Research Article

Investigation of Wireless Sensor Networks for Structural Health Monitoring

Table 1

The carrier frequency and transmission bandwidth of ZigBee Alliance and the IEEE 802.15.4 standard.

Carrier frequencyBand natureMaximum bandwidthFrequency point

2.4 GHzISM Worldwide250 kbps16
868 MHzEurope20 kbps1
915 MHzISM Americas40 kbps10
780 MHz802.15.4c (Chinese)250 kbps8