RSSI Improved for LoRa Wireless Communication, Field-Tested in the Wide-Open Area

Abstract

This paper presents an effective method to boost the RSSI, the received signal strength on a moving path of LoRa wireless networking without change in digital circuitry or power amplifiers. Replacing the wire antenna as the conventionally used sensor by a printed Yagi-Uda antenna as a novel one designed to have a higher gain signifies increments of the RSSI at distant positions in the LoRa system with the same battery. The electromagnetic properties of the novel antenna are given by observing its beam-patterns in the anechoic chamber following the design procedures and fabrication. And the field-test for the radio link is conducted to see the proposed antenna enhance the RSSI at positions along the street of a wide-open area for LoRa communication. The RSSI has risen by more than 10 dB at distances from 200m to 700m with DLP-RFS1280 as the LoRa device in comparison to the conventional configuration in the device.