Table 1.

Comparison of relevant home automation communication protocols.

	Frequency Band	Data Rate	Max. Nodes	Wired/Wireless
UPB	4–40 KHz	480 bits/s	64,000	Wired
X10	433 MHz (EU)	20 bit/s	256	Wired
EIB/KNXRF	868 MHz	16.4 kbit/s	256 per line	Wireless
Z-Wave	868 MHz (EU)	9.6 kbit/s	232	Wireless
nanoNET	2.4 GHz	2 Mbit/s	$2^{48}$	Wireless
EnOcean	868 MHz (EU)	120 kbit/s	$2^{32}$	Wireless
IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee	868 MHz (EU), 2.4 GHz	20–250 kbit/s	65,536	Wireless
IEEE 802.15.4/6LoWPAN	868/915 MHz, 2.4 GHz	100–250 kbit/s	-	Wireless
IEEE 802.11ah/Wi-Fi HaLow	900 MHz	18 Mbit/s	-	Wireless