Simulation of Mobile LoRa Gateway for Smart Electricity Meter

Abstract

LoRa is a viable connectivity technology for smart electricity meter. In addition to measuring electricity usage, a smart electricity meter enables many features for smart grid, safety, etc. LoRa is advertised to be capable in very long range transmission and low power consumption. However, LoRa uses sub 1 GHz unlicensed spectrum. In the era of connected smart things, this spectrum is very crowded and will be even more crowded. In this paper we propose the use of mobile LoRa gateway for smart electricity meter. With mobile LoRa gateway, the transmission range can be decreased. Thus, LoRa end devices can save more power and nearby systems can reuse the same band with less interference. We study the performance via simulation using modified LoRaSim. The result shows that the performance of LoRa mobile gateway can be achieved.

Hybrid solution for smart rural applications in areas without Internet coverage

“…The first part introduces articles analysing and the use of LoRa and LoRaWAN technologies in different scenarios, applications, and environments similar to the one selected in the scope of this article, but are limited to fixed gateway positions, as it is the common implementation in real use cases [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Then works covering the topic of gateway mobility are introduced, focusing more on the solution presented [13][14]. Finally, the combined use of 5G with LoRaWAN for similar applications in related works is shown as the last related topic [15][16].…”

“…Other application in [14] use a mobile gateway to read electricity meters in residential areas. In this article, a use case simulated with LoRaSim is presented in which over (100 -200) nodes are located at the electricity meter of each house while the mobile gateway will be installed on a motorcycle which will cross the residential area.…”

Hybrid solution for smart rural applications in areas without internet coverage

“…The first part introduces articles analysing and the use of LoRa and LoRaWAN technologies in different scenarios, applications, and environments similar to the one selected in the scope of this article, but are limited to fixed gateway positions, as it is the common implementation in real use cases [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Then works covering the topic of gateway mobility are introduced, focusing more on the solution presented [13][14]. Finally, the combined use of 5G with LoRaWAN for similar applications in related works is shown as the last related topic [15][16].…”

“…Other application in [14] use a mobile gateway to read electricity meters in residential areas. In this article, a use case simulated with LoRaSim is presented in which over (100 -200) nodes are located at the electricity meter of each house while the mobile gateway will be installed on a motorcycle which will cross the residential area.…”

Comparative Analysis of Discrete Time Simulations and Stochastic Geometry Models of a Single Gateway LoRaWAN Network

“…with insight from their experimental results. Among the papers using this simulator are [17], [18] and the research performed by Cuomo et. al.…”