| dc.description.abstract | Water companies experience challenges in detecting water loss and
undertaking reliable and efficient water audit. Consequently, mitigation of these
incidences of water loss, as well as auditing of water distribution is difficult, largely
uncoordinated and inherently cumbersome. A Long-Range (LoRa) based technology
prototype is designed and implemented to enable detection of water loss and audits to
be performed remotely and affordably. This study enabled the design and development
of a long-range Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) model based on IEEE 802.15.4g
LoRa standard. This study reviewed the technological challenges, architectural and
logical design for the implementation of a scalable long-range model to detect losses in
real time. The study used the PPDIOO methodology towards achieving and
implementing network design lifestyle. The designs prototypes were set-up in a testbed,
monitored, reconfigured and adjusted for efficiency and applicability. The study
contributed to the body of knowledge in design of applicable water systems
architectures. | en_US |
