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REPORT
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Approved
for
distribution
outside
of
the
LoRa
Alliance
®
®
CAMPAIGN: LoRaWAN
®
AS A COMPLEMENTARY TECHNOLOGY
COMPLEMENTARY TECHNOLOGY: How LoRaWAN Enables Affordable, Scaled Bluetooth IoT Solutions
IoT Needs Multiple Technologies
Experience has shown that the average IoT solution requires
more than one wireless technology in its architecture. As an
open standard, LoRaWAN
®
has the flexibility to innovate
IoT solutions and seamlessly support multiple wireless
technologies and improve connectivity using existing protocols
by partnering with them to create multi-protocol solutions.
A key benefit to using multi-protocol devices is that they
are compatible with many types of radios and therefore
can evolve as customers' needs do.
This paper was created by the LoRa Alliance with contributions
from GetWireless, MachineQ, MultiTech, and Oxit.
CAPEX
BLE Sensors $
BLE Gateway $$$$
BATTERY
RANGE
Short
Typical Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) Solution
Complementary Technologies:
LoRaWAN
®
and Bluetooth
LoRaWAN Complements Bluetooth
© 2022 LoRa Alliance
®
How can you affordably scale Bluetooth (BLE) IoT solutions?
LoRaWAN Expands the Scale and Number
of BLE IoT Use Cases
LoRaWAN delivers cost-effective scaling
CAPEX
BLE Sensors $
LoRaWAN Sensors $
LoRaWAN Gateway $
BATTERY
Up to 10 years
RANGE
Long (15km)
Able to penetrate concrete, underground
BLE SENSORS BLE GATEWAYS
LoRaWAN
GATEWAY
BLE
SENSORS
LoRaWAN/
BLE BRIDGES
The LoRaWAN open standard is a low power, wide area networking (LPWAN) protocol designed
to wirelessly connect battery operated 'things' to the internet. LoRaWAN is cost-effective to
implement and easy to scale; adding LoRaWAN to other technologies can protect earlier
investments and create new possibilities for scalable solutions.
Extend
Battery Life
Expand
Range
N
E
E
D
S
B
E
N
E
F
I
T
S
Protect BLE
Investments
LoRaWAN
DEVICES
Expand #
of Devices
Efficient Network
where New Use
Cases Can be Added
Reduce
CAPEX
Cost to
Scale
MARKETING LoRaWAN
®
ACROSS INDUSTRIES
