The LoRaWAN Certification Program provides assurance to end customers that their application-specific end devices will operate on any LoRaWAN^® network. The scope of the Certification Program confirms that the end device meets the functional requirements of the LoRaWAN^® specification.

LoRaWAN Specification v1.0.1 Deprecation

• Please note that with the release of LoRaWAN Specification 1.0.4 on October 28, 2020, device manufacturers requesting certification will no longer be able to certify against LoRaWAN Specification v1.0.1 after October 28, 2021. The only exception to this is Certification by Similarity by the original manufacturer to certify their end-device for a period of up to 2 years after the deprecation.

The program includes a suite of regional tests that are specified in the LoRaWAN Specification 1.0.2 and LoRaWAN Specification 1.0.4 (see Certification Resources tab).

End-device manufacturers must be a member of the LoRa Alliance^® in order to submit their products to become LoRaWAN Certified^CM. They must also use an LoRa Alliance^® Authorised Test House (ATH) to do the functional protocol testing. Upon successful completion of the tests, the product will be listed on the LoRa Alliance^® website, and a certificate of LoRaWAN^® Certification will be issued by the LoRa Alliance^®. Additionally, products which successfully complete the Alliance Certification Program are able to use the LoRaWAN Certified^CM logo on their product and packaging subject to compliance with the LoRa Alliance^® Marks & Logo Usage Policy and Guidelines*.

View the list of LoRaWAN Certified devices

This section provides an overview of the Certification-by-Similarity process, as described in detail in the LoRa Alliance^® Certification Policies, Processes and Procedures*  document.

LoRaWAN Specification v1.0.1 Deprecation

• Please note that with the release of LoRaWAN Specification 1.0.4 on October 28, 2020, device manufacturers requesting certification will no longer be able to certify against LoRaWAN Specification v1.0.1 after October 28, 2021. The only exception to this is Certification by Similarity by the original manufacturer to certify their end-device for a period of up to 2 years after the deprecation.

A device or module manufacturer who wishes to have its device certified based on similarity to an existing certified device should:

• Contact a LoRa Alliance^® Authorized Test House (ATH) for a quote.
• Pre-test for LoRaWAN v1.0.4 certification: Products must pass the Certification-by-Similarity LCTT tests and Back-off mechanism LCTT tests. These tests can be performed at the member’s internal lab and the logs must be sent to the ATH prior to certification.
• Complete the Certification Questionnaire and complete the Certification-by-Similarity Declaration form (see Certification Resources tab).
• The ATH will review the Pre-test logs (for v1.0.4) and details of the new device against the details of the device offered for Certification-by-Similarity as stated in the Certification-by-Similarity Declaration form.
• If the Pre-test logs (for v1.0.4) are deemed satisfactory and the responses to the questionnaire and declaration meet the Certification-by-Similarity requirements defined in the Certification Process for LoRaWAN^® Devices, then the ATH will issue a statement to the LoRa Alliance^® requesting LoRa Alliance^® Certification for the device.
• LoRa Alliance^® will review the ATH statement and issue a certificate of LoRa Alliance^® Certification.
• If there are any areas of doubt that the device does not meet the stated requirements, then the ATH will do a full or partial Certification test.
• The ATH fees for Certification-by-Similarity are expected to be less than the fees for full product testing.
• False statements on the Certification-by-Similarity Declaration form will result in immediate withdrawal of device certification.

Cases for Certification-by-Similarity:

• Case 1 – Module Integration: the variant device to be certified embeds a LoRaWAN Certified^CM module.
• Case 2 – Device Certification-by-Similarity: the variant device to be certified uses the same module as another LoRaWAN Certified^CM device.

*documents available exclusively to members via the Member Portal

LoRa Alliance^® Certification by Similarity Process Flowchart

The documents below are available to all LoRa Alliance^® Members and can be found in the All Members/Certification folder within the Member Portal:

Please note that with the release of LoRaWAN Specification 1.0.4 on October 28, 2020, device manufacturers requesting certification will no longer be able to certify against LoRaWAN Specification 1.0.1 after October 28, 2021.

General resource documents for all regions and specifications:

• LoRaWAN^® Certification Policies and Procedures v1.0*
• LoRaWAN^® Certification Questionnaire V2.2*
• LoRaWAN^® EU Supplementary Device Info Questionnaire V1.0*
• LoRaWAN^® Certification-by-Similarity Declaration v1.1 
• GitHub link to reference code https://github.com/Lora-net

LoRaWAN Specification 1.0.2 Resources:

• LoRaWAN^® European EU 863-870MHz Region End Device Certification Requirements document V1.6*
• LoRaWAN^® US and Canada 902-928MHz Region End Device Certification Requirements document V1.5.1*
• LoRaWAN^® Asia AS 923MHz Region End Device Certification Requirements document V1.1.1*
• LoRaWAN^® South Korea 920-923MHz Region End Device Certification Requirements document V1.2.1*
• LoRaWAN^® India IN865-867MHz Region End Device Certification Requirements document 1.1.1*
• LoRaWAN^® End Device Radiated RF Performance EU V1.2.1*
• LoRaWAN^® End Device Radiated RF Performance US V1.1*
• LoRaWAN^® End Device Radiated RF Performance KR V1.1.1*

LoRaWAN Specification 1.0.4 Resources:

• LW1.0.4 End Device Certification Requirement for All Regions V1.4*
• LoRaWAN^®1.0.4 End-Device Class B Test Specification v1.0*
• LoRaWAN^® 1.0.4 End-Device Class C Test Specification v1.0*
• LoRaWAN^® 1.0.4 End Device RF Performance for All regions V1.0*

Gateways: There is currently no LoRaWAN Certification program for Gateways; however, we recommend following the LoRaWAN Gateway documents as best practices and for guidelines to measure the performance of your gateway. 

