Upcoming changes in maximum payload size and LBT for CN470-510

First of all a heads up for folks targeting CN470-510. RP002-1.0.1 LoRaWAN Regional Parameters claims:

The transmission time shall not exceed one second and is limited to one channel at a time. For interferences mitigation, access to the physical medium requires a Listen Before Talk Adaptive Frequency Agility (LBT AFA) transmission management or other similar mechanisms like channels blacklisting.

Note: The limitation of scope to small scale networks enters into effect after November 2021. Gateways and end-devices deployed prior to December 1, 2021 are not required to comply with this restriction.

And as per the changelog:

  • CN470-510 modified to reflect most recent regulatory requirements. Specifically, SF12 is no longer available and maximum payload sizes for several other datarates were modified to comply with the 1 second dwell time.

That document also describes some changes in the channels, but I’ve not compared that to earlier specifications. Also:

Note: The CN470-510 channel plan has been significantly changed from prior revisions and should be considered experimental pending published documents confirming plan compliant devices have been granted local regulatory approval.

That said, the 1 second dwell time is not fully used for DR3, so what’s the limiting factor there? Also, the maximum sizes for DR2 and DR3 actually increased, when compared to LoRaWAN 1.0.2:thinking:

CN470-510

2 Likes

Wondering if RP2 CN470 plans are being used by anyone in their current contradictory experimental/mandatory (after Nov 2021) state.

Is anyone still deploying RP 1.0.2 CN470 devices despite the Nov 2021 date for the new/unimplemented plan?

Perhaps one our old TTN friends on the supply side in China maybe @kenyu from RAK or @edwin from Dragino can say what they see happened/happening in the local market place post the proposed dwell time change? …anyone else care to chip in with experience and guidance?

P.s. note Arjan had updated his airtime calculator with comments and (Bangs!) to caution esp wrt SF12 no longer valid - even zero byte payloads exceed 1s dwell time limits so just using FPort for data representation with no specific payload not an option either…
https://avbentem.github.io/airtime-calculator/ttn/cn470/0