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Communication technologies have become a critical element of engineering and our day-to-day lives. In this paper, the complementary possibilities of two nascent technologies, namely LoRaWAN and ESP-NOW are explored. The LoRaWAN protocol is best suited for long-range communication, while ESP-NOW is ideal for short-range communication. The uniqueness of this research endeavor is focused on how both of these outstanding approaches can be strategically used in tandem, therefore capturing the best of both worlds. A proof-of-concept hardware system was designed and implemented in a 48V DC microgrid environment to observe the overall performance. The system was also deployed in a real-life setting to validate this work. From the experimental outputs, it was observed that ESP-NOW could be used to receive data from up to 20 devices in a 40-meter radius, while LoRaWAN could send data to a gateway as far as 35 kilometers away. All of this was accomplished while using only milliwatts of power. Therefore, demonstrating the effectiveness of combining these two divergent communication approaches together, in order to generate a convergent result.
