Table 6.

Physical layer comparison of Bluetooth, Ant, RuBee, Sensium, Zarlink and Insteon.

Characteristic	Bluetooth	ANT	RuBee	Sensium	Zarlink	Insteon
Frequency Band	2400 MHz	2400–2485 MHz	131 KHz	868 MHz, 915 MHz	402–405 MHz, 433–434 MHz	RF: 869.85, 915, 921 MHz Powerline: 131.5 KHz
Bit Rate	1–3 Mbps	1 Mbps	9.6 Kbps	50 Kbps	200/400/800 kbps	RF: 38.4 Kbps Powerline: 13.1 Kbps
Modulation Type	GFSK	GFSK	ASK, BPSK, BMC	BFSK	2FSK/4FSK	RF: FSK Powerline: BPSK
Spread Spectrum Technology	FHSS	No	No	No	*	No
Nominal TX Power	0/4/20 dBm	4 dBm	−20 dBm	−10 dBm	2 dBm	*
Receiver Sensitivity	−90 dBm	−86 dBm	*	−102 dBm	−90 dBm	−103 dBm
Number of Physical Channels	79	125	2	16	10 MICS, 2 ISM	*
Channel Bandwidth	1 MHz	1 MHz	*	200 kHz	*	*

* refers to undefined information.