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TRENDING
WBA AND LORA ALLIANCE
EXPLORE USE CASES
INCORPORATING WI-FI AND
LORAWAN TECHNOLOGIES
Mobile operators, enterprises, cities and other key
Internet of Things (IoT) market players gain access
to a wealth of new IoT use cases by combining two
unlicensed connectivity technologies, as illustrated
in a new white paper released by the Wireless
Broadband Alliance (WBA).
D
eveloped with input from mobile
carriers, telecom equipment
manufacturers and advocates of
both connectivity technologies, Wi-Fi &
LoRaWAN Deployment Synergies: Expanding
Addressable Use Cases For The Internet of
Things illustrates new business opportunities
that are created when Wi-Fi networks that
are traditionally built to support critical IoT
are merged with LoRaWAN networks that are
traditionally built to support low data rate
massive IoT applications.
Massive IoT applications are less latency
sensitive and have relatively low throughput
requirements, but they require a huge volume
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of low-cost, low-energy consumption devices
on a network with excellent coverage, which
can be achieved with Wi-Fi networks.
The white paper addresses the growing
popularity of IoT use cases in domains that
rely on connectivity spanning large areas
that are able to handle a huge number of
connections, ultimately driving the demand
for massive IoT technologies.
According to the paper, Wi-Fi connectivity
covers short and medium-range use
cases at high data rates and may require
more power, making it the preferable
technology for people-centric mains-
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THE PAPER
RECOMMENDS
DEPLOYING
LORAWAN
PICOCELLS THAT
LEVERAGE WI-FI
BACKHAUL TO
THE USER SET TOP
BOX TO EXPAND
COVERAGE
OF HOME
SERVICES TO THE
NEIGHBOURHOOD.
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