Packet Delivery Ratio Guarantees for Differentiated LoRaWanServices

Abstract

Motivated by the rapid deployment of applications based on connected objects, we propose in this paper an approach to differentiating Packet Delivery Ratios (PDRs) in LoRa Wide Area Networks (LoRaWAN). This type of network is simple to deploy and operate at the expense of loose commitments in terms of quality. To overcome this shortcoming, we propose an access control method for isolating clusters of devices and meeting differentiated PDR targets. Results show that our method outperforms known one in terms of PDR via improved parameter allocation and achieves high level of intra-cluster fairness, at the expense however of decreasing the maximum cell range.