What is LoRaWAN?

 

This is an ITU standard developed to for Internet of Things (IOT) 

• LoRaWAN is suitable for transmitting small size payloads (like sensor data) over long distances. 
• 1000’s of sensors are available and can be interchanged
• Uses very low power, sensors can last up to three years on single battery
• Low bandwidth transmission, not for camera or wifi use
• 868mhz frequency – less issues with interference such as trees and wifi
   

Why does Simplifi use it?

LoRaWAN is used for monitoring various sensors, such as agriculture, security, people and parking counters, water and electric meters, power management, asset tracking, patient monitoring, weather, and many other solutions.  Because this is an industry standard, different sensors can work with the same gateways.

 

 
What is needed?

There is no one product that will fit all your needs. Simplifi has developed a completed end-to-end solutions consisting of:

• Sensors – Dragino, Milesight, many others
• Gateways to collect sensor data and move to backend server – Mikrotik
• Batteries and power for gateways to be used remotely
• Backend servers/interface to – ThingsBoard, Chirpstack
• AI tools can be used to interpret and report based on thresholds
   

How is Simplifi working with agriculture?

• Our first implementation, Simplifi has developed an end-to-end solution focused on agriculture.  Sensors to measure soil temperature, moisture, PH, rain, weather, pollution, 
• Gateways that can be mounted on a pole with solar and battery allowing installation anywhere
• Backend server to collect the data and view
• Tools to interpret the data to set thresholds for reporting or additional actions