Using a small number of devices to experimentally estimate the packet delivery ratio on a lorawan network with a large number of end devices

TL;DR

This paper introduces a methodology and software for estimating packet delivery ratios in large LoRaWAN networks using experiments on a small number of devices, enabling efficient performance evaluation.

Contribution

The paper presents a novel experimental approach and software tool for assessing large LPWAN networks with limited device testing, improving evaluation efficiency.

Findings

Effective estimation of packet delivery ratio demonstrated

Software system applicable to various LPWAN networks

Method reduces testing complexity for large networks

Abstract

In this paper, the proposed methodology for conducting experiments on a small number of devices for evaluating systems with a large number of devices. A software package for assessing the performance of LPWAN (Long Range Wide Area Networks, LoRaWAN) networks is presented. An example of the operation of this software system as applied to the LoRaWAN network for estimating the probability of message delivery from a number of devices to a base station when implementing this technique is shown. This technique can be used to evaluate the performance of other LPWAN networks.