LoRaWAN Network Planning

Abstract

The goal of this research is to offer recommendations on how to deploy a network more effectively by making better use of LoRaWAN features. The goals of the existing research are as follows: (i) analyzing or improving the network lifespan, delay, capacity, and interference issues, as well as (ii) the creation of network models and performance comparisons for single-hop and multi-hop routings. The authors used either analytical, simulation, or experimental framework for the evaluation of the network performance. The dilemma of how to pick/build a network model that best fits those requirements arises since each application in reality has a different set of requirements, such as lifetime, delay, coverage, connection, etc. In this research, we want to steer network designers away from selecting an available alternative that might only satisfy a portion of application needs and toward analyzing, selecting, or building a suitable network model by utilizing our proposed framework that best satisfies the application requirements. We also provide simulation data to show how the options can alter network performance. Although we limit our discussion to network lifetime, the framework provided in this paper can be easily extended following a similar methodology to incorporate any other performance concerns.