LoRaWAN network

LoRaWAN is an open network protocol built on LoRa radio modulation, designed to send small data packets over distances of several kilometers on minimal power. A device on this kind of network can run for long periods on a small battery, which isn’t feasible on networks like Wi-Fi or cellular.

The architecture is simple: devices send their data over the air, and gateways pick up those signals and forward them to the platform that processes everything. A few gateways cover an entire industrial plant, including metal warehouses, outdoor areas, and zones with no cell coverage. That reach makes it possible to connect thousands of points at a low infrastructure cost.

In industry, LoRaWAN networks are the backbone of industrial IoT and connected worker applications: people and asset location, emergency buttons, and condition sensors. Because the packets are small and the range is long, the network stays stable at scale, a requirement for any industrial safety application.

PHYGITALL operates a private LoRaWAN network and has worked with this technology since its early days in Brazil: together with the Brazilian Navy, it built the country’s first Internet of Things network, in Guanabara Bay. Connect is the gateway that brings this coverage into the plant.