Internet of Things Connectivity in Deep-Indoor Environments

Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) applications are becoming more and more popular for the transmission of sensor data in various environments. Due to required battery lifetime, Low-Power WAN technologies such as NB-IoT and LoRaWAN are promising candidates to provide connectivity in so called deep-indoor environments. In this paper, we compare these two technologies in terms of Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) in a practical field test and to a simulation study.