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Edge Computing with Amazon Web Services
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First, let’s understand what Long Range (LoRa) is, as well as its benefits and drawbacks.
LoRa operates at Layer 1 (physical) of the OSI model. You could think of it as the equivalent of a Cat-6 RJ-45 cable. You can’t do much with that on its own.
LoRa
LPWAN radio technology was developed by Semtech and designed for use in IoT. It is based on a spread spectrum technique called Chirp Spread Spectrum (CSS), which allows data to be transmitted over long distances (up to several kilometers) with low power consumption.
The following are some of the benefits of LoRa: