Distant observers of the burgeoning IoT market and the associated LPWAN (low power WAN) protocols – for longer distance wireless communication in sub-GHz spectrum – might be mystified to observe another protocol clambering aboard with some serious backing. This is, after all, a congested field where heated battles are being fought already between five contenders for low power communications, across campuses, cities and industrial parks in particular. The new challenger is called MIOTY (a portmanteau of MY IOT) and is playing the robustness card against its rivals. Certainly, on cursory analysis, it looks better placed for providing near-guaranteed delivery of data packets under poor signal conditions with interference from obstacles or other radio communications in dense RF environments. It is…