Capítulo

Low power wide area network (LPWAN) is a promising solution for long range and low power Internet of Things (IoT) and machine to machine (M2M) communication applications. The LPWANs are resource-constrained networks and have critical requirements for long battery life, extended coverage, high scalability, and low device and deployment costs. There are several design and deployment challenges such as media access control, spectrum management, link optimization and adaptability, energy harvesting, duty cycle restrictions, coexistence and interference, interoperability and heterogeneity, security and privacy, and others.

LPWAN Technologies for IoT and M2M Applications is intended to provide a one-stop solution for study of LPWAN technologies as it covers a broad range of topics and multidisciplinary aspects of LPWAN and IoT. Primarily, the book focuses on design requirements and constraints, channel access, spectrum management, coexistence and interference issues, energy efficiency, technology candidates, use cases of different applications in smart city, healthcare, and transportation systems, security issues, hardware/software platforms, challenges, and future directions.

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The successful implementation of a Smart City solution is achieved thanks not only to a careful planning and design, but also thanks to the engagement of final users, in order to successfully identify and satisfy their needs. This paper presents the CEI Montegancedo Open IoT Smart Campus project, which has been conceived as a holistic solution to improve the quality of life and comfort of the campus staff, i.e. satisfying their different needs and demands. The project is divided in four different solutions: an outdoor smart lighting system, a greenhouse monitoring and control system, a building energy management system and a home smart system. Lessons learned during the project serve to illustrate how the interaction between final users and solution providers is essential to accomplish a successful implementation.

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