LoRaWAN™ is tuned for consumer networks with a large number of sensors communicating over long distance. AKCP’s proprietary Wireless Tunnel™ has tuned the hardware and software parameters for Industrial private, secure, networks. We have the most professional low power wireless system on the market.

The Wireless Tunnel™ allows for private networks providing the ultimate in security. Unlike LoRaWAN and other IoT cloud solutions, it removes the reliance on an internet connection. AKCP Wireless Tunnel Gateway (WTG) are dual-purpose communications and application servers. This enables local notification, control and reporting.

The Wireless Tunnel is suitable for large private networks in factories or data centers. It is also suitable for a mixed installation of wired and wireless sensors. Certain installations require that all data be maintained and stored locally, without internet access. The Wireless Tunnel is perfect for this type of installation. AKCP can tune the network for specific use cases and end-user requirements. For example higher than normal data rates, data logging including spooling and retries, fast bidirectional control.

For larger, multi-site installations the Wireless Tunnel™ Cloud can be used, where gateways are in pass-through mode feeding sensor data to AKCPro Server installed at a central location. This server can be cloud based, or self hosted in a private network.

A problem with wireless sensors is whether the messages are being received. AKCP has implemented aknowledgment of messages. If a sensors broadcast goes un-aknowledged the data is stored and re-broadcast at the next oppourtunity. This means if the gateway is down, or sensor is out of range, data continues to be logged and not lost.

AKCP Sensors have built in intelligence. Data is constantly analyzed to check the value does not exceed your defined threshold. Sensors immediately broadcast alarms with no need to wait for the next broadcast interval. This ensures you will never miss a mission critical sensor status change.

LoRa™ bandwidth restrictions make high density sensor installations problematic. AKCP have addressed this by shortening the message size. Less time is spent on air broadcasting. By halving the airtime, 2x the number of messages per hour can be boradcast, greatly increasing the number of sensors in high density installations.