Design, Implementation and Testing of Paper-Printed LoRa Modules: Enabling the Internet of Things

The “Internet of Things” (IoT) is becoming an increasingly growing topic of research, both in the academic and commercial fields. The decrease in the cost of connecting devices, the increase in the number of devices connected and tiny sensors embedded into them, technology costs going down and introduction of smart devices are all creating the perfect storm for the IoT. These days you hear a lot about 5G mobile development, but much of it is just noise. A more interesting area to watch is the development of Low PowerWide Area Network (LPWAN) technology, which is quickly emerging to address the growing internet of things (IoT) market. LoRa (Long Range) is one of the prominent technologies of LPWAN that has numerous commercial applications. It uses spread spectrum modulation to re-duce interference and increase the range, but with the compromise of low data rates. LoRa is suitable for applications that require long battery life, low burst of data transmissions and long range. This thesis mainly involves designing, implementing and testing paper printed modules that work on LoRa network. Smallest number of components on a fexible substrate with a very small foot-print and transmitting data within a range of few kilometers, is the capability of the devices that have been designed. In this dissertation, the journey to this ground breaking research has been described in detail.

Grantor dc:publisher

State University of New York at Buffalo

Year dc:date.issued

2018

Author dc:creator

• Dunnala, Sree Harini; 0000-0002-5089-9822

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jornet, Josep
• Electrical Engineering

• engineering

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Language dc:language

eng

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10477/77939

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