LoRa Parameter Choice for Minimal Energy Usage

Benjamin Dix-Matthews; Rachel Cardell-Oliver; Christof Hübner

doi:10.1145/3277883.3277888

LoRa Parameter Choice for Minimal Energy Usage

Benjamin Dix-Matthews, Rachel Cardell-Oliver, Christof Hübner

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Abstract

LoRa (Long Range) is a radio technology that facilitates low power communications over a large distance. The long range of communication means that a simple single hop transmission to a centralised gateway is sufficient for most applications. To supply this performance the LoRa physical layer offers a range of transmission parameters to tailor the capabilities for different applications. With over 6000 parameter combinations it is difficult to select the most efficient combination. Using experimental measurements and simulations we show how to find a parameter set with minimal energy usage for a given situation. Using data from real world deployments we also show that using payload replication with data-aware compression can improve data delivery ratios by 16 to 25% at no or minimal extra energy cost. For energy-sensitive applications low energy LoRa settings and forward error correction give better results than settings that maximise the packet reception ratio.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	RealWSN 2018 - Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Real-World Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks, Part of SenSys 2018
Editors	Gowri Sankar Ramachandran, Bhaskar Krishnamachari
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	37-42
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450360487
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3277883.3277888
Publication status	Published - Nov 2018
Event	7th International Workshop on Real-World Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks, RealWSN 2018 - Shenzhen, China Duration: 4 Nov 2018 → …

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Conference	7th International Workshop on Real-World Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks, RealWSN 2018
Country/Territory	China
City	Shenzhen
Period	4/11/18 → …

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Dix-Matthews, B., Cardell-Oliver, R., & Hübner, C. (2018). LoRa Parameter Choice for Minimal Energy Usage. In G. S. Ramachandran, & B. Krishnamachari (Eds.), RealWSN 2018 - Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Real-World Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks, Part of SenSys 2018 (pp. 37-42). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3277883.3277888

Dix-Matthews, Benjamin ; Cardell-Oliver, Rachel ; Hübner, Christof. / LoRa Parameter Choice for Minimal Energy Usage. RealWSN 2018 - Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Real-World Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks, Part of SenSys 2018. editor / Gowri Sankar Ramachandran ; Bhaskar Krishnamachari. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2018. pp. 37-42

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Dix-Matthews, B , Cardell-Oliver, R & Hübner, C 2018, LoRa Parameter Choice for Minimal Energy Usage. in GS Ramachandran & B Krishnamachari (eds), RealWSN 2018 - Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Real-World Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks, Part of SenSys 2018. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 37-42, 7th International Workshop on Real-World Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks, RealWSN 2018, Shenzhen, China, 4/11/18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3277883.3277888

LoRa Parameter Choice for Minimal Energy Usage. / Dix-Matthews, Benjamin ; Cardell-Oliver, Rachel; Hübner, Christof.
RealWSN 2018 - Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Real-World Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks, Part of SenSys 2018. ed. / Gowri Sankar Ramachandran; Bhaskar Krishnamachari. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2018. p. 37-42.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper › peer-review

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