UAV-based LoRaWAN flying gateway for the internet of flying things,International Journal of Communication Systems

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UAV-based LoRaWAN flying gateway for the internet of flying things
International Journal of Communication Systems ( IF 1.7 ) Pub Date : 2022-12-21 , DOI: 10.1002/dac.5421
Aya Moheddine ₁ , Fabio Patrone ₁ , Mario Marchese ₁

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The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the paradigms related to the evolution of telecommunication networks which is contributing to the evolution of numerous use cases, such as smart city and smart agriculture. However, the current communication infrastructure and wireless communication technologies are not always able to guarantee a proper service for these IoT scenarios. Smart solutions are needed to overcome current terrestrial network limitations offering a cost-effective way to extend the current terrestrial network coverage. For example, temporary extensions “on-request” of the terrestrial infrastructure may be a viable solution to allow collecting data generated by nodes outside the current network coverage. Flying objects can help achieve this goal. Various studies supported the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as intermediate nodes between IoT devices and the network. However, such solutions have not been exhaustively tested yet in real-case scenarios. This paper proposes an efficient solution to collect data from multiple IoT sensors in rural and remote areas based on UAVs. It describes the implementation of the proposed UAV-based Long RangeWide Area Network (LoRaWAN) flying gateway able to collect data directly from LoRaWAN sensors during its flight, keep them stored in an onboard memory, and forward them at the end of its flying path to a platform where the authorized users can access them. A prototype of the gateway has been developed to assess the proposed solution through both indoor and outdoor tests aiming to test its feasibility both in terms of communication performance and UAV-required hardware resources.

中文翻译：

基于无人机的 LoRaWAN 飞行物联网飞行网关

物联网 (IoT) 是与电信网络发展相关的范例之一，它促进了众多用例的发展，例如智慧城市和智慧农业。然而，当前的通信基础设施和无线通信技术并不总是能够保证为这些物联网场景提供适当的服务。需要智能解决方案来克服当前地面网络的限制，提供一种经济高效的方式来扩展当前地面网络的覆盖范围。例如，地面基础设施的“应要求”临时扩展可能是一个可行的解决方案，以允许收集当前网络覆盖范围之外的节点生成的数据。飞行物体可以帮助实现这一目标。各种研究支持使用无人驾驶飞行器 (UAV) 作为物联网设备和网络之间的中间节点。但是，此类解决方案尚未在实际情况下经过详尽的测试。本文提出了一种基于无人机从农村和偏远地区的多个物联网传感器收集数据的有效解决方案。它描述了所提议的基于无人机的远程广域网 (LoRaWAN) 飞行网关的实现，该网关能够在其飞行期间直接从 LoRaWAN 传感器收集数据，将它们存储在机载存储器中，并在其飞行路径的末端将它们转发到授权用户可以访问它们的平台。

更新日期：2022-12-21

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