LoRaWAN communication implementation platforms

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A key role in the development of smart Internet of Things (IoT) solutions is played by wireless communication technologies, especially LPWAN (Low-Power Wide-Area Network), which are becoming increasingly popular due to their advantages: long range, low power consumption and the ability to connect multiple edge devices. However, in addition to the advantages of communication and low power consumption, the security of transmitted data is also important. End devices very often have a small amount of memory, which makes it impossible to implement advanced cryptographic algorithms on them. The article analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of solutions based on LPWAN communication and reviews platforms for IoT device communication in the LoRaWAN (LoRa Wide Area Network) standard in terms of configuration complexity. It describes how to configure an experimental LPWAN system being built at the Department of Computer Science and Telecommunications at Poznan University of Technology for research related to smart buildings.

Author Biographies

Joanna Szewczyk, Institute of Radiocommunications, Poznan University of Technology

Joanna Szewczyk received her degree in computer science in 2020 and her master's degree in ICT engineering in 2021.
Since October 2021 she is a PhD student at the Faculty of Computer Science and Telecommunications, Poznan University of Technology. Her area of interest includes mainly wireless (low energy) communication and security of transmitted data in Intelligent Building, Internet of Things security, but also the use of Informatics in the medical field, mobile and web application design and operations research.

Mariusz Nowak, Institute of Computing Science, Poznan University of Technology

Mariusz Nowak, Ph.D., graduated from the Poznan University of Technology
in electrical engineering, specializing in microcomputer control systems
in 1999. Since 1999 he has been working there at the Institute of
Computing Science (Laboratory of Operational Research and Artificial
Intelligence), currently as a teaching assistant. In 2007 he received a
Ph.D. degree in automatic control and robotics, specialization -
intelligent control algorithms from the Poznan University of Technology.
His main areas of interest are intelligent control systems, intelligent
buildings, smart city, IoT, wireless low energy networks. He is the author
or a co-author of over 50 scientific publications in international
journals, monographs and conference proceedings, and has presented his
results at 30 international and domestic scientific conferences and
workshops.

Piotr Remlein, Institute of Radiocommunications, Poznan University of Technology

Piotr Remlein received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Poznań University of Technology (PUT), Poznań, Poland in 1991 and 2002, respectively. In 2018, he received a D.Sc. degree from PUT. He has been employed at PUT since 1992, currently as an Associate Professor at the Institute of Radiocommunications, Faculty of Computing and Telecommunications. His scientific interests cover wireless networks, communication theory, error control coding, cryptography, digital modulation, continuous phase modulation, mobile communications, and digital circuit design. Dr. Remlein is the author of more than 120 papers, presented at national and international conferences and published in communications journals. He also acts as a reviewer for international and national conference and journal papers. He is a Senior Member of IEEE Communications Society and IEEE Information Theory Society.

Aleksandra Głowacka, Institute of Computing Science, Poznan University of Technology

Aleksandra Glowacka received her master's degree in ICT Engineering from Poznan University of Technology in 2021. She is currently a PhD student in Computer Science at the same university. Aleksandra primarily specializes in designing mobile applications to support the daily lives of people with disabilities, including security of mobile applications used in various areas of our lives.

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Published

2024-04-19

Issue

Vol. 68 No. 4 (2022)

Section

Wireless and Mobile Communications

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