Data (Jun 2021)

Measurements of LoRaWAN Technology in Urban Scenarios: A Data Descriptor

  • Pavel Masek,
  • Martin Stusek,
  • Ekaterina Svertoka,
  • Jan Pospisil,
  • Radim Burget,
  • Elena Simona Lohan,
  • Ion Marghescu,
  • Jiri Hosek,
  • Aleksandr Ometov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/data6060062
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 6
p. 62

Abstract

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This work is a data descriptor paper for measurements related to various operational aspects of LoRaWAN communication technology collected in Brno, Czech Republic. This paper also provides data characterizing the long-term behavior of the LoRaWAN channel collected during the two-month measurement campaign. It covers two measurement locations, one at the university premises, and the second situated near the city center. The dataset’s primary goal is to provide the researchers lacking LoRaWAN devices with an opportunity to compare and analyze the information obtained from 303 different outdoor test locations transmitting to up to 20 gateways operating in the 868 MHz band in a varying metropolitan landscape. To collect the data, we developed a prototype equipped with a Microchip RN2483 Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) LoRaWAN technology transceiver module for the field measurements. As an example of data utilization, we showed the Signal-to-noise Ratio (SNR) and Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) in relation to the closest gateway distance.

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