Low Power Wide Area Networks: A Survey of Enabling Technologies, Applications and Interoperability Needs

Low-power wide area (LPWA) technologies are strongly recommended as the underlying networks for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. They offer attractive features, including wide-range coverage, long battery life, and low data rates. This paper reviews the current trends in this technology, with...

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Published in:IEEE access Vol. 6; pp. 77454 - 77473
Main Authors: Qadir, Qahhar Muhammad, Rashid, Tarik A., Al-Salihi, Nawzad K., Ismael, Birzo, Kist, Alexander A., Zhang, Zhongwei
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Piscataway IEEE 2018
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects:
Bluetooth
Cellular
Energy consumption
Industries
Internet of Things
Interoperability
IoT
low power wide area
low power wide area network
LPWA
LPWAN
M2M
machine-to-machine
Machine-to-machine communications
Power management
Wide area networks
wireless
Wireless communication
Wireless fidelity
Wireless sensor networks
ZigBee
ISSN:2169-3536, 2169-3536
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Summary:Low-power wide area (LPWA) technologies are strongly recommended as the underlying networks for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. They offer attractive features, including wide-range coverage, long battery life, and low data rates. This paper reviews the current trends in this technology, with an emphasis on the services it provides and the challenges it faces. The industrial paradigms for LPWA implementation are presented. Compared with other work in the field, this paper focuses on the need for integration among different LPWA technologies and recommends the appropriate LPWA solutions for a wide range of IoT application and service use cases. Opportunities created by these technologies in the market are also analyzed. The latest research efforts to investigate and improve the operation of LPWA networks are also compared and classified to enable researchers to quickly get up to speed on the current status of this technology. Finally, challenges facing LPWA are identified and directions for future research are recommended.
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ISSN:2169-3536
2169-3536
DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2883151