• LoRaWAN^® Gateway Test and Measurement Guidelines
• White Paper on Radio Coexistence Issues and Solutions

*Documents are available to LoRa Alliance^® Members via the Member Portal.  Non-members can access any of the above reference documents by emailing cert-test@lora-alliance.org.  Non-members will be asked to sign an NDA prior to receipt of any reference material.

The RF Performance of a device is also critical for the successful deployment of LoRaWAN^® networks to maximize the use of the Radio Spectrum available to the device. New optional extended RF tests will provide a full 3D radiated power scan, and a sensitivity figure of the devices ability to receive LoRaWAN^® packets. 

The ability to demonstrate a satisfactory level of RF performance is important as most operators require a minimum RF performance for the devices they allow onto their networks.

The LoRa Alliance^® has developed a LoRaWAN^® Certification Test Tool (LCTT)* for all LoRa Alliance^® device manufacturers to pre-test their devices before sending them to the Authorised Test Houses (ATHs) for LoRaWAN^® Certification testing.

The LoRa Alliance is very happy to announce a 50% price reduction in the cost of additional LoRaWAN Certification Test Tool licenses (LCTT). The fist LCTT license has always been free for our members. As LoRaWAN adoption grows after an incredibly successful 2021, we’ve seen more and more members requesting additional LCTT licenses. Therefore, we are extremely happy to announce the reduction in price from $2,000 to $1,000.

Benefits to LoRa Alliance^® members include:

• An accelerated certification process
• Time and money savings allowing devices to debug and finalize design prior to starting the formal certification process

The LCTT is a pre-certification and regression testing tool for protocol testing against the LoRaWAN^® L2 Specification 1.0.2 and EU868, US915, KR920, AS923 and IN865 bands. For the LoRaWAN L2 Specification 1.0.4, the LCTT supports EU863-870, US 902-928, AS923-1, AS923-2, AS923-3, KR920-923, IN865-867, AU915-928, and RU864-870.

Some of the features of the LCTT include:

• Device manufactures can prove the device design before shipping it for formal certification testing
• Pre-certification mode and a debug mode
• Run on a local PC with a local LoRaWAN^® Gateway connected at a device manufacturer’s own facility

Prior to installing the LCTT please review the Read Me file. After reviewing the Read Me file, you can access both the LCTT and the LCTT Installation and Usage Overview. 

*Available exclusively to members via the Member Portal

All LoRa Alliance^® member companies are allowed one free LCTT license.  Each additional license can be purchased for a $1000 USD annual fee per license.  Please contact cert-test@lora-alliance.org for license purchasing information.

Public operators have experienced a large amount of issues with devices on both the LoRaWAN^® communication protocol (MAC layer) and the RF emission properties. These two aspects are crucial for a successful IoT application. Incompatibilities of the device with the LoRaWAN^® pro­tocol could result in unwanted behavior on the network and inefficient energy management. Due to suboptimal antenna designs and sizes, insufficient RF emission power will cause the device to only use a small part of the network’s full coverage, causing the coverage to seem a lot worse than it really is.

To ensure adequate performance of a device on a LoRaWAN^® network, each network operator distributes their own device qualification trademark after testing the applied hardware. Currently a hardware manufacturer must follow separate approval procedures at every public operator to obtain these network specific qualification trademarks. Therefore, the public operators listed below have agreed to use a common qualification process to approve devices on their networks. This process clarifies what must be done for a device to perform on a public network. The decision to approve a device remains with each network operator itself.

Documents to hand in to your operator:

• LoRaWAN^® Certification according to latest LoRaWAN 1.0.2, LoRaWAN 1.0.4 specification* 
• LoRaWAN^® End Device Radiated RF Performance EU, LoRaWAN^® 1.0.4 End Device RF Performance for All regions V1.0* 
• LoRaWAN^® Certification Questionnaire
• LoRaWAN^® EU Supplementary Device Info Questionnaire**
• Additional interoperability testing for some operators

Note: The latest versions of these documents can be downloaded from the Certification Resources tab.

*Only tests made by an official LoRa Alliance approved test house will be accepted.
**This replaces all questions of the former CLDQP v1.x intake form.

Operator contacts

If you are not listing the above test reports publicly on the LoRa Alliance website, all the documents still must be sent to the LoRaWAN operators you want to get approved by.

Each operator will decide individually if your product will be accepted on their network.

Involved Operators

Digita iot.services@digita.fi
EveryNet Jonathan Pearce  jdp@everynet.com
KPN iothardware@kpn.com
Levikom iotcert@levikom.ee
Objenious spouillot@objenious.com
Orange iot_technology@list.orange.com
Proximus philippe.soutaer.ext@proximus.com
Sens make@sens.at
Swisscom support.lpn@swisscom.com