Performance Evaluation of Low Cost LoRa Modules in IoT Applications

Malaysian Technical Universities Conference on Engineering and Technology 2017

Daud, Shuhaizar^1 ; Yang, Teoh Shi^1 ; Romli, Muhamad Asmi^1 ; Ahmad, Zahari Awang^1 ; Mahrom, Norfadila^1 ; Raof, Rafikha Aliana A.^1

School of Computer and Communications Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Perlis, Arau

02600, Malaysia^1

关键词: Battery powered devices;    Efficiency and performance;    Efficient communications;    Embedded implementation;    Low-powered devices;    Performance evaluations;    Transmission ranges;    Wireless communications;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/318/1/012053/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/318/1/012053

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

LoRa is a low power long range wireless communication platform that is designed as an efficient communication platform for small, low powered devices. This makes it very suitable for battery powered devices and IoT implementation. This paper evaluates some low cost LoRa modules available on the market and their suitability, energy efficiency and performance during operation. Two low cost LoRa transceiver from Semtech Industries, the SX1272 and SX1278 were tested for their power consumption and maximum transmission range. This study have evaluated the two LoRa solutions and found that the SX1278 have a better transmission range and uses lower energy compared to the SX1272 thus making it more suitable for embedded implementation as a data gateway.