LoRaWAN for Vehicular Networking: Field Tests for Vehicle-to-Roadside Communication
Vehicular wireless networks are one of the most valuable tools for monitoring platforms in the automotive domain. At the same time, Internet of Things (IoT) solutions are playing a crucial role in the same framework, allowing users to connect to vehicles in order to gather data related to their work...
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| author | Gabriele Di Renzone Stefano Parrino Giacomo Peruzzi Alessandro Pozzebon Lorenzo Vangelista |
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| description | Vehicular wireless networks are one of the most valuable tools for monitoring platforms in the automotive domain. At the same time, Internet of Things (IoT) solutions are playing a crucial role in the same framework, allowing users to connect to vehicles in order to gather data related to their working cycle. Such tasks can be accomplished by resorting to either cellular or non-cellular wireless technologies. While the former can ensure low latency but require high running costs, the latter can be employed in quasi-real-time applications but definitely reduce costs. To this end, this paper proposes the results of two measurement campaigns aimed at assessing the performance of the long-range wide-area network (LoRaWAN) protocol when it is exploited as an enabling technology to provide vehicles with connectivity. Performances are evaluated in terms of packet loss (PL) and received signal strength indicator (RSSI) in wireless links. The two testing scenarios consisted of a transmitter installed on a motorbike running on an elliptical track and a receiver placed in the centre of the track, and a transmitter installed on the roof of a car and a receiver placed next to a straight road. Several speeds were tested, and all the spreading factors (SFs) foreseen by the protocol were examined, showing that the Doppler effect has a marginal influence on the receiving performance of the technology, and that, on the whole, performance is not significantly affected by the speed. Such results prove the feasibility of LoRaWAN links for vehicular network purposes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-43fd85aeaccf4aa0a276df480f832cbd2024-03-27T14:03:49ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202024-03-01246180110.3390/s24061801LoRaWAN for Vehicular Networking: Field Tests for Vehicle-to-Roadside CommunicationGabriele Di Renzone0Stefano Parrino1Giacomo Peruzzi2Alessandro Pozzebon3Lorenzo Vangelista4Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, 56122 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering and Mathematics, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, ItalyVehicular wireless networks are one of the most valuable tools for monitoring platforms in the automotive domain. At the same time, Internet of Things (IoT) solutions are playing a crucial role in the same framework, allowing users to connect to vehicles in order to gather data related to their working cycle. Such tasks can be accomplished by resorting to either cellular or non-cellular wireless technologies. While the former can ensure low latency but require high running costs, the latter can be employed in quasi-real-time applications but definitely reduce costs. To this end, this paper proposes the results of two measurement campaigns aimed at assessing the performance of the long-range wide-area network (LoRaWAN) protocol when it is exploited as an enabling technology to provide vehicles with connectivity. Performances are evaluated in terms of packet loss (PL) and received signal strength indicator (RSSI) in wireless links. The two testing scenarios consisted of a transmitter installed on a motorbike running on an elliptical track and a receiver placed in the centre of the track, and a transmitter installed on the roof of a car and a receiver placed next to a straight road. Several speeds were tested, and all the spreading factors (SFs) foreseen by the protocol were examined, showing that the Doppler effect has a marginal influence on the receiving performance of the technology, and that, on the whole, performance is not significantly affected by the speed. Such results prove the feasibility of LoRaWAN links for vehicular network purposes.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/6/1801IoTLoRaWANtransmission performance analysiswireless links in motionvehicular wireless networks |
| spellingShingle | Gabriele Di Renzone Stefano Parrino Giacomo Peruzzi Alessandro Pozzebon Lorenzo Vangelista LoRaWAN for Vehicular Networking: Field Tests for Vehicle-to-Roadside Communication Sensors IoT LoRaWAN transmission performance analysis wireless links in motion vehicular wireless networks |
| title | LoRaWAN for Vehicular Networking: Field Tests for Vehicle-to-Roadside Communication |
| title_full | LoRaWAN for Vehicular Networking: Field Tests for Vehicle-to-Roadside Communication |
| title_fullStr | LoRaWAN for Vehicular Networking: Field Tests for Vehicle-to-Roadside Communication |
| title_full_unstemmed | LoRaWAN for Vehicular Networking: Field Tests for Vehicle-to-Roadside Communication |
| title_short | LoRaWAN for Vehicular Networking: Field Tests for Vehicle-to-Roadside Communication |
| title_sort | lorawan for vehicular networking field tests for vehicle to roadside communication |
| topic | IoT LoRaWAN transmission performance analysis wireless links in motion vehicular wireless networks |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/6/1801 |
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