| LoRaWAN | NWave | OnRamp | SIGFOX | Telensa | Weightless-N | Weightless-P | Amber Wireless |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Range | 15–45 flat; | 10 | 4 | 50 rural; | Up to 8 | 5+ | 2+ urban | Up to 20 |
(km) | 15–22 suburban; |  | (but claims 25 × | 10 urban |  |  |  |  |
(Caveat) | 3–8 urban |  | competition) |  |  |  |  |  |
Band | Spread; | sub-GHz | 2.4 GHz | 868;902 | 868/915 | Sub-GHz | Sub-GHz | 434, 868, 2.4GHz |
(MHz) | varies by region | Â | Â | Â | 470 (China) | Â | Â | Â |
Symmetric | Depends on mode. | No | No(4:1) | No | Yes | Uplink only | Not yet determined | Â |
up/down | Can be | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Data rate | 0.3–50 kbps | 100 bps | 8 bps–8 kpbs | 100 bps | low | 30–100 kbps | up to 100 kpbs | up to 500 kbps |
 | (adaptive) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Max nodes | Depends; | Million/base | "10s of 1000s" | Millions/hub | 150,000/server | Â | 32767 NWs, | 255 network |
(Caveat) | millions/hub | Â | Â | Â | (moving to | Â | 65535 hubs each, | of 255 nodes |
 |  |  |  |  | 500,000) |  | 16 M edge device |  |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  | per NW |  |
Operational | Public or private | Public or private | Public or private | Public | Public | Public or private | Public or private | Â |
model | (expect 80 % public) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Standard | LoRa: proprietary | Weightless-N | No | No | No | Yes | In process | Â |
status | LoRaWAN: yes | Â | Â | Â | (perhaps in future) | Â | Â | Â |
(if any) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |