Energy Consumption of a LoRaWAN Network using Jarvis Algorithm

Abstract

Energy consumption in LPWANs, such as LoRaWAN, plays an important role in determining the lifetime of wireless sensor networks motes. In this paper, the use of different battery technologies and the impact of the media access control layer (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) are studied. Among the metrics monitored in this scenario, it is energy efficiency and its impact on battery life for better performance. The Jarvis algorithm its run on the sensor network to examine the impact on the MAC and physical layer of LoRa. Its parameters such as spreading factor, channel activity detection, code rate and channel frequencies on the consumption of Energy; Executing the Jarvis algorithm showed that both technologies discharge in a similar way, but lithium batteries increase their resistance to discharge for a longer time and are more profitable when executing the Jarvis algorithm.