Wireless Broadband Alliance & LoRa Alliance
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Report Title: Wi-Fi & LoRaWAN
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Trials
Issue Date: November 2020
Version: Final
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Takeaways
• Demonstrated the value of Wi-Fi to LoRaWAN
and vice versa handover for device applica-
tions. Handover support allowed dynamic
data traffic increase when device connected
to Wi-Fi and data throttling when out of Wi-Fi
coverage and only LoRaWAN coverage.
• Understanding of hardware/software re-
sources, processing steps, data throttling,
and management packets required for suc-
cessful handover from LoRaWAN to Wi-Fi
and vice versa
• Results from field test demonstrate the
benefit of aggregation of geo-coverage
KPIs and signal based KPIs for
optimal handover and coverage decision.
Combining multiple KPIs allows to
increase successful handover rate.
• Trial data provides characterization on
handover process associated latency
and RAT handover support for applications
that are delay tolerant (in tens or hundreds
of milliseconds range).
