha, R. S., Wei, Y., & Hwang, S.-H.
Affiliations
Dongguk University (KR)
Corresponding author
Hwang, Seung-Hoon
Venue
ICT Express
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-03
Volume
3
Issue
1
Pages
14-21
ISSN
2405-9595 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2597831797
Cited by
1,020
References
1
Citations by year
2026: 33 · 2025: 80 · 2024: 74 · 2023: 118 · 2022: 152 · 2021: 153 · 2020: 171 · 2019: 143 · 2018: 78 · 2017: 18
FWCI
46.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • ICT Express (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › IoT Networks and Protocols
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks
Keywords
LPWA, LoRa, NB-IoT, Internet of Things, wireless connectivity, battery life, quality of service, latency, range

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