Adapting LoRaWAN Relay Specification for Battery-Sustainable Subterranean LoRa Mesh Networks
Traditional IoT technologies such as LoRaWAN, Sigfox, and NB-IoT rely on single-hop star topologies, requiring many gateways to cover large areas. In subterranean environments where cellular coverage and grid power may be unavailable, such deployments are often impractical. This paper presents a novel LoRa mesh network...