WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

A Wireless Sensor Network is a large set of wireless sensor nodes arranged in a network format(e.g., Mesh or Star).

Wireless Sensor Network

DIFFERENT TYPES OF WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

RF Communication

RF Communication

Bluetooth

Bluetooth

Zigbee

Zigbee

Z-wave

Z-wave

SigFox

SigFox

LoRa

LoRa

Weightless-P

Weightless-P

Weightless-N

Weightless-N

NB IoT

NB IoT

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi

COMPARISION OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

Parameter Bluetooth Wi-Fi Zigbee Sigfox LoRa
Frequency 2.4GHz 2.4GHz 2.4GHz 868MHz 868MHz
Data Rate 1-2Mb/s 1-54Mb/s 250kb/s 100b/s 10-50kb/s
Sensitivity -95dBm -95dBm -100dBm -126dBm -149dBm
Spectrum Strategy Wide Band Wide Band Wide Band Ultra Narrow Band Wide Band
Range 1-10m 10-40m 40-120m 5-30km 3-20km
OTA Upgrade Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Power High High Low Low Low
Operational Mode Private/Public Private/Public Private/Public Private/Public Public
IEEE Standard 802.15.1 802.11 802.15.4 NO 802.15.4a
Fully Bi-Directional Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Scalability Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cost for Node ($) 200 260 1000 2700 600-1500
Cost for Gateway ($) 200 260 1300 50000-70000 10000-60000

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