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Table 1 Wireless communication technologies that support AMI applications

From: Demonstrability of Narrowband Internet of Things technology in advanced metering infrastructure

Technology

Standard/ protocol

Max. theoretical data rate

Coverage range

Network layer

Z-Wave

Z-Wave

40 Kbps

Up to 30 m

HAN

Bluetooth

802.15.1

721 Kbps

Up to 100 m

HAN

ZigBee

ZigBee

250 Kbps

Up to 100 m

HAN/NAN

 

ZigBee Pro

250 Kbps

Up to 1600 m

HAN/NAN

WLAN

802.11x

2–600 Mbps

Up to 100 m

HAN/NAN

WiFi

802.11x

2-600 Mbps

Up to 100 m

HAN/NAN

WiMAX

802.16

75 Mbps

Up to 50 km

NAN/WAN

Cellular

GPRS

14.4 Kbps

Up to 50 km

NAN/WAN

 

2.5G

144 Kbps

Up to 50 km

NAN/WAN

 

3G

2 Mbps

Up to 50 km

NAN/WAN

 

LTE

14 Mbps

Up to 50 km

NAN/WAN

 

4G

100 Mbps

Up to 50 km

NAN/WAN

Satellite

Satellite

1 Mbps

100–6000 km

WAN