SPN (small private network) iFemtoCell is a terminal designed to meet M2M & IoT connectivity service providers that want to operate their network by themselves.

The gateway incorporates the Long Range « LoRa » ™ technology developed by Semtech and communication functions (Ethernet and wifi (3G is optionnal)).

It can establish bidirectional communications with several thousand items of intelligent equipment (sensors, meters, connected things) which are several kilometres away. (nombre mote et distance)

The SPN iFemtoCell is a software that integrates the decoding functions of the LoRaWan

The SPN station is a data collector over a LoRa network.

The classical communication case is that an end-device (also called mote or end-point device) belonging to the same LoRa network emits a frame and opens short reception windows after the end of emission.

The gateway listens to emitted frames and records those coming from endpoints which are authenticated. The station may acknowledge or send a frame carrying a payload during one of the endpoint reception windows. The station also records info associated with frame reception: timestamp, radiofrequency data (band frequency, SNR, etc.).

The SPN station is connected to an IP network in order to:

• Get transmission data and statistics of the LoRa network
• Configure the LoRa network and manage endpoints fleet
• Configure and administrate the station
• Update the station

The SPN station is linked to an IP network with the Ethernet or the Wi-Fi interfaces. The network services are a web interface (HTTPS), local FTP server, remote SFTP access and HTTPS REST API.

Detailed instructions about SPN iFemtoCell web interface are available on the resources page.