The experimental LoRaWAN network implemented at the NOI Techpark is a free of charge infrastructure where to test novel wireless devices. It relies entirely on open-source software components and comes with its own guidelines on how to build basic IoT applications from scratch. The LoRaWAN network, which covers most of NOI areal, has already been successfully exploited during the Vertical Innovation Hackathon (Nov18). Next step is to expand the coverage with steady or mobile access points, as was done for couple of pilots in San Michele (TN) and Meran (BZ). The network has been designed and prototyped under the project DPS4ESLAB and has been funded under the project Beacon Südtirol.

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The open LoRaWAN network for developing
IoT apps inside the NOI Techpark
S. Tondini, S. Tritini, M. Amatori, S. Seppi and R. Monsorno

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Background
• Beacon Südtirol - Alto Adige
o Experimental LoRaWAN network infrastructure at the NOI technology park of Bolzano
• DPS4ESLAB - Data platform and Sensing Technologies for Environmental Sensing Lab
o Test and benchmark of IoT technologies and wired/wireless communication protocols
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Where does LPWAN fit?
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802.11ac
Wifi
802.11g
3G/4G
LTE
Bluetooth/BLE ZigBee
RFID/NFC LoRa, SigFox, UNB
Range
Bandwidth
A technical overview of LoRa® and LoRaWAN™: Technical Marketing Workgroup 1.0 – LoRa Alliance
LoRa, LoRaWAN, and the challenges of long-range networking in shared spectrum – CRP NL Thomas Telkamp
• Long Distance
• High Speed
• Low Power
Pick 2…

4. https://medium.com/coinmonks/lpwan-lora-lorawan-and-the-internet-of-things-aed7d5975d5d
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LoRaWAN stack
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https://lorawan.beacon.bz.it/

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Application layer
Physical layer
Architecture
https://gitlab.inf.unibz.it/css-public/lorawan-noi-web-portal
https://docs.lorawan.beacon.bz.it/lorawan/#add-new-application

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NOI Techpark coverage
https://gitlab.inf.unibz.it/CSS-DEV/projects/lorawan-gateway-setup
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RSSI ➢
➢
- 23
- 95
SNR ➢
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12.8
4.2
GATEWAY

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Grafana dashboard

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Urban monitoring
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Sinfonia study case

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Conclusions and outlook
• Figures analysis
o data traffic and exploitation
o coverage map within NOI Techpark
• Performances analysis
o permissible frequency deviation
o strength of unwanted emission
o RF waves emitted by the secondary
o adjacent channel leakage power
• Comparison/hybridization with other networks
o Sigfox, Symphony link, Dash7, Nb-IoT
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Thank you!
Stefano Tondini
Center for Sensing Solutions
EURAC research
stefano.tondini@eurac.edu
The research leading to these results has received funding by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program FP7/2007–2013 Grant No 609019 and from the
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Programme 2014-2020, under Project number FESR2023 (Beacon Sudtirol-Alto Adige) and Project number FESR1094
(Data Platform and Sensing Technologies for Environmental Sensing Lab).
S. Tondini