Marais, JMalekian, RAbu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI2019-03-142019-03-142017-09Marais, J., Malekian, R., and Abu-Mahfouz, A.M.I. 2017. LoRa and LoRaWAN testbeds: A review. AFRICON, 2017 IEEE, 18-20 September 2017, Cape Town, South Africa, pp 1612-1617.978-1-5386-2775-4http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8095703/http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10803Copyright: 2017 IEEE. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, kindly consult the publisher's websiteThe Internet of Things (IoT) is a fast-growing movement turning devices into always-connected smart devices through the use of communication technologies. This facilitates the creation of smart strategies allowing monitoring and optimization as well as many other new use cases for various sectors. Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs) have enormous potential as they are suited for various IoT applications and each LPWAN technology has certain features, capabilities and limitations. One of these technologies, namely LoRa/LoRaWAN has several promising features and private and public LoRaWANs are increasing worldwide. Similarly, researchers are also starting to study the potential of LoRa and LoRaWANs. This paper examines the work that has already been done and identifies flaws and strengths by performing a comparison of created testbeds. Limitations of LoRaWANs are also identified.enInternet of thingsLoRaLong RangeLPWANLow Power Wide Area NetworksLoRaWANLoRa and LoRa Wireless Area NetworkConference PresentationMarais, J., Malekian, R., & Abu-Mahfouz, A. M. (2017). LoRa and LoRaWAN testbeds: A review. AFRICON. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10803Marais, J, R Malekian, and Adnan MI Abu-Mahfouz. "LoRa and LoRaWAN testbeds: A review." (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10803Marais J, Malekian R, Abu-Mahfouz AM, LoRa and LoRaWAN testbeds: A review; AFRICON; 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10803 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Marais, J AU - Malekian, R AU - Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI AB - The Internet of Things (IoT) is a fast-growing movement turning devices into always-connected smart devices through the use of communication technologies. This facilitates the creation of smart strategies allowing monitoring and optimization as well as many other new use cases for various sectors. Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs) have enormous potential as they are suited for various IoT applications and each LPWAN technology has certain features, capabilities and limitations. One of these technologies, namely LoRa/LoRaWAN has several promising features and private and public LoRaWANs are increasing worldwide. Similarly, researchers are also starting to study the potential of LoRa and LoRaWANs. This paper examines the work that has already been done and identifies flaws and strengths by performing a comparison of created testbeds. Limitations of LoRaWANs are also identified. DA - 2017-09 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Internet of things KW - LoRa KW - Long Range KW - LPWAN KW - Low Power Wide Area Networks KW - LoRaWAN KW - LoRa and LoRa Wireless Area Network LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 SM - 978-1-5386-2775-4 T1 - LoRa and LoRaWAN testbeds: A review TI - LoRa and LoRaWAN testbeds: A review UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10803 ER -