{"id":22368,"date":"2018-01-18T09:28:35","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T15:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/?page_id=22368"},"modified":"2018-01-22T09:57:29","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T15:57:29","slug":"glossary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/software\/lora\/glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"Glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<li><b>ABP<\/b> &#8211; Activation by Personalization<\/li>\n<li><b>ADR<\/b> &#8211; Adaptive Datarate<\/li>\n<li><b>AES-128<\/b> &#8211; Advanced Encryption Standard 128-bit <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Advanced_Encryption_Standard\">wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>AppEUI<\/b> &#8211; Application EUI, an 8-byte unique identifier for a LoRaWAN application<\/li>\n<li><b>AppKey<\/b> &#8211; Application Key, a 16-byte AES-128 key used in LoRaWAN to authenticate an end-device and derive session keys<\/li>\n<li><b>Application Network<\/b> &#8211; A set of gateways and end-devices configured to support a LoRaWAN application<\/li>\n<li><b>Application Server<\/b> &#8211; Entity in a LoRaWAN network tasked with managing the Application Session Key to decrypt uplink payloads and encrypt downlink payloads in packets<\/li>\n<li><b>Application Session Key<\/b> &#8211; A 16-byte AES-128 session key used in LoRaWAN to encrypt payloads between an application and end-device, derived from AppKey during OTAA<\/li>\n<li><b>Bandwidth<\/b> &#8211; Width of a LoRa transmission at 20 dB<\/li>\n<li><b>Channel<\/b> &#8211; Combination of LoRa datarate and frequency used for concurrent communications<\/li>\n<li><b>Channel Plan<\/b> &#8211; Set of supported datarates and frequencies for use in a LoRaWAN network according to regional regulations<\/li>\n<li><b>Confirmed Packet<\/b> &#8211; Packet requesting an ACK from the receiver<\/li>\n<li><b>Custom Application<\/b> &#8211; An application installed on a Conduit, can be used to receive LoRaWAN packets from the network server then process and\/or forward to a remote server<\/li>\n<li><b>Datarate<\/b> &#8211; Combination of Spreading Factor and Bandwidth that determines the bit-rate of transmissions. Datarates can be used on the same frequency without interference. This creates virtual channels to reduce collisions.<\/li>\n<li><b>DevEUI<\/b> &#8211; Device EUI, an 8-byte unique identifier for a LoRaWAN device<\/li>\n<li><b>Downlink<\/b> &#8211; Packet sent from the gateway to an end-device<\/li>\n<li><b>Downlink Counter<\/b> &#8211; Session counter for downlink packets, 32-bit unsigned integer, 16-bits are sent with each packet<\/li>\n<li><b>End-device<\/b> &#8211; LoRa radio device expected to connect to the network and report<\/li>\n<li><b>ERP<\/b> &#8211; Effective Radiated Power <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Effective_radiated_power\">wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>EIRP<\/b> &#8211; Effective Isotropic Radiated Power<\/li>\n<li><b>EUI<\/b> &#8211; Extended Unique Indentifier <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MAC_address\">wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Frame Port<\/b> &#8211; Optional 1-byte port value attached to packets, port 0 is used for sending mac commands in a payload, 1-223 can be used for application used. Values above 223 are reserved. <\/li>\n<li><b>Frame Counter<\/b> &#8211; 16-bit value attached to each packet as the least significant bits of the 32-bit uplink or downlink counter<\/li>\n<li><b>Gateway<\/b> &#8211; Component in a LoRaWAN network that receives packets from end-devices and forwards them to a network server<\/li>\n<li><b>Hybrid Operation<\/b> &#8211; US915 channel plan operating in an 8-channel mode<\/li>\n<li><b>JoinEUI<\/b> &#8211; Join EUI, an 8-byte identifier for LoRaWAN OTAA join requests<\/li>\n<li><b>Join Accept<\/b> &#8211; Message to end-device containing network information for an end-device, encrypted with AppKey, aka join response<\/li>\n<li><b>Join Request<\/b> &#8211; Message from end-device requesting to join a network, signed with AppKey<\/li>\n<li><b>Join Server<\/b> &#8211; Component in a LoRaWAN network that authenticates join requests and authors join responses using a unique end-device AppKey<\/li>\n<li><b>LoRa<\/b> &#8211; Low Power \/ Long Range, Digital spread-spectrum modulation technique used in Semtech SDR chips<\/li>\n<li><b>Network Server<\/b> &#8211; Component in a LoRaWAN network that maintains session information for communications with end-devices<\/li>\n<li><b>Network Session Key<\/b> &#8211; A 16-byte AES-128 session key used in LoRaWAN to authenticate uplink and downlink packets, derived from AppKey during OTAA<\/li>\n<li><b>OTAA<\/b> &#8211; Over-the-air Activation<\/li>\n<li><b>OUI<\/b> &#8211; Organizationally Unique Indentifer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Organizationally_unique_identifier\">wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Spreading Factor<\/b> &#8211; Amount of redundancy used in transmissions to extend the range of end-<br \/>\ndevices<\/li>\n<li><b>Unconfirmed Packet<\/b> &#8211; Packet not requesting ACK from the receiver<\/li>\n<li><b>Uplink<\/b> &#8211; Packet sent from an end-device to a gateway<\/li>\n<li><b>Uplink Counter<\/b> &#8211; Session counter for uplink packets, 32-bit unsigned integer, 16-bits are sent with each packet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABP &#8211; Activation by Personalization ADR &#8211; Adaptive Datarate AES-128 &#8211; Advanced Encryption Standard 128-bit wikipedia AppEUI &#8211; Application EUI, an 8-byte unique identifier for a LoRaWAN application AppKey &#8211; Application Key, a 16-byte AES-128 key used in LoRaWAN to authenticate an end-device and derive session keys Application Network &#8211; A set of gateways and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1337,"featured_media":0,"parent":8462,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22368","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1337"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22368"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22417,"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22368\/revisions\/22417"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}