Zephyr LPWAN Connectivity Options and When to Choose Them
summary
Zephyr supports four native wireless stacks: IP (Wi‑Fi, LTE), Bluetooth LE, LoRa/LoRaWAN and IEEE 802.15.4 (Thread/Matter). LoRa gives the largest link budget — real projects report packets 60 km away and LoRa/LoRaWAN to MEO is feasible — but regulatory limits like 0.1% duty cycle and tiny payloads make it inefficient per byte. LTE or Wi‑Fi use more instant power but often win for 100 B bursts; Bluetooth advertising is lowest energy for simple broadcasts.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:03What is LPWAN
- 4:38Choosing LPWAN based on device requirements
- 6:44Zephyr LPWAN options
- 9:39IP networking in Zephyr
- 10:22BLE for low-power data
- 11:04LoRaWAN for long range
- 11:47IEEE 802.15.4 for smart home
- 12:50Performance comparison
- 16:22Power trade-offs in LPWAN
- 18:52Antenna considerations
- 20:16IP networking implementation
- 24:11LoRaWAN deployment
- 27:01BLE modes and use cases
- 29:09Out-of-tree LPWAN options
- 32:20Q&A
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