Activation By Personalization (ABP)

With the Activation By Personalization (ABP) joining procedure, the service provider preconfigures the Network Session Key (NwkSKey) and Application Session Key (AppSKey). These are stored inside the end-device. The end-device uses this preconfigured data to directly join the LoRa network. The following figure shows the ABP joining process.

Figure 1. ABP Joining Procedure