LoRaWAN® for Smart Utilities
Build tomorrow’s new smart grid and profit from internet-based solutions.
Smart Electrcity
Reduces network outages and quickens response through meter and grid monitoring and analytics. Integrates renewable energy management systems and storage from resources such as solar photovoltaic systems, fuel cells, and wind turbines.
Smart Water
Improves utility efficiency with AMI (Advanced Meter Infrastructure) based on LoRaWAN®. Beyond automated reading, improves water network management and reduces the non-revenue water with leak detection. Reduces energy bill in cost of water with water flow and pressure monitoring and control of pumping systems for the water supply.
Smart Gas
Helps utilities in the LNG and LPG industry improve their billing accuracy and develop new service models for remote meter readings. Provides near real-time data for gas usage and alarms. Remotely measures gas flow rates and pressure in gas pipe networks. Remotely shuts off valves for subscription management and for risk control in case of alert.
Smart Heating
Facilitates cost allocation and improves the overall distribution efficiency by measuring real consumption. Helps facilities and utilities improve their customer service through better energy consumption monitoring.
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News from Our Members
Oct
24
Netmore and Cellnex UK Partner to Deploy and Densify UK LoRaWANNetwork Using Streetworks Monopole Infrastructure
Member Press Release
The Partnership Supports AMP8 Regulatory Framework for Smart Metering and Sustainability Initiatives Stockholm, Sweden – (October 23, 2024) – Netmore Group, a leading global LoRaWAN network operator, today announced a […]
Oct
2
LoRa Alliance® presenta l’impatto dello standard LoRaWAN® sulla Digitalizzazione e la Decarbonizzazione del settore energetico durante l’Enlit 2024
LoRa Alliance® Press Release
ENGLISH FRENCH ITALIAN Le aziende associate Actility, Alliot Technologies, Netmore, ResIOT, Semtech e TEKTELIC condividono demo e casi d’uso illustrando il modo in cui LoRaWAN supporta la transizione energetica Fremont, […]
Oct
2
LoRa Alliance® mettra en avant l’impact du standard LoRaWAN® sur la digitalisation et la décarbonisation du secteur de l’énergie lors de l’Enlit 2024
LoRa Alliance® Press Release
ENGLISH FRENCH ITALIAN Les entreprises membres Actility, Alliot Technologies, Netmore, ResIOT, Semtech, et TEKTELIC présenteront des démonstrations ainsi que des cas d’utilisation illustrant la manière dont LoRaWAN facilite la transition […]
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Smart Meters for Utilities
LoRaWAN, among the new Low Power Wide Area network technologies for connecting smart meters and IoT sensors with utility applications, is an open standard technology offering a unique and disruptive flexibility to deploy private and public networks in a cost-efficient manner, alongside its interoperability at the network and device levels.
In most situations, utility connectivity networks require small payloads of data from daily index to every ten minutes logs with data throughputs of several kilobits. Some specific use cases— like breakers for electricity, prepayment systems, or services supported by remote valve control — can justify a need for a low latency. For the use cases requiring latency of 1 second or more, LoRaWAN can perform well enough to support the automation system requirements.
LoRaWAN network infrastructure deployment and maintenance occurs at a much lower cost compared to traditional WMBUS, cellular technologies and proprietary ones, due to the high link budget and long range performance of LoRa radio that enables wide area network deployment. For instance, LoRaWAN applications for water and gas meters can currently support battery life of over 20 years when transmitting once per day.
Since utilities are responsible for the infrastructure and the distribution of electricity, gas, and water, they are considered critical infrastructure and national or regional regulators demand a high level of security. LoRaWAN specification applies 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithms to provide two-layered end-to-end encryption to protect the confidentiality of the payload during the network transport and the device authentication for network security. Utilities can profit from this end-to-end security layer to protect all data communications within meters and other IOT devices connected to a LoRaWAN public network.
