Evaluating LoRaWAN Connectivity in a Marine Scenario

The growing need for interoperability among the different oceanic monitoring systems to deliver services able to answer the requirements of stakeholders and end-users led to the development of a low-cost machine-to-machine communication system able to guarantee data reliability over marine paths. In...

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Autores principales: Sara Pensieri, Federica Viti, Gabriele Moser, Sebastiano Bruno Serpico, Luca Maggiolo, Martina Pastorino, David Solarna, Andrea Cambiaso, Carlo Carraro, Cristiana Degano, Ilaria Mainenti, Silvia Seghezza, Roberto Bozzano
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/57799a5f21484c4f8da85fe823bed31d
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Sumario:The growing need for interoperability among the different oceanic monitoring systems to deliver services able to answer the requirements of stakeholders and end-users led to the development of a low-cost machine-to-machine communication system able to guarantee data reliability over marine paths. In this framework, an experimental evaluation of the performance of long-range (LoRa) technology in a fully operational marine scenario has been proposed. In-situ tests were carried out exploiting the availability of (i) a passenger vessel and (ii) a research vessel operating in the Ligurian basin (North-Western Mediterranean Sea) both hosting end-nodes, and (iii) gateways positioned on mountains and hills in the inland areas. Packet loss ratio, packet reception rate, received signal strength indicator, signal to noise, and expected signal power ratio were chosen as metrics in line of sight and not the line of sight conditions. The reliability of Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) transmission over the sea has been demonstrated up to more than 110 km in a free space scenario and for more than 20 km in a coastal urban environment.