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. 2022 Apr 24;22(9):3273. doi: 10.3390/s22093273

Table 2.

Wireless communication technology comparison with example.

Wireless Technology WiFi WiMAX ZigBee Cellular Bluetooth LoRa
Wireless network WLAN WMAN WPAN WWAN PAN LPWAN
Standard 802.11 * 802.16 * 802.15.4 * 2/3/4 G 802.15.1 * LoRaWAN
Operating Frequency (Hz ) 5–60 G 2–6 G 868/919 M 2.4 G, 865 M 2.4 G 433/868/900 M
Data Rate (bps ) 1 M–6.75 G 1 M–1 G 40–250 K 50 K–1 G 1–24 M 0.3–50 K
Transmission Range 20–100 m <50 km 10–20 m Entire cellular 8–10 m <50 km
Power Consumption High Medium Low Medium Medium Very low
Cost High High Low Medium Low High
Operating Life Years Hours Up to 2 years Hours Hours 10–20 Years
Noise Resistance Low Medium Medium Medium Low High
References [58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70] [71,72] [62,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83] [84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94] [95,96,97,98,99] [100,101,102,103,104,105,106]

*: IEEE