What is the Lansitec Indoor Bluetooth Gateway? – Key Features and Specs

Spec	Detail
Radios	Bluetooth 5.0 scanner + LoRaWAN 1.0.2B uplink
Throughput	Collects 100 beacons s-1, aggregates up to 15 beacons per LoRa packet
Latency	Fastest LoRa uplink every 5 s (configurable heartbeat 30 s × n)
Power options	600 mAh Li-ion (≈ 8–10 h standalone) or 5 V / 1 A Micro-USB for 24 × 7 service
Ruggedness	-40 °C – +85 °C, 5–95 % RH, AES-128 encryption, FOTA-BT, TDMA sync
Size/weight	120 × 120 × 31 mm, 175 g – roughly a dessert plate

Setup took less than five minutes: power it up, join it to the LoRaWAN network (OTAA), scan a QR-code for BLE MAC, and you’re live-streaming beacons.

Indoor Bluetooth Gateway Performance Tests — Range, Latency, and Beacon Handling

Test	Result	Take-away
Indoor range (BLE)	Reliable pick-up at 45 m (open floor), 20 m through two drywall walls	Great for offices, retail, and hospitals
LoRa back-haul	SF9, 868 MHz → ~1.2 km urban LOS to an outdoor gateway	Fits into existing LoRa coverage with no data fees
Battery test	600 mAh, 1 min scan / 2 min uplink → ≈ 10 h	Use USB for permanent installs; battery shines for pop-ups
Beacon density	96 concurrent iBeacons in a 500 m² warehouse, 0 % packet loss	The 100 pkt/s-1 buffer is real

Where it really shines

1. Real-time staff and visitor flow – Clip BLE badges to guards or event staff; geo-fence alerts land in < 6 s thanks to the 5 s uplink option.
2. Asset “last-seen” tracking – Forklifts, carts, medical devices report via tag beacons; the gateway’s payload filter strips everything except RSSI + ID, cutting airtime by ~70 %.
3. Environmental snapshots – Drop in BLE-T/H sensors; IBG relays only the 4 bytes you care about, not the full 31-byte adv frame.

LoRaWAN vs NB-IoT/LTE-M Indoor Bluetooth Gateways — Which One Should You Choose?

Lansitec ships a second, pin-compatible version of the Indoor Bluetooth Gateway that swaps the LoRaWAN stack for NB-IoT / LTE-M (Cat-M1/NB2). Everything else—the 120 × 120 × 31 mm housing, 600 mAh Li-ion fallback battery, and Bluetooth 5.0 scanner—remains unchanged, so you can mix and match in the same ceiling-rail or wall mount.

Key spec	LoRaWAN model	NB-IoT / LTE-M model
Back-haul	LoRa 1.0.2B, 863-928 MHz bands	Cat-M1 & NB2 worldwide bands, MQTT/HTTPS
Network fees	None on a private LoRa net	Per-SIM data plan (nano-SIM or eSIM)
Beacon buffer	100 pkts s-¹, 15 / uplink	200 pkts s-¹, 15 / uplink
Fastest uplink	5 s	5 s
Security	AES-128 over LoRa	TLS 1.2 over cellular
Power	USB-5 V or 600 mAh Li-ion (≈ 10 h)	same
Typical OPEX	Needs LoRa coverage but no airtime bills	Works anywhere there’s LTE-M/NB-IoT but adds SIM/data cost

NB-IoT vs LoRaWAN: An Essential Comparison of The Two IoT Technologies

LTE-M vs NB-IoT: An Essential Comparison of The Two IoT Technologies

What The Cellular Links Buys You

• Plug-and-play coverage – perfect for green-field sites where there is no LoRaWAN network but NB-IoT is ubiquitous (e.g., hospitals, malls).
• Higher beacon density – the boosted 200 pkt/s input queue means fewer gateways for very busy floors.
• Richer protocols – MQTT or HTTPS make direct cloud ingestion trivial—no LoRa Network Server or packet-forwarder to maintain.

Downsides

• Recurring costs – even tiny IoT data plans (~1 MB mo-¹) still add up at scale.
• Radio penetration – sub-GHz LoRa often beats LTE-M in deep-indoor stairwells and basements.
• Slightly larger power draw – in our lab, the cellular version averaged ~100 mW more when the LTE modem was active, meaning battery mode is strictly for short demos.

Top Use Cases — BLE Asset Tracking, Staff Monitoring, and Environmental Sensing

Scenario	Recommended variant	Why
Existing LoRaWAN backbone (factory, campus)	LoRaWAN	zero OPEX, integrates with on-prem LNS
Pop-up clinic, retail, events hall with cellular but no LoRa	NB-IoT / LTE-M	instant connectivity, no new RF infrastructure
Dense beacon swarm (> 100 BLE devices in one cell)	NB-IoT / LTE-M	double RX headroom
Ultra-low-latency alerts (< 5 s)	Tie	Both share the same 5 s minimum uplink window
IT wants MQTT/HTTPS straight to the cloud	NB-IoT / LTE-M	native IP stack

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE): A Complete Guide

NB-IoT & LTE-M Indoor Bluetooth Gateway — Ideal for No-LoRaWAN Environments

	Indoor BG	Compact BG	Solar BG
Power	5 V USB / 600 mAh	5 V USB / 600 mAh	3 W solar + 5 300 mAh
Mount style	Ceiling/wall	Credit-card stick-on	Outdoor IP66
Typical use	Offices, warehouses	Retail shelves, kiosks	Yards, open fields
Price index	$	$	$$

For pure indoor coverage at the lowest cost-per-node, the IBG is the sweet spot. If you need battery-only shifts longer than a day, step up to the solar or macro models.

Pros and Cons of the Lansitec Indoor BLE Gateway

Pros

• Zero recurring network fees (LoRaWAN).
• Handles beacon storms without choking.
• Industrial temperature range in a consumer-friendly form factor.
• FOTA over Bluetooth keeps truck rolls to a minimum.

Cons

• The 600 mAh cell is just for quick demos or rolling outages; plan on USB power for production.
• LoRa uplink minimum 5 s may feel sluggish for ultra-low-latency use cases (e.g., machine safety interlocks).
• No built-in Wi-Fi/Ethernet back-haul fallback.

Final Verdict — The Best Indoor BLE Gateway for IoT and Real-Time Tracking

If you need to pull hundreds of BLE tags, badges, or sensors onto a LoRaWAN network inside buildings—and you care about both budget and battery—the Lansitec Indoor Bluetooth Gateway is an elegant, no-frills workhorse. Pair it with Lansitec’s badge beacons, and you’ll have a real-time indoor RTLS stack up and running faster than it takes to lay a single Ethernet drop.

The cellular SKU doesn’t replace the LoRaWAN workhorse—it complements it. Think of it as a drop-in “anywhere gateway”: when you walk into a building with no LoRa coverage (and no budget to install it), pop in a data-SIM and you’re live. For fleets already invested in private LoRa, stick with the original to keep airtime free. Either way, Lansitec lets you standardise on the same BLE edge-hardware footprint and firmware tooling (FOTA-BT, beacon filters, geo-fence logic) across both worlds.