# Universal LoRa(WAN) gateway limitations, because physics?

**URL:** <https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/universal-lora-wan-gateway-limitations-because-physics/1749>\
**Category:** Gateways\
**Created:** [April 11, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/universal-lora-wan-gateway-limitations-because-physics/1749 "2016-04-11T23:19:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![dmulder](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/dmulder/32/889_2.png) [@dmulder](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/dmulder)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 6:11am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/universal-lora-wan-gateway-limitations-because-physics/1749/3 "2016-04-12T06:11:59Z")

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Interesting simulation.  
How can this be translated to real life production situations?  
I should think that lost packages can not be monitored from the gateway…  
But is there a measure on the gateway that indicates “I am not listening anymore” or some sum of usage that can be used to indicate this?

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