Abstract
Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) have emerged as ideal tools for environmental monitoring and smart metering. This paper is based on the design of a wireless sensor network using LoRaWAN technology to monitor water temperature in aquaculture pools. The setting for this research was the facilities of the Luis Arboleda Martínez Technological Institute, in the city of Manta. To implement the monitoring system, a methodology consisting of four stages is established: analysis of the environment, selection of equipment, implementation of the system, and tests and measurements. The LoRa technology was evaluated by determining coverage maps, graphs on the signal strength and signal-noise ratio, the tests were carried out in interior environments, exterior with buildings, and exterior open to the sea. This article discusses the performance of LoRa and presents the results of the evaluation based on field tests with the equipment, checking the effectiveness of LoRa in environmental monitoring applications in the studied scenarios.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Neumann, P., Montavont, J., Noël, T.: Indoor deployment of low-power wide area networks (LPWAN): a LoRaWAN case study. In: IEEE 12th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob), pp. 1–8 (2016)
Lim, J., Lee, J., Kim, D., Kim, J.: Performance analysis of LoRa(Long Range) according to the distances in indoor and outdoor spaces. J. KIISE 44(7), 733–741 (2017)
Zorbas, D., Abdelfadeel, K., Kotzanikolaou, P., Pesch, D.: TS-LoRa: time-slotted LoRaWAN for the industrial Internet of Things. Comput. Commun. 153, 1–10 (2020)
Sisinni, E., Carvalho, D.F., Ferrari, P., Flammini, A., Silva, D.R.C., Da Silva, I.M.D.: Enhanced flexible LoRaWAN node for industrial IoT. In: 14th IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS), pp. 1–4 (2018)
Leonardi, L., Battaglia, F., Patti, G., Bello, L.L.: Industrial LoRa: a novel medium access strategy for LoRa in industry 4.0 applications. In: IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, pp. 4141–4146 (2018)
Luvisotto, M., Tramarin, F., Vangelista, L., Vitturi, S.: On the use of LoRaWAN for indoor industrial IoT applications. Wirel. Commun. Mob. Comput. 2018, e3982646 (2018)
Sisinni, E., et al.: LoRaWAN range extender for industrial IoT. IEEE Trans. Ind. Inform. 16(8), 5607–5616 (2020)
Rizzi, M., Ferrari, P., Flammini, A., Sisinni, E., Gidlund, M.: Using LoRa for industrial wireless networks. In: IEEE 13th International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS), pp. 1–4 (2017)
Flores Mollo, S., Aracena Pizarro, D., Flores Mollo, S., Aracena Pizarro, D.: Remote monitoring system of aquaculture in tanks for shrimp breeding. Ingeniare Rev. Chil. Ing. 26, 55–64 (2018)
LG308 Indoor LoRaWAN Gateway. https://www.dragino.com/products/lora-lorawan-gateway/item/140-lg308.html. Accessed 03 May 2021
LHT65 LoRaWAN Temperature and Humidity Sensor. https://www.dragino.com/products/temperature-humidity-sensor/item/151-lht65.html. Accessed 04 May 2021
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding authors
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2021 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this paper
Cite this paper
Alava-Troya, C., Parraga-Alava, J. (2021). Evaluation of LoRa Technology for Aquaculture Pool Monitoring. In: Guarda, T., Portela, F., Santos, M.F. (eds) Advanced Research in Technologies, Information, Innovation and Sustainability. ARTIIS 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1485. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90241-4_8
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90241-4_8
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-90240-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-90241-4
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)