Assessing LoRaWAN radio propagation for smart parking service: an experimental study

The increase of the population living in cities has put a lot of pressure in urban transportation systems. It comes, among other things, with noteworthy air pollution, time and energy wastage, and drivers´ discomfort due to parking spots scarcity. Finding a parking spot has become a major problem fo...

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Authors: Santana Martínez, Juan Ramón|||0000-0003-1374-2153, Sotres García, Pablo|||0000-0002-2881-3594, Pérez Campo, Jesús, Sánchez González, Luis|||0000-0003-0136-3420, Lanza Calderón, Jorge|||0000-0002-9586-1334, Muñoz Gutiérrez, Luis|||0000-0002-7704-1199
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Publication Date:2023
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repository:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Language:English
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10902/30114
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Keyword:Internet of Things
LoRa
LoRaWAN
Smart cities
Smart parking
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spelling Assessing LoRaWAN radio propagation for smart parking service: an experimental studySantana Martínez, Juan Ramón|||0000-0003-1374-2153Sotres García, Pablo|||0000-0002-2881-3594Pérez Campo, JesúsSánchez González, Luis|||0000-0003-0136-3420Lanza Calderón, Jorge|||0000-0002-9586-1334Muñoz Gutiérrez, Luis|||0000-0002-7704-1199Internet of ThingsLoRaLoRaWANSmart citiesSmart parkingThe increase of the population living in cities has put a lot of pressure in urban transportation systems. It comes, among other things, with noteworthy air pollution, time and energy wastage, and drivers´ discomfort due to parking spots scarcity. Finding a parking spot has become a major problem for drivers. To overcome this problem, smart parking services that detect parking spot occupancy status and inform drivers about their availability have been proposed. The deployment of these solutions is reducing the costs associated to traffic jams or gas consumption. However, one of the main challenges faced when planning and deploying this kind of service is the communication technology used by the parking sensors, which are typically buried under the asphalt, as it has to cover large areas of the city in the most cost-effective way. In this paper, we analyze the behavior and performance of a LoRaWAN network supporting the smart parking service in the city of Santander. The sensors and network deployment are described and the thorough experimental evaluation of the network behavior is presented. The goal of this assessment is to provide insights that could be helpful for better understanding the key factors affecting the communication. The long-termed analysis of the parking sensors deployments studied, have allowed us to derive an experimental propagation model that could be useful for the planning of city-scale IoT infrastructures employing LoRaWAN networks as their wireless access technology. Moreover, we have also analyzed the behavior of the LoRa wireless network in order to evaluate the possibility of leveraging network information to increase the confidence on smart parking sensor readings through AI-based predictors.This work has been supported by the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI) by means of the project SITED (Semantically-enabled Interoperable Trustworthy Enriched Data-spaces) under Grant Agreement No. PID2021-125725OB-I00.ElsevierUniversidad de Cantabria20232023-11-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://hdl.handle.net/10902/30114Computer Networks, 2023, 235, 109962reponame:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabriainstname:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/301142026-06-02T12:39:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Assessing LoRaWAN radio propagation for smart parking service: an experimental study
title Assessing LoRaWAN radio propagation for smart parking service: an experimental study
spellingShingle Assessing LoRaWAN radio propagation for smart parking service: an experimental study
Santana Martínez, Juan Ramón|||0000-0003-1374-2153
Internet of Things
LoRa
LoRaWAN
Smart cities
Smart parking
title_short Assessing LoRaWAN radio propagation for smart parking service: an experimental study
title_full Assessing LoRaWAN radio propagation for smart parking service: an experimental study
title_fullStr Assessing LoRaWAN radio propagation for smart parking service: an experimental study
title_full_unstemmed Assessing LoRaWAN radio propagation for smart parking service: an experimental study
title_sort Assessing LoRaWAN radio propagation for smart parking service: an experimental study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Santana Martínez, Juan Ramón|||0000-0003-1374-2153
Sotres García, Pablo|||0000-0002-2881-3594
Pérez Campo, Jesús
Sánchez González, Luis|||0000-0003-0136-3420
Lanza Calderón, Jorge|||0000-0002-9586-1334
Muñoz Gutiérrez, Luis|||0000-0002-7704-1199
author Santana Martínez, Juan Ramón|||0000-0003-1374-2153
author_facet Santana Martínez, Juan Ramón|||0000-0003-1374-2153
Sotres García, Pablo|||0000-0002-2881-3594
Pérez Campo, Jesús
Sánchez González, Luis|||0000-0003-0136-3420
Lanza Calderón, Jorge|||0000-0002-9586-1334
Muñoz Gutiérrez, Luis|||0000-0002-7704-1199
author_role author
author2 Sotres García, Pablo|||0000-0002-2881-3594
Pérez Campo, Jesús
Sánchez González, Luis|||0000-0003-0136-3420
Lanza Calderón, Jorge|||0000-0002-9586-1334
Muñoz Gutiérrez, Luis|||0000-0002-7704-1199
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad de Cantabria
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Internet of Things
LoRa
LoRaWAN
Smart cities
Smart parking
topic Internet of Things
LoRa
LoRaWAN
Smart cities
Smart parking
description The increase of the population living in cities has put a lot of pressure in urban transportation systems. It comes, among other things, with noteworthy air pollution, time and energy wastage, and drivers´ discomfort due to parking spots scarcity. Finding a parking spot has become a major problem for drivers. To overcome this problem, smart parking services that detect parking spot occupancy status and inform drivers about their availability have been proposed. The deployment of these solutions is reducing the costs associated to traffic jams or gas consumption. However, one of the main challenges faced when planning and deploying this kind of service is the communication technology used by the parking sensors, which are typically buried under the asphalt, as it has to cover large areas of the city in the most cost-effective way. In this paper, we analyze the behavior and performance of a LoRaWAN network supporting the smart parking service in the city of Santander. The sensors and network deployment are described and the thorough experimental evaluation of the network behavior is presented. The goal of this assessment is to provide insights that could be helpful for better understanding the key factors affecting the communication. The long-termed analysis of the parking sensors deployments studied, have allowed us to derive an experimental propagation model that could be useful for the planning of city-scale IoT infrastructures employing LoRaWAN networks as their wireless access technology. Moreover, we have also analyzed the behavior of the LoRa wireless network in order to evaluate the possibility of leveraging network information to increase the confidence on smart parking sensor readings through AI-based predictors.
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