Review Article
Survey of Promising Technologies for 5G Networks
Table 4
Comparison of various RATs for IoT connectivity [
88].
| RAT | SIGFOX | LoRA | C-IoT | NB LTE-M R13 | LTE-M R12/13 | 5G | Range | <13 km, 160 dB | <11 km, 157 dB | <15 km, 164 dB | <15 km, 164 dB | <11 km, 156 dB | <15 km, 164 dB | Spectrum Bandwidth | Unlicensed 900 MHz 100 Hz | Unlicensed 900 MHz, <500 kHz | Licensed 7–900 MHz <200 kHz or dedicated | Licensed 7–900 MHz <200 kHz or shared | Licensed 7–900 MHz <1.4 MHz or shared | Licensed 7–900 MHz shared | Data rate | <100 bps | <10 kbps | <50 kbps | <150 kbps | <1 Mbps | <1 Mbps | Battery life | >10 years | >10 years | >10 years | >10 years | >10 years | >10 years | Availability | Today | Today | 2016 | 2016 | 2016 | Beyond 2020 |
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