LoRaWAN is an end-to-end system architecture designed to wirelessly connect battery-powered devices to your application or platform via the internet. The architecture supports secure, low-cost and mobile bi-directional communication for the Internet of Things (IoT), Machine-to-Machine (M2M), Smart City and industrial applications. The LoRaWAN technology is optimized for low power consumption and designed to scale from a single gateway installation to large global network with billions of different devices.

The LoRaWAN specification provides a seamless interaction of different systems and technologies among Smart Things, without strict local complex installations, and offers users, developers and enterprises the freedom to support the advancement of the Internet of Things. LoRaWAN’s network architecture typically uses a star topology, where a gateway establishes a connection between an end device and a central network server. The gateway connects to the corresponding network server using a standard IP connection, while the end device uses a single-hop connection to one or more gateways. The communication of all modes is usually bidirectional.