Application example using LoRaWAN-lib MAC layer implementation

Dependencies:   mbed LoRaWAN-lib SX1272Lib

LoRaWAN-demo is a ClassA device example project using LoRaWAN-lib and SX1272Lib libraries.

This demo application sends a frame every 4 to 6 seconds (randomly) and displays its current status using a serial port as display(VT100).

The serial port settings are as shown in below image. To access the serial port settings please click on "Setup" menu and then "Serial port..."

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The terminal window should be setup as shown in below image. To access the terminal window settings please click on "Setup" menu and then "Terminal..."

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The image below shows the VT100 application status.

Application main screen

The application gives the possibility to either activate the device using

  • Over The Air Activation (OTAA)
  • Personalization activation (PA)

The activation mode can be adjusted in Comissioning.h by changing the following parameter:

/*!
 * When set to 1 the application uses the Over-the-Air activation procedure
 * When set to 0 the application uses the Personalization activation procedure
 */
#define OVER_THE_AIR_ACTIVATION                     1


The application gives the possibility to select which kind of network we are connecting to.

  • Public Network (true)
  • Private Network (false)

The netork type can be changed as follows:

/*!
 * Indicates if the end-device is to be connected to a private or public network
 */
#define LORAWAN_PUBLIC_NETWORK                      true


OTAA
When OTAA is selected the user must porvide a device EUI, an application EUI and an application key.
These can be adjusted by changing the following parameters:

/*!
 * Mote device IEEE EUI (big endian)
 */
#define LORAWAN_DEVICE_EUI                          { 0x11, 0x22, 0x33, 0x44, 0x55, 0x66, 0x77, 0x88 }

/*!
 * Application IEEE EUI (big endian)
 */
#define LORAWAN_APPLICATION_EUI                     { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }

/*!
 * AES encryption/decryption cipher application key
 */
#define LORAWAN_APPLICATION_KEY                     { 0x2B, 0x7E, 0x15, 0x16, 0x28, 0xAE, 0xD2, 0xA6, 0xAB, 0xF7, 0x15, 0x88, 0x09, 0xCF, 0x4F, 0x3C }


PA
When PA is selected the user must porvide a network ID, a device address, a network session key and an application session key.
These can be adjusted by changing the following parameters:

/*!
 * Current network ID
 */
#define LORAWAN_NETWORK_ID                          ( uint32_t )0

/*!
 * Device address on the network (big endian)
 */
#define LORAWAN_DEVICE_ADDRESS                      ( uint32_t )0x12345678

/*!
 * AES encryption/decryption cipher network session key
 */
#define LORAWAN_NWKSKEY                             { 0x2B, 0x7E, 0x15, 0x16, 0x28, 0xAE, 0xD2, 0xA6, 0xAB, 0xF7, 0x15, 0x88, 0x09, 0xCF, 0x4F, 0x3C }

/*!
 * AES encryption/decryption cipher application session key
 */
#define LORAWAN_APPSKEY                             { 0x2B, 0x7E, 0x15, 0x16, 0x28, 0xAE, 0xD2, 0xA6, 0xAB, 0xF7, 0x15, 0x88, 0x09, 0xCF, 0x4F, 0x3C }


On top of main.c the user has the possibility to tweak some application settings such as:

  • Join requests transmission frequency
  • Frames transmission frequency
  • Application default datarate
  • Confirmed or Unconfirmed frames transmission
  • ADR (Adaptive Datarate) ON/OFF
  • Application port to be used by the transmitted frames

The join requests transmission frequency can be adjusted by changing the follwoing parameter:

/*!
 * Join requests trials duty cycle.
 */
#define OVER_THE_AIR_ACTIVATION_DUTYCYCLE           10000000  // 10 [s] value in us


The frame transmission frequency can be adjusted by changing the follwoing parameters:

/*!
 * Defines the application data transmission duty cycle. 5s, value in [us].
 */
#define APP_TX_DUTYCYCLE                            5000000

/*!
 * Defines a random delay for application data transmission duty cycle. 1s,
 * value in [us].
 */
#define APP_TX_DUTYCYCLE_RND                        1000000


The frame transmission scheduling is then executed as follows:

        if( ScheduleNextTx == true )
        {
            ScheduleNextTx = false;
            // Schedule next packet transmission
            TxDutyCycleTime = APP_TX_DUTYCYCLE + randr( -APP_TX_DUTYCYCLE_RND, APP_TX_DUTYCYCLE_RND );
            TimerSetValue( &TxNextPacketTimer, TxDutyCycleTime );
            TimerStart( &TxNextPacketTimer );
        }


The application default datarate can be adjusted by changing the following parameter:

Quote:

When ADR is off this setting is the fixed datarate that will be used by the application.
When ADR is on this setting is the initial datarate used by the application.

/*!
 * Default mote datarate
 */
#define LORAWAN_DEFAULT_DATARATE                    DR_0


The transmitted frame contents will depend on LORAWAN_CONFIRMED_MSG_ON value.

/*!
 * LoRaWAN confirmed messages
 */
#define LORAWAN_CONFIRMED_MSG_ON                    true
  • If LORAWAN_CONFIRMED_MSG_ON equals false then the application payload is one byte corresponding to the AppLed state.
  • If LORAWAN_CONFIRMED_MSG_ON equals true then the application payload is six bytes corresponding to the AppLed state, Downlink counter (unsigned 16 bits), received RSSI (signed 16 bits) and received SNR (signed 8 bits).

