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. 2018 Mar 3;18(3):772. doi: 10.3390/s18030772

Table 1.

Strategy comparison among cellular communications, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), and Internet of Things (IoT) systems.

Cellular Communications WSN IoT
High bandwidth Limited bandwidth Limited bandwidth
Continuous traffic Sporadic traffic Sporadic traffic
Limited number of devices High number of devices Huge number of devices
Small area cells Very small coverage Wide area cells
Expensive network and devices Reduced network and devices costs Reduced network and device costs