It was a logical extension to use the sites deployed by Acurix Networks to aid in the deployment of Smart City RF Technology

WHAT IS LORA?

 

LoRa (short for long range) is a spread spectrum modulation technique derived from chirp spread spectrum (CSS) technology. It was developed by Cycleo of Grenoble, France, and acquired by Semtech in 2012, a founding member of the LoRa Alliance.

 

Semtech’s LoRa devices and wireless radio frequency technology (LoRa Technology) is a long range, low power wireless platform that has become the de facto technology for Internet of Things (IoT) networks worldwide.

 

LoRa Technology enables 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 Technology has known uses cases for smart cities, smart homes and buildings, smart agriculture, smart metering, smart supply chain and logistics, and more. 

WHAT IS LORAWAN?

 

The LoRaWAN open specification is a low power, wide area networking (LPWAN) protocol based on LoRa Technology.

 

Designed to wirelessly connect battery operated things to the Internet in regional, national or global networks, the LoRaWAN protocol leverages the unlicensed radio spectrum in the Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) band.

 

The specification defines the device-to-infrastructure of LoRa physical layer parameters and the LoRaWAN protocol, and provides seamless interoperability between devices.

 

While Semtech provides the radio chips featuring LoRa Technology, the LoRa Alliance a non-profit association and the fastest growing technology alliance, drives the standardisation of the LoRaWAN protocol.