LoRaWAN standard now supports IPv6

FREMONT, Calif. — The LoRa Alliance, a global association of companies backing the open LoRaWAN standard for IoT low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs), today announced LoRaWAN now seamlessly supports Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) from end to end. The new IPv6 adaptation layer “facilitates and accelerates development of secure and interoperable applications over LoRaWAN and builds on the alliance’s commitment to ease of use,” reads a press release. IP-based solutions can now be transmitted over LoRaWAN and easily integrated with cloud infrastructures. “This allows developers to quickly enable internet-based applications, while significantly reducing time-to-market and total cost of ownership,” the release...