A Performance Study of an IoT System Using LoRa Access Network Technology

Abstract

In the field of communications and networks, companies and developers are always developing the structure of communication networks and Internet networks, and they look forward for delivering information to the customer with the best quality (without errors) and as fast as possible, we have noticed over time that communications and networks are always evolving from first generation to The fifth generation, and this development was moving more and more to rely on the Internet in daily life, where the Internet offers customers many services supervised by many companies, including (e-mail, social networking sites, sales and purchases) and Also the process of linking most Devices and various equipment to each other, where they exchange information and messages between them without the need for human intervention, This is known as the Internet of Things, which has become the focus of attention of companies and developers in the world of technology in recent years, which is the direction of most development projects in the coming years, and with the growing interest in the Internet of Things different types of techniques for linking and communication between things has emerged, such technologies LoRa-LoRaWAN technology, a wireless technology used in the Internet of things where characterized by the use of low levels of power and give a large coverage area, which mean covering more geographically spanned devices, and that's what this paper focuses on. By testing and evaluating this technology in terms of coverage and efficiency under different conditions, namely in urban and suburban areas, and then comparing and finding the best conditions in which this technique works with high efficiency, and also can guarantee a reliable service.