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Report Title: Wi-Fi & LoRaWAN ® deployment synergies Issue Date: September 2019 Version: 1.0. final version 30 LoRa Alliance & Wireless Broadband Alliance Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2019 in home / outdoor coverage approaches. Possibly a double SSID system, where in-home is on private SSID and public SSID can be used in the neighborhood. With Wi-Fi 6 evolution, Wi-Fi can potentially replace Zigbee and BLE hubs and support most of the applications currently being supported by them such as home monitoring, in-home health care and other smart home (home alarms, doorbells, etc.) end-euser devices. LoRaWAN ® use cases LoRaWAN ® connectivity technology has started to be implemented in the smart home these last two years, as it brings key step changes in this specific context: • Greater coverage: able to reach 'far to reach' areas (attic, garden, secondary house), or outdoor continuity with the same device • Low battery consumption improving user experience and service continuity • Low cost deployment based on a star easy to install network configuration • LoRaWAN ® interoperability • Improved security as it is more difficult to hack devices on LoRaWAN networks • Can back-up Cellular or Wi-Fi networks The main areas of development for LoRaWAN ® in the smart home are as follows: • Home access control (door, windows, smart lock, outdoor garage and garden gate status…). • Home security (alarms back-haul, anti-jamming, cellular backup, intrusion, presence…). • Energy saving (water leak detection, water-gas metering, heat allocator management). • Pet/ people geo fencing. • Garden irrigation monitoring. • Swimming pool monitoring. • Pest trap monitoring. • Mailbox / drop box monitoring. • Any smart building application as a home is building. Emerging business models are under development where insurance companies equip homes with LoRaWAN ® sensors to prevent disasters (water leak detection, security). Insurance companies significantly reduce disaster costs and may reduce insurance fees as a consequence. Set of use cases can expand outside the home like for example put a tracker on a bike or a car to present theft. Home is clearly a space of business model disruption and new paradigm between operators and services providers.