Conclusion

Increased urgency to minimize risk to lives and property from extreme weather events such as flooding requires organizations around the world to adopt innovative solutions to undertake extensive monitoring of the environment around us. LoRa and LoRaWAN provide purpose-built, tried-and-tested radio communication technology to connect a fleet of geographically dispersed sensors, without reliance on pre-existing telecoms or power infrastructure.

With AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN, it is now possible for organizations to securely gather meaningful data from the field cost-effectively, and leverage it to gain better insights using AWS services to drive decision making.