Browan WAPS-232N LW User manual

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Outdoor Micro Gateway
WAPS-232N
Product Description
Document Number
BQW_01_0002.003

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Revision History
Revision
Date
Description
001
Mar.19, 2020
Browan first released, with DOC ver. No.
(BQW_01_0002.001)
002
Apr.22, 2020
Remove “SRRC” from “Regulatory
Specification”
003
May.6, 2020
1. Modified contents of “SKU Detail”
2. Modified contents of “3G/4G Band
Support”

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Contents
REVISION HISTORY ................................................................................................... 2
COPYRIGHT ............................................................................................................... 3
NOTICE……………………………………………………………………………………….3
TRADEMARK .............................................................................................................. 3
CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 5
PURPOSE AND SCOPE ...................................................................................... 5
PRODUCT DESIGN ............................................................................................ 5
PRODUCT FEATURES ....................................................................................... 6
PRODUCT SKUS .............................................................................................. 7
3G/4G BAND SUPPORT .................................................................................... 8
SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE ................................................................................... 9
DEFINITIONS, ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ................................................ 10
REFERENCE .................................................................................................. 10
CHAPTER 2 – PRODUCT DETAILS ........................................................................ 11
I/O PORTS ..................................................................................................... 11
PACKAGE CONTENT ....................................................................................... 12
CHAPTER 3 – SYSTEM SPECIFICATION ............................................................... 13
HARDWARE SPECIFICATION ............................................................................ 13
LORA SPECIFICATION ..................................................................................... 14
LORA RF SPECIFICATION ............................................................................... 14
SOFTWARE SPECIFICATION ............................................................................. 15
REGULATORY SPECIFICATION ......................................................................... 17

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Chapter 1 – Introduction
Purpose and Scope
The purpose of this document is to describe the main functions, supported features, and
system architecture of the WAPS-232N Outdoor Micro Gateway based on the latest
LoRaWAN specification.
Product Design
The dimension of the WAPS-232N Outdoor Micro Gateway is L:230 x W:200 x H:68 mm,
with one (or two) external LoRa antenna port, one GPS antenna port and one WAN port
with PoE capability. For 4G SKUs, one SIM slot and one 4G antenna port are available.

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Product Features
• Compliance with LoRaWAN 1.0.3
• Up to 16 concurrent channels for LoRa transmission
• 3G/4G backhaul supported (in different SKUs)
• Optional support for wide frequency ranges from 470MHz to 928MHz (in different
SKUs)
• Long range over 15 kilometers radius
• 1 Ethernet port (10/100Mbps) with PoE
• Downlink LBT
• GPS built-in
• Cloud service to support easy deployment
• Thousands to millions of devices depending on data model
• IP67 waterproof

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Product SKUs
SKU
Country
Channels
Frequency Band (MHz)
3G/4G
Support
3G/4G Module
CN-08
China
8
CN470 (470~510)
N
N
CN-08-M
China
8
CN470 (470~510)
N
EC20-CE
CN-16
China
16
CN470 (470~510)
N
N
CN-16-M
China
16
CN470 (470~510)
N
EC20-CE
868M-08
Europe
8
EU868 (862~870)
N
N
868M-08-M-EU
Europe
8
EU868 (862~870)
N
EC25-E
920M-16-J
Japan
16
AS923 (920~928)
N
N
920M-16-M-J
Japan
16
AS923 (920~928)
N
EC25-J
920M-16-TW
Taiwan
16
AS923 (920~925)
N
N
920M-16-M-TW
Taiwan
16
AS923 (920~925)
N
EC25-AU
900M-16
USA
16
US915 (902~928)
N
N
900M-16-M-A
USA
16
US915 (902~928)
N
EC25-A
900M-08-A
USA
8
US915 (902~928)
N
N
900M-08-M-A
USA
8
US915 (902~928)
N
EC25-A

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3G/4G Band Support
3G/4G
Module
EC25-E
EC25-J
EC25-A
EC25-AU
EC20-CE
Countries
Europe
Japan
USA
Australia/
Taiwan
China
LTE FDD
B1/B3/B5/B7/
B20
B1/B3/B5/B18/
B19/B26
B2/B4/B12
B1/B2/B3/B4
B5/B7/B28
B1/B3
LTE TDD
B28/B40/B41
B41
X
B40
B38/B39/B40/B41
WCDMA
B1/B5
B1/B6/B19
B2/B4/B5
B1/B2/B5
B1
TDSCDMA
X
X
X
X
B34/B39
CDMA
1x/EVDO
X
X
X
X
BC0

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System Architecture
The WAPS-232N Outdoor Micro Gateway can be provisioned to support different LoRa
systems, as follows:
1. LoRaWAN mode - Network server embedded to support private network.
2. Packet Forwarder mode – Built with customized software that can work with specific
network server.

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Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviations
LPWAN
Low-Power Wide-Area Network
LoRaWAN™
LoRaWAN™ is a Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN)
specification intended for wireless battery-operated Things in a
regional, national or global network.
ABP
Activation by Personalization
OTAA
Over-The-Air Activation
TBD
To Be Defined
Reference
LoRaWAN Specification v1.0.3
LoRa Alliance
LoRaWAN Regional Parameters v1.0.3
LoRa Alliance
LoRaWAN Backend Interfaces Specification v1.0
LoRa Alliance

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Chapter 2 – Product Details
I/O Ports
Port
Count
Description
ANT1
1
External N-Type GPS antenna
ANT2
1
External N-Type 3/4G antenna (Optional)
ANT3
1
External N-Type LoRa antenna for CH 1-8
ANT4
1
External N-Type LoRa antenna for CH 9-16
RJ45
1
10/100Mbps Ethernet port with power over Ethernet (PoE)
function
SIM Slot
1
Mini SIM card slot for 3/4G module

