μPnP-WAN: Wide area plug and play sensing and actuation with LoRa

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) is being applied in a wide variety of applications, which demand a range of networking support, including long range technologies. Unfortunately, emerging long range IoT platforms are difficult to deploy and configure for end-users who are not IoT specialists. This paper addresses this problem by introducing μPnP-WAN, which combines the ease of use of the μPnP peripheral system, with the long range LoRa network to realize the first true plug- and-play solution for long-range sensing and actuation. μPnP-WAN can achieve a range of up to 3.5 kilometers in ad-hoc suburban deployments and multi-year battery lifetime.