LoRaWAN Centre of Excellence | eleven-x Waterloo technology company

Specialized Services and Development Programs

The best practices approach taken by the Centre of Excellence provides assurances that sensors and solutions will be stable, scalable while maintaining their performance and will provide the best customer experience. Whether you are a device manufacturer looking to develop a sensor that is ready to easily deploy from a pilot to large-scale integrations, or a solution provider looking to deploy a solution that surpasses any standards and certifications, the Centre of Excellence provides peace of mind that devices and solutions will deliver as promised.

Device manufacturers – From validating battery life, to ensuring functional stability, Rf performance, interoperability and security, we provide a variety of specialized services and an understanding of key requirements – both component and connectivity. The objective us to ensure long-term reliability, a smooth roll-out, scaling capabilities and an overall understanding of device stability.

Solution providers – the centre assures that devices meet specific standards before deploying, helps with network planning and overall device management requirements to ensure successful deployments every time.

The Centre of Excellence offers a variety of specialized engineering services designed to meet a number of different objectives including device development to meet technological guidelines from Semtech, LoRa Alliance certifications and standards, regional certifications and standards as well as a variety of other performance and network planning standards.

Packages include:

Engineering Analysis and Testing

LoRa Alliance compliance testing (pre-cert testing)
CoE best practices testing
Custom test plan based on device use-case and sensors onboard
Review sensor and device functions, corner cases and operation
Review use of LoRaWAN, data packaging
LoRaWAN testing in real-world scenarios
Security evaluation
Power profiling and Battery Testing
Battery life estimation based on real measurements
Preliminary FCC/ISED compliance
3D RF propagation characterization (a requirement of LoRaWAN Certification)

Sensor-Specific Testing and Systems Analysis

Custom test plan based on sensors in device and use case for the device
Review sensor and device functions, corner cases and operation
Pre-certification LoRa Alliance testing
Battery life improvement recommendations
RF and Antenna review
Preliminary FCC compliance
Manufacturing test review
Network planning
Application / Device management consultation
Firmware management, version control, release process and testing

Full Engineering Services

LoRaWAN integration and strategies
Battery management.
Data delivery strategy
Key management and security
Semtech cloud integration
RF review
Manufacturing review
Test strategy review
Firmware management
Prototype/product testing
Macro network deployment or selection
Application / Device management and integration

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eleven-x's Centre of Excellence

eleven-x's Centre of Excellence offers a world-class facility and a team of experts to help meet the challenges and global standards for the development and scalable deployments of wireless devices.

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