Cloud-Based Energy Efficient Scheme for Sigfox Monarch as Asset Tracking Service

Abstract

Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs) are emerging as a viable technology for facing the high-density connectivity demand for Internet of Things based devices. In particular, one of the main application scenarios is asset tracking. Thanks to the tremendous cost reduction due to cost-effective technological developments, devices that enable a low cost localization are becoming more and more popular. LPWAN technologies, such as Sigfox, are offering localization services accurate enough for most applications. Specifically, the Sigfox Monarch feature has been developed to assure that local regulations are safely applied when an asset travels from a region to another. In this sense, an energy consumption study is conducted and presented in this paper, and a cloud-based energy efficient scheme is proposed. Experimental results show how the application of the proposed scheme on a real scenario improves battery lifetime by 22%.