Optimized Low-Powered Wide Area Network Within Internet of Things

The Internet of Things is rapidly becoming an integral part of everyday life. Low-powered wide area networks are capable of providing reliable connectivity even in low-density areas and devices consuming low amounts of energy. The exponential increase in the use of Internet of Things applications across the globe will continue to generate more and more data traffic within the Internet of Things network. Thus, end devices within the Internet of Things network in the near future will rise up to billions of devices operating across the Internet of Things network, generating a necessity for more correct and reliable energy conservation Internet of Things technology. This prompted the research work on optimized low-powered wide area networks. The experiment has been carried out in various stages: firstly, running a simulation over a wireless sensor network without optimization using MATLAB Simulink and obtaining the following result of 6.3997e-17 joules power consumption; secondly, the authors tested the network with power optimization using particle swarm optimization algorithms and obtained a better result of 2.5230e-17 joules. The Long Range energy consumption is reduced by 60%. Lastly, different simulation tests of Long Range Wide Area Network protocols were conducted with respect to some network communication parameters such as throughput, packet loss, delay, data transmission, buffer size, and network density.