Pollack Periodica
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Volume 16: Issue 2
LoRaWAN for an IoT-based environmental monitoring application in Tirana city
Authors:
Evjola Spaho Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, Faculty of Information Technology, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Mother Theresa Square, No. 4, Tirana, Albania

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Aleksandër Biberaj Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, Faculty of Information Technology, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Mother Theresa Square, No. 4, Tirana, Albania

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Ares Tahiraga Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, Faculty of Information Technology, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Mother Theresa Square, No. 4, Tirana, Albania

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Pages:
92–97
Online Publication Date:
21 Apr 2021
Publication Date:
03 Jun 2021
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/606.2021.00317
Keywords:
internet of things; wireless sensor networks; smart city; low power wide area network; long range wide area networks; communication networks
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Abstract

Recently, low power wide area networks are attracting a lot of attention by the research community. They are wireless technologies characterized by large coverage area, low bandwidth and long battery life. One of these low power wide area networks technologies, the long range wide area network, can be used for different monitoring applications for health, agriculture, traffic, smart city.

In this paper, different simulations and experiments are conducted to implement a low-cost long-range wide area network environmental monitoring application for Tirana city in Albania. Simulation and experimental data are compared and similar results were obtained. In the low-cost implemented system, the gateway can communicate with the sensors placed in strategic positions with long distance covered also using Radio Mobile software.

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