Protocol

Range

Max Data Rate

efficient battery consumption

Wi-Fi 6

~100 meters

9.6 Gbps

No

ETHERNET

<100 meters

10,000 Mbps

-

BLUETOOTH

~100 meters

3 Mbps

yes

Wi-Fi DIRECT

~100 meters

250 Mbps

yes

NFC

~20 cm

424 Kbps

yes

BLE

~50 meters

3 Mbps

yes

ZIGBEE

10 - 100 meters

250 Kbps

yes

Z-WAVE

15 - 150 meters

40 Kbps

yes

6LOWPAN

~100 meters

250 Kbps

yes

LORAWAN

>15 km

50 kbps

extended (>10 yrs)

SIGFOX

3 - 50 km

1 Kbps

extended (>10 yrs)

NB-IOT

1 - 10 km

1 Mbps

extended (>10 yrs)

LTE-M

~50 km

1 Mbps

yes