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Autores principales: Álamos, José, Schmidt, Thomas C., Wählisch, Matthias
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Publicado: 2026
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Acceso en línea:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.27672
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author Álamos, José
Schmidt, Thomas C.
Wählisch, Matthias
author_facet Álamos, José
Schmidt, Thomas C.
Wählisch, Matthias
contents LoRa has become a widely adopted wireless modulation scheme in LPWANs due to its low cost, long range, and minimal transmission power. However, collisions between frames of the same spreading factor -- common in dense LoRa deployments -- prevent conventional LoRa receivers from detecting and correctly decoding frames. Recent work has introduced methods to improve recovery, yet their detection stage degrades sharply under low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and high collision rates. In this work, we introduce LZn, a low-complexity synchronization scheme driven by a spectral intersection operation. Our method enables robust frame synchronization even under multiple packet overlaps or extremely low SNR conditions. We evaluate LZn on simulations and three independent, real-world LoRa datasets. LZn improves detection sensitivity by up to 10dB and increases detection probability by up to 1.54x. In real-world datasets, LZn improves decoding by 3.46x in the most challenging single-user scenario and up to 1.22x in collision scenarios compared to the second best collision-tolerant scheme (TnB). These results demonstrate that LZn substantially improves the frame recovery of LoRa receivers, while remaining compatible with real-time requirements.
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spellingShingle LZn : Robust LoRa Frame Synchronization Under Frame Collisions and Ultra-Low SNR Conditions
Álamos, José
Schmidt, Thomas C.
Wählisch, Matthias
Networking and Internet Architecture
Systems and Control
LoRa has become a widely adopted wireless modulation scheme in LPWANs due to its low cost, long range, and minimal transmission power. However, collisions between frames of the same spreading factor -- common in dense LoRa deployments -- prevent conventional LoRa receivers from detecting and correctly decoding frames. Recent work has introduced methods to improve recovery, yet their detection stage degrades sharply under low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and high collision rates. In this work, we introduce LZn, a low-complexity synchronization scheme driven by a spectral intersection operation. Our method enables robust frame synchronization even under multiple packet overlaps or extremely low SNR conditions. We evaluate LZn on simulations and three independent, real-world LoRa datasets. LZn improves detection sensitivity by up to 10dB and increases detection probability by up to 1.54x. In real-world datasets, LZn improves decoding by 3.46x in the most challenging single-user scenario and up to 1.22x in collision scenarios compared to the second best collision-tolerant scheme (TnB). These results demonstrate that LZn substantially improves the frame recovery of LoRa receivers, while remaining compatible with real-time requirements.
title LZn : Robust LoRa Frame Synchronization Under Frame Collisions and Ultra-Low SNR Conditions
topic Networking and Internet Architecture
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.27672