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Package Content
No.
Description
Quantity
1
The product
1
2
GPS antenna & RF cable
1
3
Mounting kit
1
4
RJ45 waterproof kit
1
5
3G/4G antenna
1
6
PoE power adapter & cord
1

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Chapter 3 – System Specification
Hardware Specification
No.
Item
Description
1
Model Name
WAPS-232N_LW
2
Frequency Band
EU 862~870 MHz / US 902~928 MHz /
IN 865~867 MHz / AS 923 MHz / CN 470~510
MHz / AU915~928 MHz
3
CPU
Quad-core Cortex-A9 up to 1.6GHz
4
RAM/Flash
DDRIII 4GB / NAND 8GB
5
RF Transceiver
SX1301 with SX1257 or SX1255 for CN470 SKU
6
Number of Channels
8 or 16 Channels (In different SKU)
7
WiFi
N/A
8
WAN Port
-10/100Mbps fast Ethernet with PoE
- Withstands common mode surge test ±6KV
(10/700us) at Ethernet RJ45 Port
9
Transmit RF Power
0.5W (up to 27 dBm)
10
Receive Sensitivity
Down to -142 dBm
11
Modulation
LoRa AES 128 bit
12
Security
AES 128 bit
13
USB Port
N/A
14
Operating Temperature
-20ºC ~ 60ºC (optional for -40ºC~ 60ºC)
15
Storage Temperature
-40ºC ~ 60ºC
16
Power Supply
55V / 0.6A via PoE Adaptor (Microsemi PD-
9001GR 802.11at)
17
Antenna Type
External N-Type antennas
18
Ingress Protection
IP67
19
Interfaces
1 LAN port, 2 LoRa antenna connectors, 1 GPS
antenna connector, One 3G/4G antenna (option), 1
SIM slot (option)
20
Indicators
N/A
21
Dimensions
L:230 x W:200 x H:68 mm
22
Weight
2.05 Kg

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LoRa Specification
No.
Item
Description
1
Standard
LoRaWAN v1.0.3
2
LoRa Classes
- Class A: supported
- Class B: to be supported in later release
- Class C: supported
3
ADR
Adaptive data rate is supported to control spreading
factor of nodes
4
Activation
Both Activation-by-Personalization (ABP) and Over-the-
Air-Activation (OTAA) are supported
5
MAC Commands
LoRaWAN v1.0.3
LoRa RF Specification
No.
Item
Capability
Remarks
Min
Type
Max
Units
1
Frequency
Range
- EU 862~870 MHz
- US 902~928 MHz
- IN 865~867 MHz
- AS 920~928 MHz
- CN 470~510 MHz
MHz
In separated SKU
2
Channel Band
Width
125/500
KHz
8 (or 16) uplink + 2 (or 1)
downlink
3
Output power
(TX)
27
dBm
Downlink
4
Sensitivity (RX)
-142
dBm
BW=125KHz with SF=10

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Software Specification
No.
Item
Description
1
Internet Connectivity
- thru WAN port with fixed IP/ DHCP client
- thru 3G/LTE module
2
WiFi Configuration
N/A
3
Network
Configuration
- DHCP server for IP leasing
- Diagnostics with Ping, TraceRoute and NSlookup
4
System Status
N/A
5
LoRa Information
- Current LoRa channel configuration and Gateway ID
- Supported spreading factors
- Provision code
- External network server configuration and logs by
provision code.
- Channel scan by provision code.
6
LoRaWAN
Configuration
(LoRaWAN mode
with embedded
network server)
- Current OTAA end-node list
- Detailed end-node logs at Gateway
- ABP table for managing end-node device with ABP
mode (user-defined DevAddr/ NwkSKey/ NwkSKey/
AppSKey)
- OTAA table for managing end-node with OTAA mode
(user-defined AppEUI/ DevEUI/ AppKey/ DevAddr
Start Counts/ Aging Out time)
7
Provisioning
- Current LoRa channel configuration and Gateway ID
- Supported spreading factors
- Provision code
- External network server configuration and logs
- Channel scan
8
Channel Scan
The gateway can scan all supported channels based
on ISM band regulation.
SX1301 with SX1257:
- EU 863-870 MHz
- US 902-928 MHz
- AU 915-928 MHz
SX1301 with SX1255:
- CN 470-510 MHz

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No.
Item
Description
9
Time Sync
Support Network Time Protocol (NTP)
10
Firmware Upgrade
- Over-the-air (OTA) upgrade
11
Remote Management
- Manual provisioning with public and private data
model
- Keepalive with CPU load, memory usage and
in/out traffic
12
LoRa Uplink Message
Format (LoRaWAN
mode with external
MQTT broker)
Uplink Message (to network server) includes:
1. Channel info
2. Spreading factor
3. Received time
4. Gateway IP
5. Gateway ID
6. Received RSSI
7. Received SNR
8. Device address of end-node
9. Uplink data
10. Frame count
11. F-port
12. Option length
13
LoRa Downlink
Message Format
(LoRaWAN mode with
external MQTT broker)
Downlink Message (from network server) includes:
1. Device address of end-node
2. Downlink data
3. Gateway ID
4. Any string ID (for tracking purpose)
5. Un-confirmed or confirmed data
6. Receive window (RX1 or RX2)

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Regulatory Specification
No.
Item
Standard
1
FCC
ID: MXF-WAPS232N
2
Telec
Low Power No: 201-163369 / 00
High Power No: 201-170679 / 00
3
CE
EN 303 413 V1.1.1
EN 301 489-1-3-19-52
EN 300 220 V3.1.1
EN 301 908-1 V11.1.1
EN 55032 + EN 55024
EN 50385 + EN 62311
4
NCC
ID: CCAF18LP2180T2