A Security Prototype for Improving Home Security Through LoRaWAN Technology

Wireless networks constant expansion and the growth of smart devices connectivity, has motivated the search of new communication solutions to provide benefits for social problems like citizen insecurity where home robbery is one of the most relevant. A solution this type of problem is home automation, by using sensors that can detect intrusions at a house. This work proposes the development of a LPWAN prototype by using LoRa technology for detecting intruders in houses in a residential area. This approach focuses on the integration of LoRaWAN protocol combined with MQTT and an API REST to generate notification alerts for the security personnel and the house owner. A mobile application is used by the house owner to handle nodes. A web application has been developed as well so that security personnel could manage user authentication and monitor notification alerts generated by the nodes deployed in different houses. Push notifications has been enabled whenever an intrusion occurs or a node is disconnected.