In this paper we propose LoRaSyNc (LoRa receiver with SyNchronization and Cancellation), a second generation LoRa receiver that implements Successive Interference Cancellation (SIC) and time synchronization to improve the performance of LoRa gateways. Indeed, the chirp spread spectrum modulation employed in LoRa experiences very high capture probability, and cancelling the strongest signal in case of collisions can significantly improve the cell capacity. An important feature of LoRaSyNc is the ability to track the frequency and clock drifts between the transmitter and receiver, during the whole demodulation of the interfered frame. Due to the use of low-cost oscillators on end-devices, a signal cancellation scheme cannot result accurate without such a tracking, especially at the lower data rates. We validate the performance of LoRaSyNc in presence of collisions by implementing a receiver prototype on software-defined-radios, and perform several experiments in different realistic scenarios, by also comparing our receiver with commercial gateways. Finally, we simulate a cell deployment with one or more gateways, showing that the proposed scheme improves performance by almost 50% compared to a traditional receiver.

Garlisi D., Mangione S., Giuliano F., Croce D., Garbo G., Tinnirello I. (2021). Interference Cancellation for LoRa Gateways and Impact on Network Capacity. IEEE ACCESS, 9, 128133-128146 [10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3108021].

Interference Cancellation for LoRa Gateways and Impact on Network Capacity

Garlisi D.
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Mangione S.;Giuliano F.;Croce D.;Garbo G.;Tinnirello I.
2021-01-01

Abstract

In this paper we propose LoRaSyNc (LoRa receiver with SyNchronization and Cancellation), a second generation LoRa receiver that implements Successive Interference Cancellation (SIC) and time synchronization to improve the performance of LoRa gateways. Indeed, the chirp spread spectrum modulation employed in LoRa experiences very high capture probability, and cancelling the strongest signal in case of collisions can significantly improve the cell capacity. An important feature of LoRaSyNc is the ability to track the frequency and clock drifts between the transmitter and receiver, during the whole demodulation of the interfered frame. Due to the use of low-cost oscillators on end-devices, a signal cancellation scheme cannot result accurate without such a tracking, especially at the lower data rates. We validate the performance of LoRaSyNc in presence of collisions by implementing a receiver prototype on software-defined-radios, and perform several experiments in different realistic scenarios, by also comparing our receiver with commercial gateways. Finally, we simulate a cell deployment with one or more gateways, showing that the proposed scheme improves performance by almost 50% compared to a traditional receiver.
2021
Garlisi D., Mangione S., Giuliano F., Croce D., Garbo G., Tinnirello I. (2021). Interference Cancellation for LoRa Gateways and Impact on Network Capacity. IEEE ACCESS, 9, 128133-128146 [10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3108021].
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