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I wonder if they couldn't find a LoRaWAN[1] option that would work for their hardware? It seems better-suited than most of the alternatives. 1: https://en.wiki
by blacksmith_tb 9y ago
I wonder if they couldn't find a LoRaWAN[1] option that would work for their hardware? It seems better-suited than most of the alternatives.
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LPWAN#LoRaWAN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LPWAN#LoRaWAN
- yorby 9y agothe only problem with LoRa is that it is proprietary... but I just did a quick search and there appear to be open source alternatives now, like this: https://www.cablelabs.com/cablelabs-announces-open-source-lorawan-network-solution/ https://www.cablelabs.com/cablelabs-announces-open-source-lo...
- detaro 9y agoI think that's only some of the software stack, LoRa transceiver chips themselves AFAIK still only are made by a few companies, on license from Semtech? I think even with that, LoRaWAN is one of the more open and easy to get parts for LPWAN technologies though.