Introduction; Feature Highlight - Advantech WISE-4610 Series User Manual

1.1

Introduction

LPWAN is a type of wireless telecommunication wide area network designed to allow
long range communications at a low data rate among IoT applications, such as sen-
sors operated on a battery. Its benefits is to offer multi-year battery lifetime for sen-
sors/ applications to send small amounts of data over long distances a few times per
hour suitable for different environments. LoRa and LoRaWAN are one of category of
LPWAN which belong to the non-cellular LPWAN wireless communication network
protocols enables very long range transmissions with low power consumption, oper-
ating in the non-licensed spectrum.
The difference between LoRa and LoRaWAN is a patented wireless data communi-
cation of IOT technology and acquired by Semtech in 2012 which holds the IP for
LoRa transmission methodology. The LoRa modulation is the physical layer (PHY),
and LoRaWAN is a data link (MAC) protocol for a high capacity long range and low
power star network that the LoRa Alliance is standardizing for Low Power Wide Area
Networks (LPWAN).
1.2

Feature Highlight

WISE-4610 LoRa wireless I/O module supports either public LoRa or private LoRa by
simply configuring on WISE Studio through USB port. Moreover, WISE-4610 pro-
vides optional GPS and solar panel rechargeable battery with IP65 water and dust
poof enclosure for outdoor applications.
With smart modular design, WISE-4610 supports different I/O combinations for users'
selection. All user needs to do is to choose a suitable I/O module to be paired with
WISE-4610 wireless I/O module for flexible applications.
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