Airborne Wireless Sensor Networks for Airplane Monitoring System

Table 1

Comparisons of different Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications.

Standards	Standard	Max.; throughput	Frequency	Free-space range	Spectrum
WiFi	IEEE 802.11	54 Mbps	2.4 GHz	150 m	Unlicensed
Zigbee	IEEE 802.15.4	250 Kbps	868/915 MHz/2.4 GHz	300 m	Licensed
Bluetooth	IEEE 802.15.1	24 Mbps	2.4/5 GHz	150 m	Unlicensed
RFID	ISO/IEC24791	640 Kbps	125 kHz/13.56 MHz	10 cm–10 m	Unlicensed
LoRaWAN	IEEE 802.15.4	50 Kbps	433/780/868/915 MHz	14 Km	Unlicensed
SigFox	IEEE 802.15.4	100 Kbps	868/902 MHz	17 Km	Unlicensed
NB-IOT	IEEE 802.15.4	200 Kbps	900 MHz	22 Km	Licensed
WirelessHART	IEEE 802.15.4	250 Kbps	2.4 GHz	150 m	Unlicensed
ISA100.11a	IEEE 802.15.4	250 Kbps	2.4 GHz	150 m	Unlicensed
WiMAX	IEEE 802.16	300 Mbps	11 GHz	100 m	Unlicensed
60 GHz	60 GHz	3000 Mbps	5–7 GHz	10 m	Unlicensed
UWB	UWB	200 Mbps	3.1–10.6 GHz	10 m	Unlicensed
WAIC	C-Band; IEEE 802.15.4	250 Kbps–200 Mbps	2.2–3.4 GHz,; 4.2–4.5 GHz,; 5.0–5.15 GHz,; 5.091–5.15 GHz	100 m	Unlicensed