Communication Performance of a Real-Life Wide-Area Low-Power Network Based on Sigfox Technology

Konstantin Mikhaylov, Martin Stusek, Pavel Masek, Radek Fujdiak, Radek Mozny, Sergey Andreev, Jiri Hosek

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Abstract

In this paper, we study real-world performance of Sigfox, which is one of the most mature Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) technologies that operate in unlicensed frequency bands. During an extensive measurement campaign conducted over three months in the city of Brno, Czech Republic, we assessed the communication performance and the radio channel properties in 311 different test locations. We observed that despite the challenging natural landscape and urban environment of the test area, more than 94% of the packets sent were received successfully, with at least one packet delivered from 297 out of 311 tested locations. Our results also reported experiment-based radio channel and signal-to-noise characterization as well as provided insights into the efficiency of two crucial mechanisms used by Sigfox to improve the packet delivery - packet repetition and multi-gateway reception. Finally, we employed our experimental data to understand the efficiency of two non-fingerprint localization methods based on received signal strength indicator in a practical Sigfox network.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2020 - Proceedings
PublisherIEEE
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781728150895
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2020
Publication typeA4 Article in conference proceedings
EventIEEE International Conference on Communications -
Duration: 7 Jun 202011 Jun 2020

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Communications
Volume2020-June
ISSN (Print)1550-3607

Conference

ConferenceIEEE International Conference on Communications
Period7/06/2011/06/20

Keywords

  • experiment
  • IoT
  • localization
  • LPWAN
  • measurement
  • performance
  • Sigfox
  • triangulation

Publication forum classification

  • Publication forum level 1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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