LoRaWAN Gateway: Design, Implementation and Testing in Real Environment

The interest in developing systems working with IoT platforms is increasing nowadays. Thus, many smart sensors can communicate over the Internet without human mediation using LPWAN networks. This paper presents a low-cost high-performance multi-channel Gateway for LoRaWAN technology. In order to validate the Gateway performances, the TTN cloud data network it’s used. The configuration of the Gateway consists of a Raspberry Pi 3B+ and an iC880A concentrator LoRa Gateway board. The Gateway is certified by LoRaWAN Alliance and supports multichannel communication. Also, the system integrates a 2.2 dBi Omnidirectional antenna. From the performed measurements, the Gateway ensures a high level of performance and a maximum communication distance of 2.5 km in rural areas, and 1.3 km in urban areas with a PER of less than 20%.