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OPEN NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE Building an open and free Internet of Things network Gonzalo Casas [email protected] | @gnz

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THE THINGS NETWORK A global community, building open source software and hardware to operate a crowd-sourced IoT network.

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OPEN NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATION A Swiss civil association working towards free, open and reliable network infrastructure for anyone, anytime.

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LORAWAN • LoRa (Long Range): Radio modulation technique • LoRaWAN: MAC protocol for Wide Area Networks (OSI Layer 2 and 3) sensors nodes gateways backend application backend LoRa ip ip

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LORAWAN 3 * 10 10 km range 10 USD/node 10 years battery life

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LONG RANGE 2km - 5km in urban setting 40km+ in rural setting © ttnmapper.org , Open Street Map

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INSANELY LONG RANGE (under extreme conditions) 201 km ground-to-ground by Andreas Spiess, TTN Basel http://www.sensorsiot.org/ © ttnmapper.org

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INSANELY LONG RANGE (under extreme conditions) 333 km air-to-ground (helium balloon) by @telkamp (mapping @jpmeijers) © ttnmapper.org

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LOW COST Node/transceiver: CHF 8.5 Gateway: ~CHF 250 (indoor) Open source stack + ISM bands Low CAPEX, almost negligible OPEX Photos by @gnz, CC-BY-SA

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LOW POWER Class A Class B Class C Always send, receive after send. Up to 10 years. Deep sleep: ~10 μA TX ~40 mA RX ~14 mA Time-synchronized receive windows. Always-on receive mode. Not supported Support not ready, but planned

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ZURICH COMMUNITY

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THE SPARK

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CORE TEAM

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© 2015 Wireless Solutions by IMST GmbH

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MEETUPS CORE TEAM

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Photo by Ali Soy, @alisoy1502

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MEETUPS CORE TEAM FIRST GATEWAYS

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Photos by @gnz, CC-BY-SA

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Photos by @gnz, CC-BY-SA

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Photos by @gnz, CC-BY-SA

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COMMUNITY GROWTH MEETUPS CORE TEAM FIRST GATEWAYS GOING LIVE!

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MEETUPS CORE TEAM FIRST GATEWAYS GOING LIVE! COMMUNITY GROWTH SUSTAINABILITY

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IN NUMBERS • 60 participants from 8 countries • 17 projects published • 43.8k impressions in 32 days on Twitter • 30k people reached via Facebook video • Prominently covered in all major newspapers

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THANKS! Gonzalo Casas [email protected] | @gnz

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