Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The development of technologies using the Internet of Things (IoT) concept evolves daily. These numerous technologies, such as LoRa (Long Range) transceivers, find applications in various domains, including monitoring natural disasters and those caused by human error. Security vulnerabilities arise concurrently with the advancement of these new technologies. Cyberattacks seeking to disrupt device availability, such as denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, can effectively exploit vulnerabilities in LoRa devices, hindering disaster monitoring efforts. Therefore, our goal is to assess the network parameters that impact the development of a disaster monitoring environment using LoRaWAN. Specifically, we aim to identify the parameters that could result in network availability issues, whether caused by malicious actors or configuration errors. Our results indicate that certain LoRa network parameters (collision checks, packet size, and the number of nodes) can significantly affect network performance, potentially rendering this technology unsuitable for building robust disaster monitoring systems.
Source: IoT
DOI: 10.3390/iot6010014
Authors: Isadora Rezende Lopes, Paulo Rodolfo da Silva Leite Coelho, Rafael Pasquini, Rodrigo Sanches Miani
Institution: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
Language: English
Topic: IoT Networks and Protocols
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,448
Award: G250309725
OpenAlex ID: W4407405390