'unprecedented range' for wireless data transmission

According to Cycleo, Lora allows robust long range wireless communications at very low power and is suitable for the fast growing 2.4GHz wireless machine to machine (M2M) and automatic meter reading (AMR) markets. Francois Hede, ceo and co-founder of Cycleo, said: "For data rates required by AMR and M2M devices, our coding/decoding and signal processing techniques offer exceptional ranges greater than 25km in line of sight for 10mW rf output power and without any change to the bill of material." Available as a low power digital IP block, Lora codes/decodes data to be transmitted and controls the radio. This negates the need to redesign rf and analogue sections of existing systems and means it can be inserted in the digital portion of a standard radio chip. Hede added that Lora fits in any existing architecture and protocol and with less than 50K gates, doesn't require external components to perform. He noted: "We are very pleased with both the performance and the market response. For all customers Lora technology is opening new fields of applications with very large unit volumes."