In this course, you'll learn all about LoRa and LoRaWAN, and get ready to start building your own Low Power Wide Area Networkapplications. LoRaWANis an awesome IoTsolution because it is/has:

• Ultra low power: LoRaWAN end devices can last up to 10 years on a single coin cell battery

• Long range: LoRaWAN gateways can transmit and receive signals over 10 kilometers in rural areas and up to 3 kilometers in dense urban areas

• Deep indoor penetration: LoRaWAN networks can provide deep indoor coverage, and easily cover multi floor buildings.

• License free spectrum: You don't have to pay expensive frequency spectrum license fees to deploy a LoRaWAN network.

• Geolocation: A LoRaWAN network can determine the location of end devices using triangulation without the need for GPS

• High capacity: LoRaWAN Network Servers handle millions of messages from thousands of gateways.

• Public and private deployments: It is easy to deploy public and private LoRaWAN networks using the same hardware (gateways, end devices, antennas) and software (UDP packet forwarders, Basic Station software, LoRaWAN stacks for end devices).

• End-to-end security: LoRaWAN uses AES-128 encryption.

• Firmware updates over the air: You can remotely update firmware (applications and the LoRaWAN stack) for a single end device or group of end devices.

• Roaming: LoRaWAN end devices can perform seamless handovers from one network to another.

• Low cost: Minimal infrastructure, low-cost end nodes and open source software.

• Certification program: The LoRa Alliance certification program certifies end devices and provides end-users with confidence that the devices are reliable and compliant with the LoRaWAN specification.

• Ecosystem: LoRaWAN has a very large ecosystem of device makers, gateway makers, antenna makers, network service providers, and application developers.

After completing this course on LoRaWANFundamentals, you'll have mastered:

• LoRa vs LoRaWAN

• Regional Parameters

• Adaptive Data Rate

• Spreading Factors

• Security

• Device Classes

• Link Budget

• LoRaWANArchitecture

Lastly, we'll give you an opportunity to get started with LoRaWAN for free using The Things Network, and to scale commercially using The Things Industries SLAbacked network server.