Towards a Monitoring System for a LoRa Mesh Network

Abstract

LoRa is a popular communication technology used in Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Typically, in the LoRaWAN architecture, an end node periodically sends a LoRaWAN message to a gateway connected to the Internet. Recent works, however, showed the possibility of LoRa mesh networks where LoRa nodes communicate with each other. In this paper we present a monitoring system as a tool for observing the traffic and the operation of such LoRa mesh networks. The client side is implemented at the LoRa nodes which periodically send to a server detailed information about the nodes’ in-and outgoing LoRa packets. The server visualizes the information through a dashboard. Thus the monitoring tool allows network administrators to further analyze such LoRa mesh networks.