Research Article
NFC-Based User Interface for Smart Environments
Table 1
Comparison among NFC, Bluetooth, and InfraRed (IR) technologies.
| Technology | Operating distance | Cost | Power consumption | Usability |
| Bluetooth | Small | Relatively high | Relatively high | Relatively complex | IR | Small | Relatively low | Relatively high | Simple | NFC | Very small | Low | Passive or very low | Simple |
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