Network Architecture & Scalability

• Geo-redundant architecture, supporting Disaster Recovery Plan
• Fully horizontally-scalable multi-cluster core network architecture, each cluster supports up to 150K messages per second (1.2 billion devices), 500K macro gateways and up to 10 million pico/nano gateways.
• Multi-tenancy
• Fully horizontally-scalable back-office architecture
• Support of heterogeneous network deployments with seamless connectivity across a mix of macro and pico/nano gateways and optimized traffic routing algorithms
• Possibility to filter unwanted traffic at base station level to optimize backhaul resources

Connectivity & Backhaul

• Several backhaul options between gateway and core network: ethernet, cellular, satellite, WiFi...
• Several tunneling options between base stations and core network: IPSec and TLS.
• HTTPS for tunneling interface between the core network and application servers, including security signatures (token-based).
• Passive roaming, compliant with the latest official LoRaWAN Backend interfaces specification
• Support of all the LoRaWAN ISM bands: Europe and ETSI-compliant countries (EU863-870 and EU433), USA and Americas (US902-928), China (CN779-787 and CN470-510), Oceania and Americas
• (AU915-928), Asian Cluster (AS923), Korea (KR920-923), India (IN865-867) and Russia (RU864-870).
• Off-the-shelf regional profiles supported by ThingPark catalogs to comply with regional regulations (allowed frequency range, duty cycle, LBT, dwell time, TxPower limits...)

Protocol & Device Support

• Support of all the device classes defined in LoRaWAN protocol: Class A, B, and C
• Compliant with the latest LoRaWAN specifications: LoRaWAN 1.0.3 and LoRaWAN 1.1
• Best-in-class Adaptive Data Rate algorithms, leveraging uplink macro diversity and frame repetition to optimize device performance, minimize battery consumption, and boost radio capacity.
• Downlink multicast, optimizing downlink radio capacity and supporting a variety of use cases for Class B/C devices.
• Optimized handling of the device's MAC layer, using cluster-based flexible channel plan management to maximize macro-diversity gains.

Security & Authentication

• Hardware Security Module (HSM) to securely provision the root keys of OTA devices.
• Software Security Mode (SSM) if a physical HSM is not available, allowing end-to-end encrypted transfer of application payload between the sensor and the application server.
• Integration with Secure Elements (SE).
• Access authentication based on standardized frameworks (KeyCloak).

Network Management & Monitoring

• Network supervision via alarms, supporting SNMP traps and email notifications.
• Device Manager Application to support device provisioning and monitoring.
• Network Manager Application to support base station provisioning, administration, and monitoring.
• KPI Dashboards to ease network monitoring and troubleshooting.
• A set of ThingPark Wireless applications to ease day-to-day network management activities: Network Survey (radio coverage assessment), Spectrum Analysis (RF scan and reporting to optimize frequency assignment).

Administration & Billing

• Managed Customer Networks: ability for the network subscriber to deploy their own gateways with an all-you-can-eat billing policy.
• Tailored set of administrative roles to fit within the organization of a typical Service Provider.
• Monthly Usage Details Records (UDR) generation by ThingPark back-office UDR Manager.
• Differentiated grades of service in ThingPark Connectivity Plans (Service profiles), supporting subscription classes like Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Basic.
• Token bucket to regulate traffic flow (ability to overbill overflow traffic).
• Specific billing reports for roaming traffic.

Integration & Compliance

• A rich set of metadata piggybacked with application payloads routed to application servers, with notification responses back to the server for each downlink packet transmission request.
• Off-the-shelf catalogs to simplify device and base station provisioning.
• HTTPS for tunneling interface between the core network and application servers, including security signatures (token-based).