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However, LoRaWAN has drawbacks in terms of (i) data latency; (ii) limited control over the end devices by the gateway; and (iii) high rate of packet collisions in a dense network. To overcome these drawbacks, we present an energy-efficient network architecture and a high-efficiency on-demand time-division multiple access (TDMA) communication protocol for IoT improving both the energy efficiency and the latency of standard LoRa networks. We combine the capabilities of short-range wake-up radios to achieve ultra-low power states and asynchronous communication together with the long-range connectivity of LoRa. The proposed approach still works with the standard LoRa protocol, but improves performance with an on-demand TDMA. Thanks to the proposed network and protocol, we achieve a packet delivery ratio of 100% by eliminating the possibility of packet collisions. The network also achieves a round-trip latency on the order of milliseconds with sensing devices dissipating less than 46 mJ when active and 1.83    \u03bc   W during periods of inactivity and can last up to three years on a 1200-mAh lithium polymer battery.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s18113718","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,1]],"date-time":"2018-11-01T11:31:47Z","timestamp":1541071907000},"page":"3718","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":93,"title":["On-Demand LoRa: Asynchronous TDMA for Energy Efficient and Low Latency Communication in IoT"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2354-1160","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rajeev","family":"Piyare","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Via Sommarive 18, Povo, 38123 Trento, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0733-2978","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Amy L.","family":"Murphy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Via Sommarive 18, Povo, 38123 Trento, Italy"}]},{"given":"Michele","family":"Magno","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Z\u00fcrich, 8092 Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8068-3806","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Luca","family":"Benini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Z\u00fcrich, 8092 Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1013","DOI":"10.1109\/JPROC.2015.2497161","article-title":"Real-Time Wireless Sensor-Actuator Networks for Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems","volume":"104","author":"Lu","year":"2016","journal-title":"Proc. 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