THE ROAD TO OPEN NETWORKS
Building an open and free Internet of Things network
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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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IN SWITZERLAND
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TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNITY
SOCIAL CHANGE
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WHAT IS LORAWAN?
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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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FREE & OPEN SOURCE STACK
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UNLICENSED SPECTRUM
Anyone can deploy a LoRaWAN network!
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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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SOCIAL CHANGE
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CAN WE TRUST AN OPEN
NETWORK?
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“Linux is a cancer that
attaches itself in an
intellectual property sense
to everything it touches”
Photo by Aanjhan Ranganathan, CC BY 2.0
Steve Ballmer, ex-CEO Microsoft and
incontinent over-stater of facts
1st June 2001
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THE WORLD RUNS ON OSS
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CAN I TRUST…
…the gateway won’t be shut down?
REDUNDANCY
…sensitive information stays private?
CRYPTOGRAPHY
…the backend to be up-and-running?
DECENTRALIZATION
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CAN I TRUST…
…it will be around in a few years time?
OSS + OPEN STANDARDS
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GRACIAS!
Gonzalo Casas
Open Network Infrastructure Association
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