The OPC Foundation has set up joint working group with the LoRa Alliance to develop mapping from LoRaWan to OPC UA.

This collaboration aims to define how data and information models originating from LoRaWan-based devices and systems can be represented in OPC UA, enabling improved interoperability between low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) deployments and industrial automation, enterprise and cloud-based systems.

LoRaWan and OPC UA address different but synergistic layers of the digital ecosystem. LoRaWan is widely used for low-power, long-range wireless communication, making it suitable for distributed sensing, remote monitoring, metering and battery-operated field devices. OPC UA provides a robust, platform-independent framework for secure information modelling and interoperable data exchange across industrial and enterprise environments.

Together, they offer efficient wireless connectivity at the edge, paired with semantically rich and standardised data integration across operational and information technology systems.

Creating a structured mapping between LoRaWan and OPC UA will make it easier for users, vendors and providers to integrate LoRaWan-based data streams into OPC UA-enabled architectures. This integration will support a broad range of use cases across industrial automation, smart infrastructure, energy, building systems, environmental monitoring and digital transformation initiatives.

The initial meeting for the joint working group will take place on 13 May 2026. Organisations and individuals interested in contributing to this work are invited to participate.

“By working together on a common mapping approach, we can help simplify integration and accelerate adoption across a wide range of industrial and IoT scenarios,” said Alper Yegin, CEO of the LoRa Alliance (lora-alliance.org).

Stefan Hoppe, president of the OPC Foundation (www.opcfoundation.org), added: “This collaboration reflects the growing need to connect diverse communication technologies with interoperable information models. LoRaWan and OPC UA are highly complementary, and this initiative will help users unlock greater value from both.”

The OPC Foundation welcomes participation from end users, technology providers, standards experts and ecosystem partners who want to help shape this work.