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® 16 END OF YEAR REPORT 2024 Approved for distribution outside of the LoRa Alliance ® ® EXPANDING HORIZONS: EDUCATING THE MARKET In 2024, the LoRa Alliance ® made several advancements to expand the adoption and influence of LoRaWAN ® technology across the globe. This year was marked by significant innovations, partnerships, and initiatives that reinforced LoRaWAN's position as the leading LPWAN technology in the IoT ecosystem. Below are this year's key highlights: LoRaWAN ® Evolution Roadmap This year's LoRaWAN Roadmap underscored the LoRa Alliance's ongoing advancements that simplify and accelerate IoT deployments. The roadmap explores LoRaWAN's journey from building and interconnecting networks to focusing on scalability and efficiency. As the leading LPWAN with the most deployments worldwide, LoRaWAN continues to power IoT's growth across diverse markets. The road- map also introduced future developments aimed at enhancing the LoRaWAN open standard for IoT communications. 2018-2020 2021-2023 Ease of Deployment Application Scalability 2024-2027 Interconnecting Networks 2015-2017 Building Networks P H Y S I C A L / L I N K L A Y E R D E V E L O P M E N T • Crypto-agility EVOLUTION OF LoRaWAN ® STANDARD LoRaWAN ® is a mark under license from the LoRa Alliance ® . The LoRa ® mark is a trademark of Semtech Corporation or its subsidiaries. C E R T I F I C A T I O N • Asset visibility with satellites • IPv6 application integration (metering DLMS) • Relay to extend connectivity • Multicast for point-to-multi-point applications • High density global coverage from satellites • Roaming hub for global coverage • Geolocation and advanced identification • Satellite connectivity enhancements • Relay enhancements • Mobile gateways for drive-by data collection • Multicast (multi-point connections) enable: • Over-the-air firmware updates • QR-based device ID for easy onboarding • High-capacity global coverage C O R E N E T W O R K M A N A G E M E N T E X P A N S I O N O F A D D R E S S A B L E M A R K E T S H Y P E R S C A L A B I L I T Y • Codec APIs for quick sensor decoding • Multi-package access (for faster firmware updates) • Carrier-sense multiple access for improved uplink utilization • Device profile management • Device migration • RFID over LoRaWAN (GS1) • Inter-network roaming • Remote activation • Community/hybrid public/private interconnectivity • Security enhancements • Battery-efficient latency tradeoff (Class B) • Satellite connectivitiy (LR-FHSS) • Multicast device-to-device • Relay • Network coverage (public/private) • Application server interface standardization • GW interface standardization • First LoRaWAN device is certified • LoRaWAN Certification Test Tool (LCTT) for LW1.0.2 • LCTT testing support for LW1.0.4 • IPv6 support added to LCTT • Over-the-air firmware updates and relay certification • Advanced interoperability testing • First LoRaWAN standard