Adaptive Beacon Period Configurator for Scalable LoRaWAN Downlink Applications
Low-power wide-area networks (LPWAN) are commonly used because they meet the requirements of Internet-of-Things (IoT) networks with a large number of end devices, such as high network scalability, wide area coverage, low data rates, and delay tolerance while consuming very little energy. The LoRa wi...
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| author | David Todoli-Ferrandis Javier Silvestre-Blanes Victor Sempere-Paya Salvador Santonja-Climent |
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| description | Low-power wide-area networks (LPWAN) are commonly used because they meet the requirements of Internet-of-Things (IoT) networks with a large number of end devices, such as high network scalability, wide area coverage, low data rates, and delay tolerance while consuming very little energy. The LoRa wide-area network (LoRaWAN) is one of the most popular solutions, supporting three types of medium access control (MAC) options to handle distinct application demands. Class B shortens downlink frame transmission latency while maintaining low energy consumption in the end device. This article analyzes the operation of gateways with class B devices to determine the events that influence scalability and performance, presents an analytical model to describe these systems, and proposes an optimization mechanism called Adaptive Beacon Period Configurator (ABPC). ABPC changes the time-related parameters configuration to improve the usability of these networks in dynamic scenarios. The proposed solution is then simulated and tested against the analytical model. The tradeoff between the waiting time between messages, the probability of reception, and the energy consumption of an end device is shown in the results, describing how traffic density increases impacts in these Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and how to try to guarantee these requirements in a network deployment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-488a07ed25934d0eb56610c19e4204f52023-08-18T23:00:12ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362023-01-0111836278363810.1109/ACCESS.2023.330199110208212Adaptive Beacon Period Configurator for Scalable LoRaWAN Downlink ApplicationsDavid Todoli-Ferrandis0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9490-1472Javier Silvestre-Blanes1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7091-0040Victor Sempere-Paya2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9271-2010Salvador Santonja-Climent3Instituto Tecnológico de Informática (ITI), Paterna, Valencia, SpainDepartamento de Informática de Sistemas y Computadores (DISCA), ITI, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Valencia, SpainDepartamento de Comunicaciones (DCOM), ITI, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Valencia, SpainInstituto Tecnológico de Informática (ITI), Paterna, Valencia, SpainLow-power wide-area networks (LPWAN) are commonly used because they meet the requirements of Internet-of-Things (IoT) networks with a large number of end devices, such as high network scalability, wide area coverage, low data rates, and delay tolerance while consuming very little energy. The LoRa wide-area network (LoRaWAN) is one of the most popular solutions, supporting three types of medium access control (MAC) options to handle distinct application demands. Class B shortens downlink frame transmission latency while maintaining low energy consumption in the end device. This article analyzes the operation of gateways with class B devices to determine the events that influence scalability and performance, presents an analytical model to describe these systems, and proposes an optimization mechanism called Adaptive Beacon Period Configurator (ABPC). ABPC changes the time-related parameters configuration to improve the usability of these networks in dynamic scenarios. The proposed solution is then simulated and tested against the analytical model. The tradeoff between the waiting time between messages, the probability of reception, and the energy consumption of an end device is shown in the results, describing how traffic density increases impacts in these Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and how to try to guarantee these requirements in a network deployment.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10208212/LoRaWANlow power wide area network (LPWAN)scalabilitynetwork optimization |
| spellingShingle | David Todoli-Ferrandis Javier Silvestre-Blanes Victor Sempere-Paya Salvador Santonja-Climent Adaptive Beacon Period Configurator for Scalable LoRaWAN Downlink Applications IEEE Access LoRaWAN low power wide area network (LPWAN) scalability network optimization |
| title | Adaptive Beacon Period Configurator for Scalable LoRaWAN Downlink Applications |
| title_full | Adaptive Beacon Period Configurator for Scalable LoRaWAN Downlink Applications |
| title_fullStr | Adaptive Beacon Period Configurator for Scalable LoRaWAN Downlink Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adaptive Beacon Period Configurator for Scalable LoRaWAN Downlink Applications |
| title_short | Adaptive Beacon Period Configurator for Scalable LoRaWAN Downlink Applications |
| title_sort | adaptive beacon period configurator for scalable lorawan downlink applications |
| topic | LoRaWAN low power wide area network (LPWAN) scalability network optimization |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10208212/ |
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