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This Wireless Networking Standards White Paper Series compares some of the most popular wireless standards currently in use in industry. Below you will find technical details on each standard, advantages and disadvantages of the standard and some common application areas. Click on the image or links below for more information.1. Wireless Standards Map
2. Wireless Standards Table
| Standard | Frequency | Max Data Rate (Mbit/s) |
Modulation Scheme |
Range (meters) |
Power |
| Zigbee 802.15.4 |
868 MHz in Europe 915 MHz in US and Australia 2.4 GHz worldwide. |
20 kbit/s 40 kbit/s 250 kbit/s |
900 Mhz : BPSK 2.4 Ghz : OQPSK |
10 to 75m | Min 1mW, defacto 100mW |
| 802.11 a | 5.25, 5.6 and 5.8 GHz |
Up to 54Mbps in the 5GHz band |
64 QAM on 52 OFDM subcarriers |
20 m | 800mW |
| 802.11 b | 2.4 - 2.4835 Ghz | Up to 11Mbps in the 2.4GHz band |
Differential BPSK/ QPSK /(DBPSK/DQPSK) |
30m | 100mW |
| 802.11 g | 2.4 - 2.4835 Ghz | Up to 54Mbps in the 2.4GHz band |
OFDM above 20Mbps, DSSS with CCK below 20Mbps |
30m | 200mW |
| 802.11 n | 2.4 - 2.4835 Ghz 5.15 - 5.35 Ghz |
108+ Mbps | Up to 64 QAM on 108 OFDM |
50 m | 100mW |
| Bluetooth | 2.4 GHz | 2.1 Mbps | DQPSK 8DPSK (Differential PSK) GMSK / Shaped Binary FM |
Class 1 : 100 meters Class 2: 10 meters Class 3: 1 meter |
Class 1: 100 mW (20 dBm) Class 2: 2.5mW (4 dBm) Class 3: 1 mW (0 dBm) |
| WiMAX | IEEE 802.16 - 10GHz-66GHz 802.16a-e - 2GHz-11GHz Licensed: 2.3 GHz, 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz US: 2.3 GHz, Asia/India: 2.5 GHz, 3.3 GHz |
Up to 75 Mbps | Fixed Access : OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM Mobile Access : OFDMA with BPSK, QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM |
30 miles | ~150mW |
| GPS | 1575.43 MHz | 50 bits/s | BPSK | ~100mW | |
| GSM/CDMA | 850 MHz and 1900 MHz |
9.6 kbps | GMSK | 8W |
