Scaling the Internet of Things: 1 to 1 Billion

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Community-run LoRaWAN network (The Things Network) claims global scale: active in 90+ countries with 3,700 gateways, about 40k developers and routing ~4.5M messages/day. Demonstrations include a 702 km weather-balloon link, boat water sensors for Amsterdam canals, tens of thousands of ultra-low-power mousetrap trackers, Deutsche Bahn station deployments and a banana-ripening/shipping pilot using gateways with satellite backhaul. Gateway costs range from ~€120 to several thousand, Things Gateway ~€280, and the stack is open source supporting public/private pairing and downlinks for control.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 1:54COST AND SCALE
3. 3:19Low power and small messages
4. 5:30LORA PERFORMANCE
5. 8:18FREE SPACE?
6. 14:50THE THINGS NETWORK GROWTH
7. 15:04THE THINGS NETWORK WORLDWIDE
8. 16:16DEVELOPER ECOSYSTEM
9. 24:36REGULATED CHAIN
10. 25:24CONNECTED CHAIN
11. 27:37THE THINGS NETWORK STACK V3
12. 29:08V3 PUBLIC COMMUNITY NETWORK
13. 34:03YOU ARE THE NETWORK
14. 36:57V3 BASE COMPONENTS
15. 42:20IOT CONNECTIVITY

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