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Wireless Technology Comparison

The document compares different wireless technologies including Bluetooth, UWB, ZigBee, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, proprietary ISM, 802.16 WiMAX, and 2G/2.5G/3G cellular networks. It provides information on their data rates, typical ranges, modulation techniques, frequency ranges, network types, IT network connectivity, cost of data, and applications. The technologies can be classified as wireless PAN, LAN, MAN or cellular networks depending on their range from 0-10 meters, 10-1000 meters, 100 meters to 10 kilometers, or cellular networks.
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Wireless Technology Comparison

The document compares different wireless technologies including Bluetooth, UWB, ZigBee, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, proprietary ISM, 802.16 WiMAX, and 2G/2.5G/3G cellular networks. It provides information on their data rates, typical ranges, modulation techniques, frequency ranges, network types, IT network connectivity, cost of data, and applications. The technologies can be classified as wireless PAN, LAN, MAN or cellular networks depending on their range from 0-10 meters, 10-1000 meters, 100 meters to 10 kilometers, or cellular networks.
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Wireless Technology Comparison

Wireless PAN
Bluetooth UWB
(0-10m)

Wireless LAN
ZigBee 802.11a/b/g WiFi 802.11n WiFi
(10-1000m)

Wireless MAN Proprietary


802.16 WiMAX
(100m-10km) ISM

Cellular 2G/2.5G/3G

Data Rate (Mb/s) 0.01 0.1 1.0 10 100 1000

Bluetooth UWB ZigBee 802.11a/b/g 802.11n Proprietary 802.16a 2G/2.5G/3G

Cellular
Typical Range < 10m 10-30m 70-300m 100m 100m 10km 50km
Network

Adaptive OFDM or CDMA/GSM/


Modulation DSSS DSSS DSSS FHSS QAM
FHSS DS-UWB AMPS

868/915MHz 2.4GHz -b/g 915MHz &


Freq. Range 2.4GHz 3.1-10.6GHz 2.4GHz 2-11GHz 869-894MHz
2.4GHz 5.8GHz - a 2.4GHz

Network P2P P2P Mesh IP & P2P IP & P2P P2P IP IP

IT Network
No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Connectivity

Monthly
Cost of Data Free Free Free Free Free Free Free
Charge

Application Cable Sync and Sensor LAN, Internet LAN, Internet Point to point Metro area Celular
replacement Transmission networks connectivity broadband telephones
of video/ Internet and
audio data connectivity telemetry

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