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
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
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