Re:LoRa Range Testing in San Francisco
by jordz on Monday September 19, 2016 @10:39AM
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There are limitation to do with the Duty Cycles in LoRa networks which we've found inhibits certain real time applications. It effectively limits the number of "messages" you can send during a specific time frame.
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Shawn from Beep here. Are you referring to LoRaWAN networks specifically? I'm always down to talk wireless schemes. Hit me up (email in my profile).
We go beyond LoRaWAN with our own protocol for some use cases.
For those following along: LoRa is a wireless encoding technique (PHY layer), LoRaWAN is a protocol for how a large group of devices should structure their packets (MAC layer).
what SF and bandwidth were you using for the range tests? what packet lengths?
True in Europe (CE) but it works differently in the US (FCC).
The FCC limits time spent transmitting in a single channel ("time on air"), but there's no duty cycle limit if you follow the channel hopping rules.