Feature

WSN System

Crossbow

DigiMesh

LoRa

Licence free (NZ)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Frequency

2.4 GHz

2.4 GHz

915 MHz

Range (LOS)a

500 - 1200 m

900 - 1200 m

>10 km

Topology

Mesh

Mesh

Star

Skills Required to Implement

Minimal

High

Medium

Third Party Sensor Integration Skill Required

High

High

Medium

Power Management

Solar Back-up

Solar Back-up or Battery Powered

Battery Powered, >10 years

Commercially available as ready to deploy

Yes

No

Yes

Technology

Propriety

Propriety

Alliance

Data storage

Base station

Cloud server

Cloud server