Biometric-Based Attendance Tracking System for Education Sectors: A Literature Survey on Hardware Requirements

Table 7

Comparison of various wireless technologies used in the biometric-based attendance system.

Year	Author	Protocol	Company/model	Data rate	Frequency band	Coverage range
2008	Simao et al. [58]	ZigBee	MaxStream/XBee	250 Kb/s	2.4 GHz	100 m
2010	Li et al. [88]	ZigBee	Freescale Semiconductor/MC13192	250 Kb/s	2.4 GHz	10 m
2010	Kadry and Smaili [76]	RF wireless	Xuntung/PTR2000+	20 Kb/s	433 MHz	1000 m
2010	Shafi et al. [47]	GSM	—	—	—	—
2011	Ansari et al. [115]	GSM	—	—	—	—
2014	Said et al. [79]	ZigBee	—	—	—	—
2014	Dey et al. [37]	Telephone network	Computer Telephone Interface (CTI) card and Integrated Services Digital Network-Primary Rate Interface (ISDN-PRI) line	—	—	—
2015	Kamaraju and Kumar [75]	ZigBee	—	—	—	—
2016	Gadhave and Kore [42]	Wi-Fi	—	—	—	—
2017	Das et al. [56]	Telephone network	Computer Telephone Interface (CTI) card and Integrated Services Digital Network-Primary Rate Interface (ISDN-PRI) line	—	—	—
2017	Dhanalakshmi et al. [48]	GSM	SIMCom/SIM5360E	85.6 Kb/s	850/900/1800/1900 MHz	—
2017	Okokpujie et al. [60]	GSM	—	—	—	—
2017	Purohit et al. [43]	Wi-Fi	ESP 8266 Wi-Fi Module	72.2 Mb/s	2.4 GHz	—
2017	Saxena et al. [81]	Wi-Fi	—	—	2.4 GHz-2.48 GHz	—
2018	Adal et al. [17]	Wi-Fi	—	—	—	—
2019	Gagandeep et al. [44]	Wi-Fi	Espressif Systems/ESP 8266 Wi-Fi Module	72.2 Mb/s	2.4 GHz	—