IoT Applications for Smart Cities with LoRa® Technology

CITiLIGHT's VELOCITi™ LMS smart lighting platform, featuring LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN standard, has saved 1.29 billion kWh of energy through smart street lighting implementation in more than 100 Indian cities.

ICTnexus' Smart Islands project features a LoRaWAN network, enabling several smart island use cases including energy metering, water management, air quality and weather stations, street light operation, asset tracking, and emergency notifications (tsunami sirens).

The Town of Cary, North Carolina, SAS Institute and Semtech are coming together to build a unique Center of Excellence focused on LoRa-enabled technology solutions that will positively impact the lives of Cary’s citizens. 

ICT International’s range of plant physiology devices monitor the health of the urban forest in real time via a LoRaWAN network, providing valuable ecosystem services to the community as well as measurable carbon capture.

Swiss Post “Order Pens” leverage Semtech’s LoRa® devices and the LoRaWAN® standard, to provide universal postal service to Swiss citizens and businesses. 

MXC’s blockchain business model utilizes participants who serve as “supernodes” who deploy and share their own personal IoT gateway, producing a massive data highway with extensive LoRaWAN network coverage. 

Packetworx's automated packetSENSE Current Clamp electricity monitoring solution and packetSWITCH remote rebooting device leverage the LoRaWAN® protocol to remotely monitor the functionality of automated teller machines (ATMs) and other critical equipment.

Korea Expressway Corporation leverages LoRa for landslip detectors, road-freezing sensors, electronic displays, fire extinguishers in tunnels, and expressway lights, in addition to parking space and trash bin fill monitoring at rest areas, and real-time condition tracking for shock-absorbing barriers and guardrails.

NetOP's smart energy consumption monitoring solution based on LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN protocol, named the “Octopus,” leverages LoRa devices’ advantages for real-time data monitoring to detect abnormal spikes in energy consumption in city substations.

The Metropolitan Government of Seoul, South Korea plans to deploy up to 1,000 LoRaWAN network gateways to complement the municipal Wi-Fi and provide the foundation for Seoul’s innovative, next-generation smart city applications.

OrionM2M's smart meters and luminaire controllers utilize embedded LoRa devices to connect to the Cloud via public LoRaWAN networks and OrionGateways.