The network, which covers all of Switzerland, is based on the LoRa gateway Alliance Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) standard that uses an unlicensed spectrum to send small amounts of data over long distances. The telecom company launched a pilot IoT network in Geneva and Zurich last year and has already attracted the attention of more than 100 companies, government agencies, and universities; some of these services are in beta testing, while others are fully implemented.
Like SigFox, it is ideal for sensor networks, temperature readings, tank level monitoring, smart meters, and other similar applications. Weightless-P makes sense for private networks, more complex applications, and cases where it is important to validate upstream and downstream data. LP WANs provide industrial, public, and commercial IoT applications. LP WANs have lower cost and power requirements, and a longer range compared to mobile networks.
Swisscom LoRaWAN and LoRa are supported by LoRa Alliance, a non-profit alliance and one of the fastest-growing technology alliances with over 500 member companies (as of 2018), committed to large-scale deployment of Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs)
The LoRa gateway is an open, non-profit association formed to promote the ecosystem for specific LPWAN technologies in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. It has about 400 member companies in North America, Switzerland Com, MicroChip, Cisco, Semtech, Bouygues Telecom, Singtel, KPN, Fastnet, and Belgacom.
A more detailed but simple introduction to LORAWAN is available on the Jensds I / O Buffers blog. “Our geographically distributed LoRaWAN cloud provides low-latency access to your gateways, server modules, and users around the world. Since 2015 we have been providing compelling and responsive IoT Proof of Concept (POC) designs for our additional clients in around 135 countries.
To ensure full integration of devices with the Swisscom network before implementation, Swiss Post decided to partner with Swisscom and Actility to use only Switzerland’s national LoRaWAN network, called the Low Power Network (LPN), which covers 97% of the Swiss population. Senet, however, used the press release to state that its cloud platforms are being used for “the largest carrier-grade public LoRaWAN network in North America,” as well as Internet of Things coverage in at least 80 other countries.
He reiterated his theses of “open ecosystem and technical excellence” technologies. SenRa in India talked about the “interest and growth” in India, with LoRaWAN coverage in 30 cities and a moment of growth. According to him, the Swisscom LoRaWAN network covers 96.6% of the Swiss population. According to the LoRa Alliance, the number of LoRaWAN network operators increased by more than 60% in 2018.
Semtech LoRa Platform for Inter-Device Communication is a globally accepted low-power solution for long-range IoT applications enabling rapid design and deployment of long-range IoT networks, gateways, sensors, modules, and ultra-low-power, cost-effective and IoT products – services around the world.
The LoRa community is supposed to outperform Sigfox in its own game as a public IoT service while also offering large enterprises the ability to create and manage their own private LPWA networks as they see fit. Device manufacturers and wireless service providers (FOTA) are unique in updating firmware on LoRaWAN networks as it is the most open and user-friendly IoT networking protocol.
