Low Power Wide Area Network

GPTKB entity

Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:International_Standard
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:LPWAN
gptkbp:advantage lower cost
greater coverage per base station
longer battery life
gptkbp:application asset tracking
environmental monitoring
smart metering
smart agriculture
smart cities
gptkbp:characteristic low power consumption
low data rate
wide area coverage
gptkbp:contrastsWith cellular networks
gptkbp:dataRate typically below 1 Mbps
gptkbp:deployment 2010s
gptkbp:enables massive IoT deployments
gptkbp:example gptkb:Weightless
gptkb:LoRaWAN
gptkb:NB-IoT
gptkb:Sigfox
gptkbp:frequency unlicensed spectrum
licensed spectrum
sub-GHz
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Low Power Wide Area Network
gptkbp:limitation low throughput
high latency
gptkbp:range several kilometers
gptkbp:standardizedBy 3GPP (for NB-IoT)
LoRa Alliance (for LoRaWAN)
Sigfox company (for Sigfox)
gptkbp:supports battery-powered devices
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:Internet_of_Things
long-range communication
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sigfox
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6