Subject: [lp-wan] Additional info for LoRaWAN sections

From: Alper Yegin <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 13:57:01 +0300

Hello dear LPWAN WG members,

As promised, and with apologies for delay, here’s the proposed changes for the LoRaWAN sections of the LPWAN Overview I-D; with the aim to provide more details.

Following is the currently available first paragraph in Section 2.1.1 Provenance and Documents:

   LoRaWAN is a wireless technology for long-range low-power low-data-
   rate applications developed by the LoRa Alliance, a membership
   consortium.  <https://www.lora-alliance.org/> This draft is based on
   version 1.0.2 [LoRaSpec] of the LoRa specification.  Version 1.0,
   which has also seen some deployment, is available at [LoRaSpec1.0].

Here’s the proposed rewrite:

   LoRaWAN is an ISM-based wireless technology for long-range low-power low-data-
   rate applications developed by the LoRa Alliance, a membership
   consortium.  <https://www.lora-alliance.org/> This draft is based on
   version 1.0.2 [LoRaSpec] of the LoRa specification. That specification
   is publicly available and has already seen several deployments across the 
   globe.

Let’s add the following paragraph at the beginning of Section 2.1.2. Characteristics:

   LoRaWAN aims supporting end-devices operating on single battery for an 
   extended period of time (e.g., 10 years or more), extended coverage through 
   155 dB maximum coupling loss, and reliable and efficient file download (as 
   needed for remote software/firmware upgrade).

Regards,

Alper