# LoRa-RL: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Resource Management in Hybrid Energy LoRa Wireless Networks

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.02392 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2109.02392/

## Key facts

- Cited by 6 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 6 Sep 2021.

## Built on by (most cited first, 6 of 6)

- [RL-DistPrivacy: Privacy-Aware Distributed Deep Inference for low latency IoT systems](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2208.13032/) (2022)
- [A Lightweight Transmission Parameter Selection Scheme Using Reinforcement Learning for LoRaWAN](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2208.01824/) (2022)
- [Heterogeneous Resource Allocation with Multi-task Learning for Wireless Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2502.10027/) (2025)
- [Deep reinforcement learning-based joint real-time energy scheduling for green buildings with heterogeneous battery energy storage devices](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2506.06824/) (2025)
- [Online Learning Based Efficient Resource Allocation for LoRaWAN Network](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2509.10493/) (2025)
- [PreLoRA: Hybrid Pre-training of Vision Transformers with Full Training and Low-Rank Adapters](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2509.21619/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

LoRa wireless networks are considered as a key enabling technology for next generation internet of things (IoT) systems. New IoT deployments (e.g., smart city scenarios) can have thousands of devices per square kilometer leading to huge amount of power consumption to provide connectivity. In this paper, we investigate green LoRa wireless networks powered by a hybrid of the grid and renewable energy sources, which can benefit from harvested energy while dealing with the intermittent supply. This paper proposes resource management schemes of the limited number of channels and spreading factors (SFs) with the objective of improving the LoRa gateway energy efficiency. First, the problem of grid power consumption minimization while satisfying the system's quality of service demands is formulated. Specifically, both scenarios the uncorrelated and time-correlated channels are investigated. The optimal resource management problem is solved by decoupling the formulated problem into two sub-problems: channel and SF assignment problem and energy management problem. Since the optimal solution is obtained with high complexity, online resource management heuristic algorithms that minimize the grid energy consumption are proposed. Finally, taking into account the channel and energy correlation, adaptable resource management schemes based on Reinforcement Learning (RL), are developed. Simulations results show that the proposed resource management schemes offer efficient use of renewable energy in LoRa wireless networks.