14
END
OF
YEAR
REPORT
2018
Approved
for
distribution
outside
of
the
LoRa
Alliance™
FUOTA & MULTICAST
• FUOTA allows devices to be updated in situ, even in remote or hard to reach locations
• Ensures ability to update devices remotely over life of device
• New specifications announced October 25
- LoRaWAN Application Layer Clock Synchronization v1.0.0
- LoRaWAN Remote Multicast Setup v1.0.0
- LoRaWAN Fragmented Data Block Transport v1.0.0
• Can also be used independently to meet end-user requirements
- Multicast setup protocol sends small messages to a group of end-devices
- Fragmentation allows a large file to be sent to a single end-device (unicast)
- Time synchronization can be used as a standalone capability
