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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Multimedia Transmission over LoRa Networks for IoT Applications: A Survey of Strategies, Deployments, and Open Challenges.

Soumadeep De, Harikrishnan Muraleedharan Jalajamony, Santhosh Adhinarayanan, Santosh Joshi, Himanshu Upadhyay, Renny Fernandez

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Soumadeep DeDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA 23504, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-4003-9397
Harikrishnan Muraleedharan JalajamonyDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA 23504, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6225-7181
Santhosh AdhinarayananDepartment of Electronics Engineering, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA 23504, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-0787-4194
Santosh JoshiDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7313-6425
Himanshu UpadhyayDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2958-0526
Renny FernandezDepartment of Electronics Engineering, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA 23504, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2346-5460

Funding

Battelle Savannah River Alliance 800002031U.S. National Science Foundation 2209139U.S. National Science Foundation 2318546
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

LoRa has emerged as a cornerstone of low-power, long-range IoT communication. While highly effective for scalar sensing, its extension to multimedia remains constrained by limited bitrate, payload size, and duty-cycle regulations. This survey reviews research on multimedia transmission over LoRa, revealing that most current efforts are image-centric, with only a few preliminary studies addressing video or audio. We propose a structured taxonomy encompassing compression and fragmentation methods, cooperative and multi-hop architectures, MAC and cross-layer optimizations, and hybrid network designs. These strategies are analyzed in the context of IoT domains such as agriculture, surveillance, and environmental monitoring. Open challenges are highlighted in extending beyond static images, ensuring energy-efficient delivery, and developing spectrum- and ML-aware protocols. The survey provides IoT researchers with both a consolidated reference and a roadmap toward practical and scalable multimedia systems over LoRa.

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compressioncooperative communicationedge computingenvironment monitoringimage transmissionIoTLoRalow-power wirelessLPWANMAC protocolssmart agriculturesurveillance systemswireless sensor networks

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PMID41374503
PMCPMC12694538

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