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There are three device classes in LoRaWAN: Class A devices are battery powered and open two receive windows after transmitting. Class B devices open additional scheduled receive windows. Class C devices continuously listen for downlinks.

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Lora / Lorawan Tutorial 4

There are three device classes in LoRaWAN: Class A devices are battery powered and open two receive windows after transmitting. Class B devices open additional scheduled receive windows. Class C devices continuously listen for downlinks.

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LORA / LORAWAN TUTORIAL 4

LoRaWAN Device Classes

A LoRaWAN
B
C
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INTRO
• In this tutorial I will explain what LoRaWAN device classes are.
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LORAWAN DEVICE CLASSES
• The LoRaWAN specification [4] defines three device classes:

Class Description

Battery powered devices. Each device uplink to the gateway and is


A(ll)
followed by two short downlink receive windows.

Same as class A but these devices also opens extra receive windows at
B(eacon)
scheduled times.
• Same as A but these devices are continuously listening. Hence these
C(ontinuos)
devices uses more power and are often mains powered.
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CLASS A
• Atany time an end node can broadcast a signal. After this uplink transmission (tx) the
end node will listen for a response from the gateway.

• The end node opens two receive slots at t1 and t2 seconds after an uplink
transmission. The gateway can respond within the first receive slot or the second
receive slot, but not both.

• Class B and C devices must also support class A functionality.

node uplink rx rx
transmission slot 1 slot 2

t1 time
t2
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CLASS B
• In
addition to Class A receive slots, class B devices opens extra receive slots at
scheduled times.

• Theend node receives a time synchronised beacon from the gateway, allowing the
gateway to know when the node is listening.

•A class B device does not support device C functionality.



beacon beacon
ping period
class A
node rx rx
rx rx rx
tx slot 1 slot 2

beacon period time


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CLASS C
• In
addition to Class A receive slots a class C device will listen continuously for
responses from the gateway.

•A class C device does not support device B functionality.

class A
node rx rx node
rx (remains open until next uplink)
tx slot 1 slot 2 tx

time

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