LoRa-where? Analysing signal pick-up from LoRaWAN sensors in the wild

LoRaWAN, as a wireless communication technology, has become increasingly pervasive. Where is LoRa? LoRa is in your study place, in the parking lot, and in your office. LoRa signals can propagate over a long range and be picked up by gateways within that range. The University of Twente has used LoRaWAN sensors all over campus to monitor parking spots, room occupancy, air quality, and more. By performing a longitudinal analysis on the data that was collected by LISA over a span of 4 years, we aim to explore the impact of the spreading factor on the signal propagation in the LoRaWAN network, as well as the impact of gateway location on the signal pick-up.