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LoRaWAN’s Role in IoT | LoRa® Alliance's Donna Moore

IoT For All Podcast · 2 Feb 2022 · 26m

What this episode covers

Donna Moore, CEO of the LoRa Alliance, explains the distinction between LoRa (the physical layer chip technology from Semtech) and LoRaWAN (the network protocol), highlighting the standard's strengths in long battery life, deep penetration, and low-power wide-area coverage. She details key verticals such as smart cities, industrial IoT, and utilities, noting that LoRaWAN is ideal for small data bursts rather than high-bandwidth applications like video. Moore also discusses the alliance's recent ITU approval, new roaming capabilities for non-members, and the importance of certification for interoperability in large-scale deployments.

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established companies

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LoRa Alliance, Semtech, ITU
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LoRa, LoRaWAN
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DLMS

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