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What problems can be solved by LoRa, as the "WiFi" of the Internet of things? in view of this problem, this article introduces the corresponding analysis and solutions in detail, hoping to help more partners who want to solve this problem to find a more simple and feasible way.

LoRa is more likely to play a "wifi" role in the future era of the Internet of things than NB-IOT provides the backbone.

The Internet of everything is an irresistible trend in the future, and the foundation of the Internet of everything is that tens of billions of physical terminals need to be connected through a variety of connection technologies.

Because of the differences in the environment and the functional requirements of the Internet, the huge Internet terminals are bound to have a variety of differentiated requirements for the communication network, which determines that the wireless communication market of the Internet of things will be a situation where a hundred flowers blossom.

LoRa and NB-IoT are not just competitions.

When it comes to LoRa, many people will compare it with NB-IoT, because they are both representative LPWAN technologies in China, and their technical parameters are not much different, which will inevitably lead to a comparison between "he Shengliang" and "he Shengliang". But in fact, the relationship between LoRa and NB-IoT is not a simple competition. If we say that LoRa also has a network covered by operators in China, it can be understood as a competitive relationship at this time, but in fact, domestic LoRa does not have the network of operators. At this time, LoRa plays a more complementary role to NB-IoT and is a cooperative relationship.

Compared with the backbone network provided by NB-IoT, LoRa is more likely to play a role of "wifi" in the future era of the Internet of things. LoRa network mainly complements NB-IoT network in two levels.

1. The first level is the supplement of network coverage in physical space.

Because in the future application scenarios of the Internet of things, there are a large number of applications that can not be covered by the network of operators, such as underground corridors and remote mountain areas, and so on, the network connection in these environments requires network connections such as LoRa.

two。 The second level is the supplement at the commercial level.

The business needs of Internet of things projects are complex and changeable. Some Internet of things projects do not need a public network, but want to use private networks to connect, which is more in line with their own business interests, such as data security, cost considerations and so on. This level of business needs is also the advantage of LoRa network compared to NB-IoT.

II. Typical applications of LoRa

Compared with other wireless technologies, LoRa will have unique advantages in the following areas after a comprehensive balance between technical and commercial perspectives.

1. Intelligent building

For the reconstruction of buildings, temperature and humidity, safety, harmful gases, water flow monitoring and other sensors are added and the monitoring information is uploaded regularly, which facilitates the supervision of managers and more convenient for users. Generally speaking, the communication of these sensors does not need to be particularly frequent or guarantee a particularly good quality of service, and portable home gateways can meet the needs. Therefore, LoRa is a more appropriate choice for this scenario.

two。 Intelligent water service

Intelligent water affairs perceives the operation status of urban water supply and drainage system in real time through on-line monitoring equipment such as data acquisition instrument, wireless network, water quality and water pressure gauge, and organically integrates water management departments and water supply and drainage facilities in a visual way. form the "Urban Water Affairs Internet of things", and can analyze and process the massive water information in time, and make corresponding processing results to assist decision-making suggestions. Manage the entire production, management and service process of the water system in a more refined and dynamic manner, so as to achieve a "smart" state.

3. Intelligent agriculture

For agriculture, low-power and low-cost sensors are urgently needed. The application of temperature and humidity, carbon dioxide, salinity and alkalinity sensors is of great significance for agriculture to increase output and reduce the consumption of water resources. These sensors need to upload data regularly. LoRa is well suited for such scenarios.

4. Intelligent oil field

Intelligent oilfields use a variety of on-line and real-time measurement sensing devices, such as information sensing devices installed on oil and gas wells, pipelines, oil and gas processing, processing, storage and transportation equipment, to connect to the enterprise network or the Internet according to the agreed protocol for information exchange and communication, so as to realize intelligent identification, positioning, tracking, monitoring and management.

5. Logistics tracking

One of the important requirements of tracking or positioning the market is the battery life of the terminal. Logistics tracking can be used as an actual case of hybrid deployment. Logistics enterprises can according to the needs of positioning in the need of the network, can be warehouses or transport vehicles, then the portable base station will come in handy. LoRa can provide such a deployment solution, and LoRa has a feature that communication is relatively more stable when moving at high speed. LoRa is more suitable for logistics tracking.

This is the answer to the problem that LoRa, as the "WiFi" of the Internet of things, can solve. I hope the above content can be of some help to you. If you still have a lot of doubts to be solved, you can follow the industry information channel for more relevant knowledge.

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