Comparative Analysis of Internet of Things (IoT) based Low Power Wireless Technologies

Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) marketplace is swiftly expanding as companies across multiple vertical industries recognize the need for connectivity and the potential transformation enabled through connectivity. In short, the Internet of Things refers to the rapidly growing network of connected objects that are able to collect and exchange data using embedded sensors. NB-IOT (Narrowband - Internet of Things), LoRa, and Sigfox wireless technologies have been getting a good deal of attention globally as the market for wireless matures in light of the prospects for billions of connections. The goal of the LoRa Alliance, LoRaWAN adopters, and SigFox is that mobile network operators adopt their technology for IoT deployments over both city and nationwide low power, wide-area networks (LPWANs). But there are some prominent differences between how each technology plans to achieve this goal and which applications the technology is best suited for.