{"id":134,"date":"2017-11-28T08:30:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T13:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/networks\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2017-11-28T08:30:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T13:30:45","slug":"wireless-protocol-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/networks\/explanations\/wireless-protocol-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"Wireless Protocol Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The number of different wireless data protocols seems to grow every day. Here are a few of the ones you&#8217;ll hear about frequently these days, along with some links for further information, and links to devices we&#8217;ve tested here at ITP:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wi-fi.org\/\">WiFi<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2.4 and 5.1 GHz<\/li>\n<li>Based on MAC, IP<\/li>\n<li>star network model (router and end devices)<\/li>\n<li>High speed, symmetrical duplex applications between multiple devices (multimedia, high interactivity)<\/li>\n<li>Tested devices: every mobile phone, tablet, and laptop; <a href=\"https:\/\/store.arduino.cc\/usa\/arduino-mkr1000\">MKR1000<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/espressif.com\/en\/products\/hardware\/esp8266ex\/overview\">ESP8266<\/a> (including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adafruit.com\/product\/2821\">Huzzah<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sparkfun.com\/products\/13711\">Thing dev board<\/a>); embedded linux boards like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/\">Raspberry Pi<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/beagleboard.org\/bone\">BeagleBone<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluetooth.com\/specifications\/protocol-specifications\/legacy-protocols\">Bluetooth 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2.4 GHz<\/li>\n<li>Based on MAC<\/li>\n<li>~10m &#8211; 100m<\/li>\n<li>point-to-point model<\/li>\n<li>multiple services: UART, HID, Audio<\/li>\n<li>Designed as wireless USB replacement: session\/datastream connections<\/li>\n<li>High speed, symmetrical duplex applications, typically between two devices at a time (multimedia, high interactivity)<\/li>\n<li>Tested devices: every mobile phone, tablet, and laptop; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sparkfun.com\/products\/12576\">Bluetooth Mate<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adafruit.com\/product\/1588\">Bluefruit EZ Link Serial<\/a>; Bluetooth speakers; Bluetooth mouse &amp; keyboard devices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluetooth.com\/specifications\/bluetooth-core-specification\">Bluetooth LE (4.0)<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2.4 GHz<\/li>\n<li>Based on MAC<\/li>\n<li>~10m &#8211; 100m<\/li>\n<li>point-to-point model<\/li>\n<li>multiple services<\/li>\n<li>publish-subscribe model: peripheral, central<\/li>\n<li>Designed for lower power devices<\/li>\n<li>High speed, symmetrical duplex applications, typically between two devices at a time (medium interactivity, e.g. trackers, personal sensors)<\/li>\n<li>Tested devices: every mobile phone, tablet, and laptop; <a href=\"https:\/\/store.arduino.cc\/genuino-101\">Arduino 101<\/a>; RedBear <a href=\"http:\/\/redbearlab.com\/blenano\/\">BLE Nano<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rfduino.com\/\">RFDuino<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lora-alliance.org\/\">LoRa\/LoRaWAN<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>863-870 MHz, 902-928 MHz, 779-787 MHz<\/li>\n<li>Based on MAC, IP<\/li>\n<li>long range: 2-5 Km up to 15 Km<\/li>\n<li>low power<\/li>\n<li>Spread spectrum<\/li>\n<li>low data rate<\/li>\n<li>star model, with servers, end devices, gateway<\/li>\n<li>designed for low power, high latency telemetry, e.g. remote sensors, low interactivity. not for full duplex high bandwidth applications<\/li>\n<li>Assumed to be deployed by a service provider who provides gateways: see also SigFox<\/li>\n<li>Tested devices: <a href=\"https:\/\/store.arduino.cc\/mkr-wan-1300\">MKR1300<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adafruit.com\/product\/3072\">RFM95W<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zigbee.org\/\">ZigBee<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>868MHz, 915 MHz, 2450 MHz<\/li>\n<li>Based on MAC 802.15.4<\/li>\n<li>10-100m<\/li>\n<li>higher data rate than LoRa, but less than WiFi or Bluetooth<\/li>\n<li>designed for domestic appliances, e.g. Philips Hue<\/li>\n<li>mesh &#8211; coordinator, routers, end devices<\/li>\n<li>Tested devices: Digi<a href=\"https:\/\/www.digi.com\/products\/xbee-rf-solutions\/2-4-ghz-modules\/xbee-zigbee\"> XBee ZigBee<\/a> and Digi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digi.com\/products\/xbee-rf-solutions\/2-4-ghz-modules\/xbee-802-15-4\">XBee 802.15.4 <\/a>(really just 802.15.4, but simple to use)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/datatracker.ietf.org\/doc\/charter-ietf-6lowpan\/\">6LowPAN<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2.4GHz<\/li>\n<li>Based on 802.15.4, MAC, IPv6<\/li>\n<li>~100m<\/li>\n<li>Designed for domestic appliances and internet integration (using IPv6)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of different wireless data protocols seems to grow every day. Here are a few of the ones you&#8217;ll hear about frequently these days, along with some links for further information, and links to devices we&#8217;ve tested here at ITP: WiFi 2.4 and 5.1 GHz Based on MAC, IP star network model (router and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/networks\/explanations\/wireless-protocol-summary\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wireless Protocol Summary&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-134","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions\/136"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}