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US 12,581,390 B2Granted
Lorawan gateway network and method
OwnerMarco Bönig, Daniel Hollos +1inventors
InventorsMarco Bönig, Daniel Hollos, Carsten Brinkschulte
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for communication in a LoRaWAN mesh gateway network, wherein the LoRaWAN mesh gateway network has a plurality of end devices, a plurality of gateways and a network server. Here, one of the gateways performs server functions of the communication method that are intended for the network server (NS) according to the LoRaWAN protocol.
Claims21
A method for communication in a Long Range Wide Area Network (“LoRaWAN”) mesh gateway network (1),
- wherein the LoRaWAN mesh gateway network (1) has multiple end devices (ED), multiple gateways (Gn) and a network server (NS),
- characterized in that
- one of the gateways (Gn) performs server functions of the communication method provided for the network server (NS) according to the LoRaWAN protocol
- wherein an end device message (ME) generated by an end device (ED) and sent to the gateway (G1) is stored on the gateway (G1),
- whereas the end device message (ME) stored on the gateway (G1) is not deleted from the memory of the gateway until a server message (MS) associated with the end device message (ME) has been sent from the network server (NS) to the end device (ED).
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A Long Range Wide Area Network (“LoRaWAN”) mesh gateway network (1)
- comprising at least one network server (NS), multiple gateways (G) and multiple end devices (ED),
- characterized in that
- a gateway (G1) comprises a sub-server unit (SSE) equipped with a program and/or operating system and/or firmware suitable for performing functionalities intended for the network server according to LoRaWAn protocol, wherein one end device is a class A or class B end device according to LoRaWAN specification, wherein an end device message (ME) generated by an end device (ED) and sent to the gateway (G1) is stored on the gateway (G1), whereas the end device message (ME) stored on the gateway (G1) is not deleted from the memory of the gateway until a server message (MS) associated with the end device message (ME) has been sent from the network server (NS) to the end device (ED).
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