AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN announces new feature enhancements

Today, AWS announces three new updates to AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN: IPv6 support, enhanced Firmware Update Over-The-Air (FUOTA) with advanced logging capabilities, and console-based gateway firmware updates, improving fleet management, scalability, reliability, and user experience for Internet of Things (IoT) applications.

AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN is a fully-managed cloud service that makes it easy to connect, manage, and monitor wireless devices that use low-power, long-range wide area network (LoRaWAN) technology. With the new feature updates, developers can now assign IPv6 address to their LoRaWAN-based devices and gateways and coexist with other IPv4 devices in the same network, simplifying network configurations and management, while improving the security posture of their solutions. The FUOTA enhancements enable selective multicast transmission to specific gateways, reducing airtime competition and file corruption risks, while advanced logging capabilities monitor FUOTA progress, file retrieval, transition status, and errors. The AWS IoT Core console now provides a streamlined interface for managing firmware updates for LoRaWAN gateways using Configuration and Update Server (CUPS protocol), simplifying firmware uploads, update scheduling, and progress tracking.

These updates are available in all AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN-supported regions. For detailed guidance and implementation instructions, visit the AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN Developer Guide.