TRAINING OBJECTIVE
To understand
- Haystack, a DASH7 development platform for low power wireless networks.
- LoRaWAN, Long Range WAN, from the LoRa Alliance.
- LTE-MTC, an evolution of LTE communications for connected things
- RPMA, Random Phase Multiple Access
- UNB - Ultra Narrow BandWeightless
- WAVIoT Narrowband M2M Protocol
- LoRaWAN Development & Deployment
TRAINING MODULES
MODULE 1 – Introduction to IoT & LPWAN
- Communication technology: Wired and wireless
- Internet of Things: Different wireless technologies
- Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN)
- Market players
MODULE 2 – LoRa® (Radio Modulation)
- LoRa characteristics
- Radio propagation
- LoRa modulation
- Frequency bands
MODULE 3 – LoRaWANTM architecture
- Overview
- LoRaWAN network server
- Device classes
- Scalability
- Uplink and downlink messages
MODULE 4 - LoRaWANTM hardware
- Gateways
- Nodes
- Prototyping and what hardware to choose
- Production
- Power consumption
- Antennas
MODULE 5 - LoRaWANTM Solutions
- Case studies and examples
- Sketch on the node libraries
- Payload functions
- Setting up end-to-end application
- Protocols: MQTT, HTTP integration
MODULE 6 - Data modeling and processing
- Data storage and visualization
- Cloud platforms and integrations
- Tools: Grafana, InfluxDB, NodeRed
MODULE 7 - Localization
- GPS
- WiFi
- Beacons
- Geolocation
MODULE 8 - LoRaWANTM Security
- OTAA/ABP Frame counters
- Secure elements
- Encryption and decryption
MODULE 9 - LoRaWANTM deployments
- Placing gateways and site surveys
- Enabling ADR (scalability)
- NOC, alerting, updates
- Mass commissioning
- OTA updates
- Security: setting up own handler
- Using HTTP for scaling
MODULE 10 - Sample Project