Table 6 Short distance communication protocols
From: Internet of things enabled real time water quality monitoring system
Parameter | Short distance protocols | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
ZigBee | Bluetooth | LoRa | Wi-Fi | |
Standard | IEEE 802.15.4 | IEEE 802.15.1 | LoRaWAN R1.0 | IEEE 802.11 a/c/b/d/g/n |
Transmission range | 10–20 m | 8–10 m | <30 Km | 20–100 m |
Energy consumption | Low | Bluetooth: Medium BLE: Very Low | Very low | High |
Data Rate | 40–250 Kb/s | 1–24 Mb/s | 0.3–50 Kb/s | 1 Mb/s–6.75 Gb/s |
Cost | Low | Low | High | High |
Usage | Communication between sensor and controller | Communication between controller and application | ||