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CERTIFICATION UPDATES
The number of devices being certified is steadily increasing with more than twice as many
devices certified in 2020 compared to 2019. The Certification Program was also significantly
enhanced in 2020 with the creation of a single Certification Requirement Specification
that covers all the regions. It includes both fixed (i.e. FCC regulations) and dynamic (i.e. ETSI
regulations) channel plans for the different regions' usage of license-free spectrum in the ISM
band. This single Certification Requirement Specification also includes the additional tests
from the public network operators' device qualification program and the tests required for
the certification of end devices against the LoRaWAN
®
Layer 2 specification version 1.0.4.
The regions covered by the End Device Certification program are EU863-870, US 902-928,
AS923-1, AS923-2, AS923-3, KR920-923, IN865-867, AU915-928, and RU864-870.
Another major focus for Certification has been the creation of a LoRaWAN Gateway Test and
Measurement Guidelines document, scheduled for publication Q1 2021. This document defines
what RF paraments to test and guidelines on how to measure them, this will allow all gateways
to be measured in a consistent manner so the results can be compared. This work also includes
the creation of an additional best practice document to provide information on how to deploy
and use the gateways.