TY - JOUR
T1 - LoRa, Sigfox, and NB-IoT
T2 - An Empirical Comparison for IoT LPWAN Technologies in the Agribusiness
AU - Becona, Juan Pablo
AU - Grane, Marcel
AU - Miguez, Matias
AU - Arnaud, Alfredo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2009-2012 IEEE.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - In this letter, three battery-powered, custom Internet of Things (IoT) sensor nodes for the agribusiness, are presented: first, a Sigfox-based temperature-humidity index (THI) sensor to monitor the impact of heat stress in livestock, then a LoRaWAN version of an estrus detection collar for dairy farms, and finally a NB-IoT low-power A-GPS geolocation device for animals. Detailed power consumption measurements are presented and compared to highlight the benefits of each low-power wide-area network technology for the industry. The measured energy to transmit a single 10Byte payload packet was 90, 20, and 90 mJ for Sigfox, LoRa, and NB-IoT, respectively. With an adequate power management strategy, the nodes could operate up to 10 years in the case of the THI and estrus detector, and >1 yr in the case of the GPS tracker, powered by a single 1900 mȦ h LiSOCl2 battery.
AB - In this letter, three battery-powered, custom Internet of Things (IoT) sensor nodes for the agribusiness, are presented: first, a Sigfox-based temperature-humidity index (THI) sensor to monitor the impact of heat stress in livestock, then a LoRaWAN version of an estrus detection collar for dairy farms, and finally a NB-IoT low-power A-GPS geolocation device for animals. Detailed power consumption measurements are presented and compared to highlight the benefits of each low-power wide-area network technology for the industry. The measured energy to transmit a single 10Byte payload packet was 90, 20, and 90 mJ for Sigfox, LoRa, and NB-IoT, respectively. With an adequate power management strategy, the nodes could operate up to 10 years in the case of the THI and estrus detector, and >1 yr in the case of the GPS tracker, powered by a single 1900 mȦ h LiSOCl2 battery.
KW - Agribusiness
KW - Internet of Things (IoT)
KW - low-power wide-area network (LPWAN)
KW - sensor network
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U2 - 10.1109/les.2024.3394446
DO - 10.1109/les.2024.3394446
M3 - Artículo
SN - 1943-0663
VL - 16
SP - 283
EP - 286
JO - IEEE Embedded Systems Letters
JF - IEEE Embedded Systems Letters
IS - 3
ER -