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

The classical communication case is that LoRa end-devices (also called motes or end-point devices) emit frames and open short reception windows after the emission.

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

The SPN iFemtoCell can be linked to an IP network over:

• Ethernet
• Wi-Fi
• GSM

The connection to the IP network is used to:

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

These features are accesible through the following network services:

• a web interface (HTTPS)
• a local FTP server
• a remote SFTP access
• an HTTPS REST API.

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

More information about the LoRa Alliance and the LoRa protocol can be found on the LoRa-alliance website.