Business value
Solution
Opportunity
INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN WI-FI & LoRaWAN® AT THE NETWORK LEVEL
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Results from field test demonstrate the benefit of
aggregation of geo-coverage KPIs and signals
based KPIs for optimal handover and coverage
decision.
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Combining multiple KPIs allows the increase of
successful handover rates.
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Nesten's wireless nodes and tags can support both LoRaWAN and Wi-Fi and handle the
interoperability based on signal strength and packet error metrics as well as
Skyhook's geolocation databases.
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This demonstrated the value of Wi-Fi to LoRaWAN and vice-versa handover for device
applications. Handover support allowed dynamic data traffic increases when devices
connected to Wi-Fi, and data throttling when out of Wi-Fi coverage and only LoRaWAN®
coverage available.
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The understanding of hardware/software resources, processing steps, data throttling, and
management packets required for successful handover from LoRaWAN® to Wi-Fi and
vice versa was vital to success.
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Two of the key technologies that are used today for IoT use cases and applications are
Wi-Fi and LoRaWAN
®
.
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Nesten's intelligent network provides access across both technologies.
Skyhook's location services allow geo-location IoT devices across either technology
using Wi-Fi scans.
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Nesten and Skyhook partnered to demonstrate and study interoperability between Wi-Fi
and LoRaWAN
®
.
