학술논문

CRT-LoRa: An efficient and reliable MAC scheme for real-time industrial applications
Document Type
Conference
Source
2023 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Industry 4.0 & IoT (MetroInd4.0&IoT) Metrology for Industry 4.0 & IoT (MetroInd4.0&IoT), 2023 IEEE International Workshop on. :30-35 Jun, 2023
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Engineering Profession
General Topics for Engineers
Robotics and Control Systems
Signal Processing and Analysis
Wireless communication
Energy consumption
Wireless sensor networks
Power demand
Simulation
Packet loss
Reliability theory
Industrial Internet of Things
LoRa
Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs)
Chinese Remainder Theorem
Language
Abstract
LoRa is a well-established wireless technology in the field of Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) protocols, providing radio coverage of several kilometers and extremely low power consumption. However, its medium access protocol, the LoRaWAN MAC protocol, is not suitable for industrial applications. To address this limitation, several alternative protocols, such as Industrial LoRa and RT-LoRa, have been proposed to support reliable and real-time communication between sensor nodes. In this paper, we present CRT-LoRa, a novel MAC strategy that improves the performance of LoRa by introducing a coding transmission scheme based on the Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT). We evaluated the performance of CRT-LoRa through an extensive simulation campaign in OMNeT++. Our simulation results, partially reported in this paper, indicate that CRT-LoRa achieves a lower packet loss rate and energy consumption than RT-LoRa under similar conditions and simulation scenarios.