The Internet of Things, or IoT, is rapidly developing, with many different technologies becoming recognised as IoT solutions. Research on these solutions typically focus on the particular communication channel and ignore the IoT system's overall design. A comprehensive IoT solution can be divided into three groups from a system perspective: the cloud platform service, the communication mechanism, and the data collector. The communication method refers to the network protocol used to send or receive the data, the cloud platform service refers to the facility used to store and process the data collected, and the data collector refers to the embedded system device, also known as the "things" element, at the application's source. "Long Range" technologies, such as LoRaWan and LoRa, provide the communication protocol for these kinds of applicable IoT systems. While LoRaWan specifies the communication and system architecture, LoRa defines the modulation method that enables long-range communication. The design architecture and techniques of a functional LoRaWan-based Internet of Things system are presented in this article. A defined cloud platform, a LoRa transceiver, a LoRaWan gateway, and an End Device can be used to provide such a system as a service to a specific local territory. At now, the IoT system under presentation caters to the Tallaght region (Dublin, Ireland) and its surrounding areas. Numerous IoT-based applications have been demonstrated to be supported by the system when it is used as a service.

Internet of Things (IoT), IBM Cloud, Node Red, LoRa, LoRaWan