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Radios
7. Radios
Waspmote Plug & Sense! may integrate many radio modules for communication in the ISM (Industrial Scientific Medical) bands.
Model
Protocol
Frequency
txPower
Sensitivity
Range *
XBee-802.15.4-Pro
802.15.4
2.4GHz
100mW
-100dBm
7000m
XBee-ZB-Pro
ZigBee-Pro
2.4GHz
50mW
-102dBm
7000m
XBee-868
RF
868MHz
315mW
-112dBm
12km
XBee-900
RF
900MHz
50mW
-100dBm
10Km
LoRaWAN
LoRaWAN
868 and 433MHz. 900-
915MHz version coming
in 2016.
14dBm
-136dBm
- km - Typical
base station
range
LoRa
RF
868 and 915 MHz
14 dBm
-137dBm
21+Km
Sigfox
Sigfox
868MHz
14 dBm
-126dBm
- km - Typical
base station
range
WiFi
802.11b/g
2.4GHz
0dBm - 12dBm
-83dBm
50m-500m
GPRS Pro and GPRS+GPS -
850MHz/900MHz/
1800MHz/1900MHz
2W(Class4) 850MHz/900MHz,
1W(Class1) 1800MHz/1900MHz
-109dBm
- Km - Typical
carrier range
3G/GPRS
-
Tri-Band UMTS
2100/1900/900MHz
Quad-Band GSM/EDGE,
850/900/1800/1900 MHz
UMTS 900/1900/2100 0,25W
GSM 850MHz/900MHz 2W
DCS1800MHz/PCS1900MHz 1W
-106dBm
- Km - Typical
carrier range
Bluetooth Low Energy
Bluetooth v.4.0 /
Bluetooth Smart 2.4GHz
3dBm
-103dBm
100m
* Line of sight, Fresnel zone clearance and 5dBi dipole antenna.
These modules have been chosen for their high receiving sensitivity and transmission power, as well as for being 802.15.4
compliant (XBee-802.15.4 model) and ZigBee-Pro v2007 compliant (XBee-ZB model).
7.1. 802.15.4 PRO
Module
Frequency
TX power
Sensitivity
Channels
Distance
PRO
2,40 – 2,48GHz
63.1mW
-100dBm
13
7000m
The frequency used is the free band of 2.4GHz, using 16 channels with a bandwidth of 5MHz per channel.
Figure : Frequency channels in the 2.4GHz band