SICONIA® LoRaWAN® NETWORK SERVER

  • The Sagemcom Siconia® LoRaWAN® Network Server (LNS) collects the radio access traffic from End Devices though LoRaWAN® gateways and forwards the application payload to the Application Server. Sagemcom has developed a carrier-grade LNS designed for nation-wide deployments (tens of thousands of gateways and hundreds of millions of devices). Its scalable architecture makes it also well-adapted for private networks. The LNS generates OAM flows which will be consumed through API’s by the customer deployment environment.

MAIN FEATURES
  • LoRaWAN® compliant servers
  • Field-proven through nationwide commercial rollouts
  • Modular, scalable and redundant architecture
  • Up to 50k gateways and 100 million end-points capacity
  • Highly secured communication between gateways and LNS
  • On-premise or cloud based deployment
  • Third party Join Server supported
  • Roaming ready
  • Integrates with Geolocation Solver
  • Generates OAM flows for End-Device and Gateways, accessible via API’s
  • Radio channel sniffing
  • SLA-based profiling
  • Channel plan dynamic adaptation
SPECIFICATIONS

MAIN FEATURES

  • LoRaWAN® 1.0.2 compliant and 1.1 ready
  • Real time packet routing
  • Radio channel plan dynamic adaptation
  • OTAA and ABP
  • Gateways firmware update management
  • Adaptive Data Rate (ADR) uplink and downlink
  • Roaming for public and private networks

SCALABLE AND MODULAR ARCHITECTURE

  • Data plane/control plane isolation
  • Gateways OAM flow generation, accessible through api’s: alarms, performance
  • Load balancing through server clusters and VIP access
  • Asynchronous Messaging Interface
  • Modular server scalability (from small local network to nation-wide network)
  • Clustered internal databases
  • On-premise or cloud deployment through completely VMware virtualized architecture
  • Initial Join Server Pack

SECURITY

  • SPC front-end and back-end servers are in two separate security zone, with flows filtered
  • Transmissions between gateway and LNS are secured through TLS protocol (ciphering and mutual authentication)
  • Multiple simultaneous third party Join server/KMS supported

QOS/RRM

  • Duty cycle management
  • Duty cycle intelligent downlink routing
  • Transmit power control
  • ADR uplink and downlink
  • SLA-based profiling

APPLICATION SERVER INTERFACES

  • Fast publish-subscribe application API with Apache Kafka - bulk mode
  • Structured application API with REST HTTPS, MQTT or Websocket API
  • JSON messaging format

MMI CONFIGURATION INTERFACE

  • MMI for GW configuration and End Device Profile configuration
  • The majority of the interface are through API’s for integration in the Customer framework

MANAGEMENT & OPERATION

  • Northbound interfaces: all the OAM flows mentionned are  provided as flows accessible only through API’s: alarms (JSON over JMS or MQTT), performance raw data (csv file through ftp)
  • Key performance indicators (KPI) for gateways and devices (e.g. RSS, SNR…)
  • Metadata logging
  • Traffic logging
  • Gateway alarms
  • Radio channel sniffing

GATEWAY CONFIGURATION AND FIRMWARE UPDATE

  • Scalable & reliable firmware management system
  • Pull-based periodic update

INTEROPERABILITY

  • Compatibility with all LoRaWAN™ compliant gateways and devices (class A,B and C)
  • Compatible with all cloud service providers supporting VMware IaaS
  • Easy integration with billing systems