LoRaWAN - the most common application case

What is the most common application of LoRaWAN?

LoRaWAN network is compatible with a wide range of Internet of Things applications and has been successfully used in the following use cases:

smart city

Smart cities need to understand all aspects of urban life in real time. In order to achieve this goal, smart cities usually use wide area wireless networks to connect large networks composed of different data generation IoT devices, sensors and intelligent instruments. LoRaWAN wireless technology is the best Internet of Things solution applied in smart cities. The Internet of Things technology and various intelligent devices are used to visualize and analyze comprehensive real-time data. Cities can dynamically respond by optimizing asset utilization and urban resource allocation. Cities can integrate the Internet of Things into their infrastructure to automate tasks, monitor and manage equipment, and perform predictive maintenance to reduce operating costs. Cities around the world can optimize the use of utilities and employees by integrating urban services, such as:

Street lighting

Intelligent parking

waste management

Water level and flood management

Intelligent public transport

Air quality control

Street cleaning

Logistics/Transportation Management

Thanks to LoRaWAN based IoT solutions, supply chain and logistics companies have successfully tracked high-value assets, including those in transit. Because of its excellent coverage, low power consumption and no GPS positioning, the technology can easily track vehicles, goods and other support in a wide geographical area and harsh environment. The IoT solution for fleet monitoring using LoRaWAN connectivity can save money by allowing fleets to stay longer on the road, improving fuel economy, improving safety, providing visibility into maintenance issues, and improving overall operational efficiency.

Intelligent building

With minimal infrastructure and maintenance expenditure, homeowners and property/facility managers can improve efficiency and minimize expenditure by deploying LoRa based intelligent IoT building solutions:

Temperature and humidity monitoring

Room occupancy

motion detection

Intelligent water meter

Fire, flood, CO/CO2 level monitoring

Smart medicine

Low power consumption, low cost and consistent performance make LoRaWAN network an ideal choice for basic intelligent healthcare applications. LoRaWAN based IoT solutions can continuously monitor high-risk patients or systems to ensure that health and medical safety will never be affected.

LoRaWAN based IoT solutions can be designed to continuously and reliably monitor the most important vital signs of hospital patients, elderly care workers, high-level athletes or anyone else who needs to know their respiratory health in real time and at all times. IoT LoRaWAN intelligent health solutions can help:

Hospital patients

Elderly care residents

High level athletes

Public safety

The demand for comprehensive safety and security solutions is increasing. The public security solution based on the Internet of Things provides first-aid personnel with cutting-edge technology, which can reduce risks and improve personal safety. Personal wearable IoT gadgets (such as ID badges) are equipped with LoRaWAN technology, including an emergency button that can send instant SOS with user location information.

Space utilization

The mobility of employees in enterprises is becoming stronger and stronger, and the work concept of "anytime, anywhere" is rapidly adopted. Due to the unpredictable flow of employees and guests, office space may be idle for a long time or overbooked. For companies, the correct use and arrangement of available space has become a logistical problem.

Intelligent environment

By deploying equipment equipped with LoRaWAN network and gateway network in a region, environmental indicators can be recorded and published in real time for data analysis. They find problems before they become disasters. LoRaWAN based environmental IoT solutions help protect people from environmental threats, from air quality monitoring to radiation leak detection.

Smart agriculture

The concept of applying IoT solutions based on LoRaWAN to intelligent agricultural practices is becoming popular, because farmers can now easily visualize, analyze, make more informed decisions and manage their crops, livestock, equipment, infrastructure, environment and all other components that they need to continuously monitor to improve production and efficiency. The IoT agricultural sensor is compact in size and can determine many parameters to understand the environmental aspects. IoT sensors can be deployed to collect data on sunlight, which can be used to make better crop planting decisions and help determine whether solar integration is a viable option for farms.