L | IoT Glossary of Terms

LAN: Acronym for Local Area Network.
LBS: Short for Location Based Service.
LED: Acronym for Light-emitting diode.
LLN: Short for Low power and Lossy Networks.
LPWA: Short for Low-Power, Wide-Area.
LPWAN: Short for Low-Power, Wide-Area Network.
LTE: Abbreviation for Long Term Evolution.
LTE Machine-Type Communications: Refers to all uses of LTE for M2M and IoT, or the evolution of MTC features in LTE. …
LTE-M: Stands for LTE Machine-Type Communications.
LTE-U: Short for LTE-Unlicensed.
LTE-Unlicensed: First proposed by Qualcomm and Ericsson, LTE-U uses 4G LTE wireless technology in unlicensed spectrum. …
Ledger of Things: A variation of the term Chain of Things.
Level 0 Automated Vehicle: The "no-automation" baseline of the 5-level NHTSA vehicle classification system. …
Level 1 Automated Vehicle: Function-specific Automation is the second level of the 5-level NHTSA vehicle classification system. …
Level 2 Automated Vehicle: Combined Function Automation is the third level of the 5-level NHTSA vehicle classification system. …
Level 3 Automated Vehicle: Limited Self-Driving Automation is the fourth level of the 5-level NHTSA vehicle classification system. …
Level 4 Automated Vehicle: Full Self-Driving Automation is the fifth and highest level of the 5-level NHTSA vehicle classification system. …
LiFi: Short for Light Fidelity.
Lidar: A portmanteau of "light" and "radar," which stands for Light Detection and Ranging, Lidar is a laser-based measuring system for range finding and mapping. …
Light Fidelity: A wireless communication technology that uses visible light communication (VLC) rather than radio waves. …
Light-emitting diode: A semiconductor that generates light via electroluminescence. …
Lights Out Manufacturing: A term describing manufacturing facilities that can run with the lights off since no humans are present on the factory floor. …
Lightweight M2M: An open device management protocol designed for the remote manipulation of constrained IoT devices. …
LoRaWAN: Standardized by the LoRa Alliance, the LoRaWAN specification allows low bit rate communication between connected objects in a wide area network (WAN). …
Local Area Network: A network of devices in relatively close proximity, prior to the point of transmission over leased telecommunication lines. …
Location Based Service: Computer applications and services that employ location data as inputs. …
Long Term Evolution / 4G: LTE, often referred to as 4G, is the standard adopted for public safety broadband communications by the FCC. …
Low power and Lossy Networks: A LLN is comprised of embedded devices with limited power, memory, and processing resources. …
Low-Power, Wide-Area Network: Non-cellular, M2M networks that rely on low data rates and primarly on unlicensed frequencies to transmit data with minimal energy usage. …
LwM2M: Short for Lightweight M2M.

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