Technology Independent Method for defining Battery Powered LPWAN End-Point Lifetime Estimation

TL;DR

This paper presents a technology-independent method for estimating the lifetime of battery-powered LPWAN end-points, considering architecture and second-order effects to improve deployment planning for IoT devices.

Contribution

It introduces a novel, technology-agnostic approach for accurately estimating LPWAN device lifetime, accounting for detailed architecture and second-order effects.

Findings

Provides a comprehensive LPWAN architecture depiction

Analyzes second-order effects impacting lifetime estimation

Offers a practical method for IoT deployment planning

Abstract

Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) are expected to play an important role in the deployment of the Internet of Things (IoT). One of the major advantages of LPWAN is the low power consumption characteristics which allow devices to be deployed without the restriction of power supply when battery is contained, in consequence the Lifetime estimation metric is of high relevance. This article provides a method for evaluating the Lifetime Estimation of battery powered LPWAN End Points, a depiction of the LPWAN architecture together with a breakdown of second order effects of the model are analyzed.