LoRa VS LoRaWAN: Application Environments

Lora and LoRaWAN wireless Internet of Things (IoT) wide area network (WAN) protocols. Which IoT use cases and applications are they suitable for, how do they work and what context do they fit in IoT connectivity and communication?
IoT projects, solutions, and deployments require more than just connected physical objects and the data they "sense" and capture. Physical "things" and sensors/technology in IoT devices, assets, and IoT in IoT, consumer IoT, enterprise IoT, and industrial IoT also require technology to communicate their internal state and/or external environment.
Most importantly, the data and analytics that pass from the device level to the next level need to be sent over the communication network at all other stages of the larger IoT solution picture.
Lora (Long Range) is a non-cellular long-range and low-power wireless technology. The underlying RF modulation technology was developed by Cycleo of France, which was acquired by Semtech of the United States in 2012. The technology has been incorporated into Semtech's future RF platform, which aims to expand the potential market for industrial and home automation RF applications requiring extended reach. Lower cost, lower power consumption These communication needs play out at various levels: between IoT devices, between IoT gateways, between IoT platforms and/or databases, fog computing nodes, other cloud applications, business platforms, and industrial systems; the list is endless and depends on the type and (usage) of the IoT application.
There are many kinds of IoT network protocols and technologies. They can use fixed line networks (such as Ethernet), cellular networks (such as GSM), short-range wireless technologies (such as NFC, RFID, and Bluetooth or ZigBee), satellites, etc., again depending on many factors. They can involve very short-range and very long-range communications. They may require different data speeds, bandwidth, and underlying network technologies.
The fastest-growing category of IoT connectivity in Industry 4.0 deployments involves wireless IoT connectivity. Here we come across LoRa and LoRaWAN, more specifically wireless wide area network technologies that need to cover long distances but require little power and low bandwidth, often referred to as LPWA networks or LPWAN (Low Power, Wide Area) networks). LPWAN and LoRa (WAN) as one of the main non-cellular forms of LPWA technology, so it is very suitable for applications in the fields of smart cities, smart agriculture, environmental monitoring, including industrial applications.