Link Performance Analysis of LoRa for Real-time Information Gathering in Maritime Conditions

Jaeho Shin, Junyeong Lim, Donghyun Kim, Jongdeok Kim

http://doi.org/10.5626/JOK.2018.45.3.303

LoRaWAN(Long Range Wide Area Network) is a standard for low-power, long-range, low-speed communication as announced in the LoRa Alliance. LoRaWAN addresses the physical layer and medium access control layer and the technology used in the physical layer is referred to as LoRa. LoRa can be used for remote monitoring and remote control in maritime conditions. However, unlike land, marine environment is not only difficult to construct an infrastructure for service provision, but also difficult to analyze LoRa performance in maritime. In this study, we construct an infrastructure using cloud platform and analyze LoRa link performance in maritime conditions.