The LoRa package is discontinued. If you need assistance, please contact Technical Support.
LoRa is a wireless technology developed to create the low-power, wide-area networks (LPWANs) required for IoT applications. It enables Long Range communications made by sensors or endpoints in various remote locations with low power and low data rate. The key features of LoRa includes:
- The LoRa network will typically involve a sensor or
endpoint with LoRa technology transmitting data to a
LoRa base gateway. The LoRa gateway will typically
communicate with a back-end server via standard IP
connections, therefore, from the back-end side, the
data is represented using a standard IP
protocol.
- The back-end server can transmit the data to any
telecommunications network (Ethernet, cellular, wired,
wireless, etc.).
- This LoRa network is specifically transmitted to
the LoRa Service Provider which
provides a specific pub/sub protocol via HTTP.
- deviceWISE subscribes to the data reported by
the LoRa Service Provider via the HTTP
proxy and collects data as published by that HTTP
connection.
- deviceWISE provides the ability to connect to
different LoRa Service Providers (via
the LoRa Configuration tab) and provides the ability to
subscribe for specific data published by a sensor,
using the MAC address and container ID of the sensor
(via the LoRa Viewer tab).
- It is important to note that a LoRa gateway acts as
a single-tenant within deviceWISE, this means that
there will be a single organization for a
gateway.
- An overview of the LoRa technology is described in more detail on these external web pages:
- Lora Network Architecture (reference
source: http://www.radio-electronics.com/info/wireless/lora/lorawan-network-architecture.php)
