[d21d3q]

Actually LoRa is not a protocol but physical layer, way of modulating RF. LoRaWAN is probably that consumer protocol which you refer to. There is also Symphony Link protocol (proprietary).

And I wouldn't use LoRaWAN protocol in industrial application, because you have limited way of ACKing every message (more like UDP for sending sensor data rather than TCP), no option for OTA, and Symphony Link claims to have it, so that I would call it more industrial.

[gh02t]

Correct, I was hand waving over the distinction but I suppose it's important. LoRa itself is the radio layer. I still think of it as something targeting industrial use cases, though there have been some neat hobbyist projects using it.

[OJFord]

So UDP isn't industry-ready yet either then?