/*!
 * \brief   Prepares the payload of the frame
 */
static void PrepareTxFrame( uint8_t port )
{

    switch( port )
    {
    case 15:
        {
            AppData[0] = AppLedStateOn;
            if( IsTxConfirmed == true )
            {
                AppData[1] = LoRaMacDownlinkStatus.DownlinkCounter >> 8;
                AppData[2] = LoRaMacDownlinkStatus.DownlinkCounter;
                AppData[3] = LoRaMacDownlinkStatus.Rssi >> 8;
                AppData[4] = LoRaMacDownlinkStatus.Rssi;
                AppData[5] = LoRaMacDownlinkStatus.Snr;
            }
        }
        break;
    case 224:
...
}


The ADR enabling/disabling can be adjusted by changing the following parameter:

/*!
 * LoRaWAN Adaptive Data Rate
 *
 * \remark Please note that when ADR is enabled the end-device should be static
 */
#define LORAWAN_ADR_ON                              1


The application port can be adjusted by changing the following parameter:

/*!
 * LoRaWAN application port
 */
#define LORAWAN_APP_PORT                            15
Committer:
mluis
Date:
Mon Apr 24 13:29:34 2017 +0000
Revision:
7:5077515c163b
Parent:
5:62862ef9480b
WARNING: Radio API timings changed from micro-seconds to milliseconds; ; Synchronized with https://github.com/Lora-net/LoRaMac-node git revision e506c246652fa44c3f24cecb89d0707b49ece739; Updated all libraries to the latest versions

Who changed what in which revision?

UserRevisionLine numberNew contents of line
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 1 /*
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 2 / _____) _ | |
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 3 ( (____ _____ ____ _| |_ _____ ____| |__
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 4 \____ \| ___ | (_ _) ___ |/ ___) _ \
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 5 _____) ) ____| | | || |_| ____( (___| | | |
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 6 (______/|_____)_|_|_| \__)_____)\____)_| |_|
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 7 (C)2013 Semtech
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 8
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 9 Description: Timer objects and scheduling management
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 10
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 11 License: Revised BSD License, see LICENSE.TXT file include in the project
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 12
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 13 Maintainer: Miguel Luis and Gregory Cristian
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 14 */
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 15 #include "board.h"
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 16
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 17 Timer TimeCounter;
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 18 Ticker LoadTimeCounter;
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 19
mluis 7:5077515c163b 20 volatile uint32_t CurrentTime = 0;
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 21
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 22 void TimerResetTimeCounter( void )
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 23 {
mluis 7:5077515c163b 24 CurrentTime = CurrentTime + TimeCounter.read_us( ) / 1e3;
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 25 TimeCounter.reset( );
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 26 TimeCounter.start( );
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 27 }
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 28
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 29 void TimerTimeCounterInit( void )
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 30 {
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 31 TimeCounter.start( );
mluis 7:5077515c163b 32 LoadTimeCounter.attach( mbed::callback( &TimerResetTimeCounter ), 10 );
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 33 }
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 34
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 35 TimerTime_t TimerGetCurrentTime( void )
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 36 {
mluis 7:5077515c163b 37 CurrentTime += TimeCounter.read_us( ) / 1e3;
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 38 TimeCounter.reset( );
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 39 TimeCounter.start( );
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 40 return ( ( TimerTime_t )CurrentTime );
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 41 }
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 42
mluis 3:3152aa75c58d 43 TimerTime_t TimerGetElapsedTime( TimerTime_t savedTime )
mluis 3:3152aa75c58d 44 {
mluis 7:5077515c163b 45 CurrentTime += TimeCounter.read_us( ) / 1e3;
mluis 3:3152aa75c58d 46 TimeCounter.reset( );
mluis 3:3152aa75c58d 47 TimeCounter.start( );
mluis 3:3152aa75c58d 48 return ( TimerTime_t )( CurrentTime - savedTime );
mluis 3:3152aa75c58d 49 }
mluis 3:3152aa75c58d 50
mluis 3:3152aa75c58d 51 TimerTime_t TimerGetFutureTime( TimerTime_t eventInFuture )
mluis 3:3152aa75c58d 52 {
mluis 7:5077515c163b 53 CurrentTime += TimeCounter.read_us( ) / 1e3;
mluis 3:3152aa75c58d 54 TimeCounter.reset( );
mluis 3:3152aa75c58d 55 TimeCounter.start( );
mluis 3:3152aa75c58d 56 return ( TimerTime_t )( CurrentTime + eventInFuture );
mluis 3:3152aa75c58d 57 }
mluis 3:3152aa75c58d 58
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 59 void TimerInit( TimerEvent_t *obj, void ( *callback )( void ) )
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 60 {
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 61 obj->value = 0;
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 62 obj->Callback = callback;
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 63 }
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 64
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 65 void TimerStart( TimerEvent_t *obj )
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 66 {
mluis 7:5077515c163b 67 obj->Timer.attach_us( mbed::callback( obj->Callback ), obj->value * 1e3 );
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 68 }
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 69
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 70 void TimerStop( TimerEvent_t *obj )
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 71 {
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 72 obj->Timer.detach( );
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 73 }
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 74
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 75 void TimerSetValue( TimerEvent_t *obj, uint32_t value )
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 76 {
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 77 obj->value = value;
mluis 0:45496a70a8a5 78 }