Table 4.
Wired and wireless communication technologies commonly used in exoskeletons.
| Communications Technology |
Transmission Rate (/Mbps) |
Transmission Distance (/m) |
Maximum Connections |
Power Consumption (/mW) |
Transmission Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZigBee | 0.2/0.04/0.25 | 10~300 | 216~264 | 3 | Point-to-point |
| Infrared | 1.521/4/16 | 10~100 | 2 | 10 | Point-to-point |
| HomeRF | 1/2 | 10~100 | 127 | 100 | Point-to-multipoint |
| Bluetooth | 1/2/3 | 10~100 | 7 | 100 | Point-to-multipoint |
| RFID | 0.212 | 10~100 | 2 | ~ | Point-to-point |
| CAN bus | 0.05/0.125/0.25/0.5/0.8/1.0 | 40~1000 (wired) | 32~127 | Varies | Point-to-multipoint |