Table 2.
Wireless Tech. | Frequency | Range | Data Rate | Power (mW) | Maximum Nodes | Network Topologies | Security |
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RFID | 13.56 MHz 860–960 MHz | 0–3 m | 640 kbps | 200 | 1 at a time | peer-to-peer (P2P) passive | N/A |
Bluetooth | 2.4–2.5 GHz | 1–100 m | 1–3 Mbps | 2.5–100 | 1 M + 7 S | P2P, star | 56–128 bit key |
BLE | 2.4–2.5 GHz | 1–100 m | 1 Mbps | 10 | 1 M + 7 S | P2P, star | 128-bit AES |
HomePlug GP | 1.8–30 MHz | ~100 m | 4–10 Mbps | 500 | - | P2P, star, tree and mesh | 128-bit AES |
EnOcean | 902, 928, 868 MHz | 30–300 m | 125 kbps | ~0.05 with energy harvesting | - | P2P, star, tree and mesh | 128-bit AES |
ZigBee | 2.4–2.5 GHz | 10–100 m | 250 kbps | 50 | 65,533 | P2P, star, tree and mesh | 128-bit AES |
WiFi | 2.4–2.5 GHz | 150–200 m | 54 Mbps | 1000 | 255 | P2P, star | WEP,WPA, WPA2 |
DASH7 | 315–915 MHz | 200 m–2 km | 167 kbps | <1 | - | P2P, star, tree and mesh | 128-bit AES |
Insteon | RF: 869.85, 915, 921 MHz powerline: 131.65 KHz | 40–50 m | 38 kbps (RF) 2–13 kbps (powerline) | - | 64,000 nodes per network | P2P, star, tree and mesh | 256-bit AES |
Sigfox | 868/902 MHz | 10–50 km | 10–1000 bps | 0.01–100 | - | P2P, star | No default encryption |
NFC | 13.56 MHz | 5 cm | 424 kbps | 15 | 1 at a time | P2P | AES |
Wireless HART™ | 2.4 GHz | 50–100 m | 10 | - | P2P, star, tree and mesh | 128-bit AES | |
6LoWPAN | 2.4 GHz | 25–50 m | 250 kbps | 2.23 | - | P2P, star, tree and mesh | 128-bit AES |
ANT | 2.4–2.5 GHz | 30 m | 20–60 kbps | 0.01–1 | 65,533 in one channel | P2P, star, tree and mesh | 64-bit key |
Z-Wave | 860–960 MHz | 100 m | 9.6–100 kbps | 100 | 232 | mesh | 128-bit AES |
AES: Advanced Encryption Standard.