TY - JOUR
T1 - Low-Power Wide-Area Networks
T2 - A Broad Overview of Its Different Aspects
AU - Chilamkurthy, Naga Srinivasarao
AU - Pandey, Om Jee
AU - Ghosh, Anirban
AU - Cenkeramaddi, Linga Reddy
AU - Dai, Hong Ning
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India, through the Start-Up Research Grant Award Scheme Project ‘‘Design and Development of Cognitive Small-World LPWANs for Internet of Things towards Health Monitoring’’ (duration 2022-2024), under Grant SRG/2021/000137. This work was also partially supported by the Indo-Norwegian Collaboration in Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems (INCAPS) project: 287918 of the International Partnerships for Excellent Education, Research and Innovation (INTPART) program and the Low-Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Communication and Tracking (LUCAT) project: 280835 of the Information and Communications Technology and Digital Innovation (IKTPLUSS) program from the Research Council of Norway
Publisher Copyright:
© 2013 IEEE.
PY - 2022/8/3
Y1 - 2022/8/3
N2 - Low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs) are gaining popularity in the research community due to their low power consumption, low cost, and wide geographical coverage. LPWAN technologies complement and outperform short-range and traditional cellular wireless technologies in a variety of applications, including smart city development, machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, healthcare, intelligent transportation, industrial applications, climate-smart agriculture, and asset tracking. This review paper discusses the design objectives and the methodologies used by LPWAN to provide extensive coverage for low-power devices. We also explore how the presented LPWAN architecture employs various topologies such as star and mesh. We examine many current and emerging LPWAN technologies, as well as their system architectures and standards, and evaluate their ability to meet each design objective. In addition, the possible coexistence of LPWAN with other technologies, combining the best attributes to provide an optimum solution is also explored and reported in the current overview. Following that, a comparison of various LPWAN technologies is performed and their market opportunities are also investigated. Furthermore, an analysis of various LPWAN use cases is performed, highlighting their benefits and drawbacks. This aids in the selection of the best LPWAN technology for various applications. Before concluding the work, the open research issues, and challenges in designing LPWAN are presented.
AB - Low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs) are gaining popularity in the research community due to their low power consumption, low cost, and wide geographical coverage. LPWAN technologies complement and outperform short-range and traditional cellular wireless technologies in a variety of applications, including smart city development, machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, healthcare, intelligent transportation, industrial applications, climate-smart agriculture, and asset tracking. This review paper discusses the design objectives and the methodologies used by LPWAN to provide extensive coverage for low-power devices. We also explore how the presented LPWAN architecture employs various topologies such as star and mesh. We examine many current and emerging LPWAN technologies, as well as their system architectures and standards, and evaluate their ability to meet each design objective. In addition, the possible coexistence of LPWAN with other technologies, combining the best attributes to provide an optimum solution is also explored and reported in the current overview. Following that, a comparison of various LPWAN technologies is performed and their market opportunities are also investigated. Furthermore, an analysis of various LPWAN use cases is performed, highlighting their benefits and drawbacks. This aids in the selection of the best LPWAN technology for various applications. Before concluding the work, the open research issues, and challenges in designing LPWAN are presented.
KW - applications
KW - architecture
KW - design objectives
KW - Internet of Things
KW - Low-power wide-area networks
KW - network topology
KW - wireless networks
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U2 - 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3196182
DO - 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3196182
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2169-3536
VL - 10
SP - 81926
EP - 81959
JO - IEEE Access
JF - IEEE Access
ER -
