Table 6. Comparison between existing low power consumption communication protocols (Mahmoud & Mohamad, 2016).
| Module/ communication protocol |
IEEE protocol |
Designed for network protocol | VDD (Volt) |
ITX (mA) |
IRX (mA) |
Isleep (µA) |
Max. Bit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANY900 | 802.15.4 | ZigBee | 3.3 | 33 | 17 | <6 | 250 (Kb/S) |
| MRF24J40MA | 802.15.4 | ZigBee | 3.3 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 250 (Kb/S) |
| RC2400 | 802.15.4 | ZigBee + 6lowpan | 3.3 | 34 | 24 | 1 | 250 (Kb/S) |
| CC2430 | 802.15.4 | ZigBee | 3.3 | 25 | 27 | 0.9 | 250 (Kb/S) |
| deRFmega128- 22M00 | 802.15.4 | Zigbee + 6lowpan | 3.3 | 12.7 | 17.6 | <1 | 250 (Kb/S) |
| deRFsam3 23M10-2 |
802.15.4 | ZigBee + 6lowpan |
3.3 | 42 | 40 | <2 | 250 (Kb/S) |
| RN171 | 802.11 b/g | – | 3.3 | 190 | 40 | 4 | 54 (Mb/S) |
| QCA4004 | 802.11 n | – | 3.3 | 250 | 75 | 130 | 10 (Mb/S) |
| GS1011M | 802.11 b | – | 3.3 | 150 | 40 | 150 | 11 (Mb/S) |
| G2M5477 | 802.11 b/g | – | 3.3 | 212 | 37.8 | 4 | 11 (Mb/S) |
| RS9110-N-11-02 | 802.11 b/g/n | – | 3.3 | 19 | 17 | 520 | 11 (Mb/S) |