Question

Compare and contrast WiFi HiLow, LoraWan, and NB-IoT.

Answer 1

Note: It is WiFi HaLow. It is not HiLow

WiFi HaLow	LoraWan	NB-IoT
HaLow is came from the word HAY-LOW which is a marketing name and it is based on WIFI alliance.Hence the name is Wi-Fi HaLow	Lora means Long Range Radio.This technology is used as WAN(Wide Area Network). Hence the name is LoraWan.	NB-IoT is short form of NarrowBand IoT.It is also known as LTE cat-NB1.
It is a low power,long range network.	It is a Media Access Control(MAC) protocol for wide area networks.	It is a low power wide area network radio technology standard developed to enable a wide range of cellular devices and services.
It extends Wi-Fi into 900 MHz band.	It uses 868 MHz ISM bands.	The band width is 180KHz-200 KHz
Its range is nearly twice than today's modern wifi as high as 1 km.	Its range is 5 km in urban areas and 15 km in suburban areas.	Its range is less than 22 km.
It supports less power.	It consumes less power and hence battery will last for longer duration.	Very low power consumption and battery life is upto 10 years.
It is used for applications like sensor and wearables.	It is used for M2M/IoT applications.	It has wide variety of applications like personal,public and industrial use.
The data range depends on Halow versions.	These applications requires low data rate i.e upto 27 kbps	It requires low data rate.
This technology was designed to enable communications between devices at longer devices.	It is designed to take care of 1000's of end devices or nodes.	It is designed to establish connections between low energy devices and network server.