Prof. Lucia Lo Bello, PhD

Publication type:  Conference Proceeding

Authors: Luca Leonardi, Lucia Lo Bello, Elisa Mangiameli, Gaetano Patti

Conference: 27th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2022)

Address: Stuttgart, Germany

Date: Sept. 2022

Abstract:
Industrial applications that require low power consumption and wide coverage range may benefit from the adoption of the LoRa communication technology. Unfortunately, the Medium Access Control protocol standardized for LoRa, i.e., LoRaWAN, is not suitable for industrial contexts, as it lacks support for real-time flows. Moreover, to achieve a high number of message transmissions over LoRa while keeping low duty cycle values, a multi-hop communication protocol is required. This work discusses how to combine the support for real-time flows with multi-hop transmissions over LoRa, outlining the basic design choices. A preliminary assessment based on analytical calculations is also provided.

Keywords: Multi-hop industrial networks, LoRa, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)

Publisher: IEEE

DOI:  10.1109/ETFA52439.2022.9921443

URL:  https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9921443

Status: published

Cite as:
 Luca Leonardi, Lucia Lo Bello, Elisa Mangiameli, Gaetano Patti, "Towards multi-hop real-time communications over LoRa networks for industrial applications", 27th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2022), Stuttgart, Germany, Sept. 2022