A Multi-Layer LoRaWAN Infrastructure for Smart Waste Management

• DOI: 10.3390/s21082600
• Publication Date: 2021-04-08T01:49:06Z
• Authors: David Baldo; Alessandro Mecocci; Stefano Parrino; Giacomo Peruzzi; Alessandro Pozzebon
• Keywords: Smart City; Smart objects; Smart environment

Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) has rapidly become one of the key enabling technologies for development Internet Things (IoT) architectures. A wide range different solutions relying on this communication technology can be found in literature: nevertheless, most part these architectures focus single task systems. Conversely, aim paper is to present architecture a LoRaWAN infrastructure gathering under same network typologies services within significant sub-systems Smart City ecosystem (i.e., Waste Management). The proposed exploits whole classes, integrating nodes growing complexity according functions. lowest level occupied by smart bins that simply collect data about their status. Moving upper levels, drop-off containers allow interaction with users as well implementation asynchronous downlink queries. At top level, Video Surveillance Units (VSUs) are provided machine learning capabilities detection presence fire nearby or containers, thus fully implementing Edge Computing paradigm. and its subsystems have been tested laboratory field. This study enhanced readiness Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 3.