Certification FAQs
LoRaWAN® certification ensures interoperability and compliance on any LoRaWAN® network. The scope of the Certification Program confirms that the end device meets the functional requirements of the LoRaWAN protocol specification. It also entitles your product to use the LoRaWAN CertifiedCM logo. You will also receive a product listing on the LoRa Alliance® website, as well as product promotion in other LoRa Alliance® collateral.
Yes, device manufacturers must be a member of the LoRa Alliance® in order to submit their products to become LoRaWAN CertifiedCM and only LoRa Alliance® members are entitled to use LoRaWAN CertifiedCM logo.
Currently the certification program is for Class A devices in:
Europe: EU863-870 MHz, North America: US 902-928 MHz, Asia: AS923 MHz, Korea: KR920-923 MHz, India: IN865-867 MHz, Russia: RU864-870, and Australia: AU915-928
The certification program and the LCTT for regions that do not use the above bands are under development. You may contact LoRa Alliance® authorized test-service providers if you are interested in pre-certification testing for devices that do not yet have a certification program.
There is currently no certification program for Gateway devices. However, we recommend following the LoRaWAN Gateway documents as best practices and for guidelines to measure the performance of your gateway under the “Resources” tab above.
This section provides an overview of the standard LoRa Alliance Certification Process, as described in detail in the LoRa Alliance Certification Policies and Procedures* document and the LoRa Alliance Process Description Certification for LoRaWAN Devices*.
- Contact a LoRa Alliance Authorized Test House (ATH) for a quote.
- Complete the certification questionnaire* available on the LoRa Alliance website Members Area or from the ATH.
- Prepare your product(s) for certification.
- Products must fulfill the latest LoRaWAN Specification and Regional Parameters Document.
- Products must fulfill relevant regional LoRa Alliance® End Device Certification Requirement Document (see suite of regional tests listed above).
- Deliver your product to the ATH. Device should be ready for Over the Air activation or already personalized.
- The ATH will perform the certification tests and provide you and/or the Alliance with the results.
- The “Pass” test results are provided to you and/or the LoRa Alliance®.
- LoRa Alliance® will review the test results and issue a certificate of LoRa Alliance® Certification.
- Results and basic product information are released on the LoRa Alliance® website. The release date can be customized to align with a product launch date, if requested. Data from the questionnaire that should not appear on the website should be marked as confidential.
The LoRaWAN® certification tests for end node functionality, in other words it tests that node’s LoRaWAN protocol stack and application are compliant with the LoRaWAN specification. The certification optionally covers radio performance. Radio performance includes things such as the radiated power, radio sensitivity etc. These are key parameters for good performance when signal strength is weak.
The expected time and cost to certify is mainly determined by the time needed for the Certification tests or reviewing documents for Certification by Similarity by the Authorized Test House. It also depends on which Regional Parameters Band(s) you are testing against. Jump to the Certification Test Houses webpage to see a full table of the expected minimum and maximum hours to certify per each regional band and for Certification by Similarity.
No, regulatory testing can take place before, after or at the same time with the LoRaWAN® certification testing.