Diseño de la red lorawan para la estación de investigación de la Universidad Politécnica Salesiana de Ayora

Abstract

The following technical project proposes the design of the lorawan network for the life sciences and sustainable development research and innovation station located in the Ayora parish of the Cayambe canton due to its limitations in connectivity, energy and terrain conditions. The research station of the Salesian Polytechnic University in Ayora is divided into thirty-eight plots distributed over an area of around 9.1 hectares. The station will investigate the agricultural production processes of Northern Pichincha. The project for the research station aims to design a lorawan network, which will be used for various agricultural applications and which in its initial conditions will receive data on soil temperature and humidity, temperature and humidity of the environment. Firstly, a review and analysis of the theory of Lora technology and the LoRaWAN 1.0.3 standard is carried out, followed by a diagnosis of the initial conditions of the research station to establish a baseline of the network design with the particular conditions of the station as a whole due to the international LoRaWAN AU915 regulations and the respective transmission restrictions. The network design is evaluated in a saturation scenario through the LoRaSIM software, while the behavior of the radio link is simulated with the Radio Mobile software. Finally, an analysis of the implementation costs of the lorawan network design for its future operation is made.