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LoRaWan: Low Cost Solution for Smart Cities

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Communication and easy access to information are the main factors in reducing waste of time and resources. Communication systems are heavily dependent on telecommunications companies, which provide high speed services, but charge a high monthly fee per device, thus making some applications unaffordable. A LoRaWan is an emerging network technology that stands out for having characteristics such as long range capability, low power consumption and low cost, and focuses on sensing, thus proving to be a good alternative as a communication solution in applications for smart cities. This article highlights projects that use LoRaWan in simple applications with the potential to improve the quality of life of citizens by implementing the concept of a smart city in a distributed manner. In this study, tests are carried out on libraries, and frameworks are developed by open software communities on how they play a key role in the popularization of technology around the world.

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    Fernando Vinícios Manchini de Souza & Roberto Dos Santos Rabello

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Manchini de Souza, F.V., Rabello, R.D.S. (2019). LoRaWan: Low Cost Solution for Smart Cities. In: Nazário Coelho, V., Machado Coelho, I., A.Oliveira, T., Ochi, L.S. (eds) Smart and Digital Cities. Urban Computing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12255-3_11

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