Towards improved IoT LoRa-WAN connectivity using broadband omnidirectional antennas
Towards improved IoT LoRa-WAN connectivity using broadband omnidirectional antennas
Despite the growing volume of Long Range (LoRa) wide area networks (WAN) devices, there is limited research on the antenna's influence on a node's connectivity. In this paper, the channel gain of an 868 MHz LoRa-Wan node in an urban environment is used to evaluate the performance of different antennas, as well as evaluate motion, elevation, and shadowing effects on the nodes connectivity. A dual-transmitter node with two tightly-coupled antennas is utilized to characterize the channel gain between the antenna-under-test, and multiple indoor and outdoor gateways over 1 km away, through the relative signal strength (RSS). It is demonstrated that using a broadband UWB-inspired monopole implemented on an inexpensive cardboard substrate, the channel gain can be improved over commercially available whip antennas.
LoRa, LoRaWAN, LoraWAN antenna, IoT antenna, 868 MHz antenna, ISM band antenna, broadband antenna, TTN, The Things Network, RSSI, IoT coverage, LoraWAN coverage, LoRaWAN signal strength, sub 1 GHz, TTN antenna
Wagih, Mahmoud
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Birley, Peter
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Wagih, Mahmoud
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Birley, Peter
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Wagih, Mahmoud and Birley, Peter
(2021)
Towards improved IoT LoRa-WAN connectivity using broadband omnidirectional antennas.
In European Conference on Antennas and Propagation 2022 (EuCAP).
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Abstract
Despite the growing volume of Long Range (LoRa) wide area networks (WAN) devices, there is limited research on the antenna's influence on a node's connectivity. In this paper, the channel gain of an 868 MHz LoRa-Wan node in an urban environment is used to evaluate the performance of different antennas, as well as evaluate motion, elevation, and shadowing effects on the nodes connectivity. A dual-transmitter node with two tightly-coupled antennas is utilized to characterize the channel gain between the antenna-under-test, and multiple indoor and outdoor gateways over 1 km away, through the relative signal strength (RSS). It is demonstrated that using a broadband UWB-inspired monopole implemented on an inexpensive cardboard substrate, the channel gain can be improved over commercially available whip antennas.
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Wagih_EuCAP_LoRaWANAntenna
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Accepted/In Press date: 28 December 2021
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European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, , Madrid, Spain, 2022-03-27 - 2022-04-01
Keywords:
LoRa, LoRaWAN, LoraWAN antenna, IoT antenna, 868 MHz antenna, ISM band antenna, broadband antenna, TTN, The Things Network, RSSI, IoT coverage, LoraWAN coverage, LoRaWAN signal strength, sub 1 GHz, TTN antenna
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Local EPrints ID: 454287
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/454287
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Author:
Mahmoud Wagih
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Peter Birley
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