Marais, JMAbu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIHancke, GP2020-04-112020-04-112019-11Marais, J.M., Abu-Mahfouz, A.M.I. and Hancke, G.P. 2019. A review of LoRaWAN simulators: Design requirements and limitations. The International Multidisciplinary Information Technology and Engineering Conference (IMITEC2019), Vanderbijlpark, South Africa, 21-22 November 2019978-1-7281-0040-1978-1-7281-0041-8https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9015882DOI: 10.1109/IMITEC45504.2019.9015882https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=9015882http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11404Copyright: 2019 IEEE. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the preprint version of the published item. For access to the published version, please consult the publisher's website. The definitive version of the work is published at https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9015882Several wireless technologies are enabling the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) industry. One of these, namely Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN), is very popular in the research community whose focus is on optimising the LoRaWAN protocol for effective use. A key tool in a researcher's arsenal is the use of LoRaWAN simulators. Thi work describes the considerations that are important when considering choosing a LoRaWAN simulator and presents a comparison of the currently available simulators. Recommendations are made for which simulators would be best for certain IoT use cases as well as a discussion on the reviewed simulators. Recommendations are also made on the focus of future simulation development.enWireless technologiesLong Range Wide Area NetworkLoRaWANConference PresentationMarais, J., Abu-Mahfouz, A. M., & Hancke, G. (2019). A review of LoRaWAN simulators: Design requirements and limitations. IEEE. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11404Marais, JM, Adnan MI Abu-Mahfouz, and GP Hancke. "A review of LoRaWAN simulators: Design requirements and limitations." (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11404Marais J, Abu-Mahfouz AM, Hancke G, A review of LoRaWAN simulators: Design requirements and limitations; IEEE; 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11404 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Marais, JM AU - Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI AU - Hancke, GP AB - Several wireless technologies are enabling the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) industry. One of these, namely Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN), is very popular in the research community whose focus is on optimising the LoRaWAN protocol for effective use. A key tool in a researcher's arsenal is the use of LoRaWAN simulators. Thi work describes the considerations that are important when considering choosing a LoRaWAN simulator and presents a comparison of the currently available simulators. Recommendations are made for which simulators would be best for certain IoT use cases as well as a discussion on the reviewed simulators. Recommendations are also made on the focus of future simulation development. DA - 2019-11 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Wireless technologies KW - Long Range Wide Area Network KW - LoRaWAN LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2019 SM - 978-1-7281-0040-1 SM - 978-1-7281-0041-8 T1 - A review of LoRaWAN simulators: Design requirements and limitations TI - A review of LoRaWAN simulators: Design requirements and limitations UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11404 ER -