LoRa mesh networks

Don’t forget the maximum duty cycle. For example, in the EU you may use the LoRaWAN spectrum up to 1% of the time, so a maximum of 36s per hour and device. So you might want to use it as a means for push notifications, SMS-like messages, but even text-only webpages seem to be unsuitable, especially if you want to communicate without being next to the gateway and the data rate might drop down to 300 bit/s.

Some more information on the limits of LoRaWAN can be found at https://arxiv.org/pdf/1607.08011.pdf

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