LoRa vs LoRaWAN-Difference between LoRa and LoRaWAN
This page compares LoRa vs LoRaWAN and mentions difference between LoRa and LoRaWAN. It mentions links to basics of LoRa and LoRaWAN terminologies for further study.
The LoRa Wireless tutorial covers following sub topics:
Main page LoRa tutorial
LoRa Frequency Bands
LoRa protocol stack
LoRa MAC layer
LoRaWAN classes
LoRa features
LoRa Transceiver module
LoRaWAN wireless transceiver vendors
Following table mentions similarities and difference between LoRa and LoRaWAN terms.
| Specifications | LoRa | LoRaWAN |
|---|---|---|
| What is it? | LoRa is the modulation technique used in the physical layer of LoRaWAN network. It is basically CSS (Chirp Spread Spectrum) modulation used to provide different data rates using different spreading factors. | LoRaWAN is wireless network used as WAN (Wide Area Network) due to its wide coverage capabilities. |
| Applications | Used as robust modulation in LORaWAN system. It helps in achieving different data rates. | Used as low power, low data rate and long range wireless system. It is popular in IoT/M2M based systems. |
| operates at which layer? | It has specific function in physical layer of the system. | It has four layers viz. RF, PHY, MAC and Application layer. |
Difference between Lora, INSTEON, Z-wave, Zigbee, X10, HomePlug and other M2M IoT wireless technologies
One can easily derive difference between Lora and other wireless IoT technologies such as zigbee, z-wave, insteon, X10, Homeplug, EnOcean,
Bluetooth etc. Refer above table and IoT wireless technologies which mentions
tabular comparison between these wireless technologies with respect to coverage range, frequency of operation, data rate, security, applications etc. Also refer following difference between
links.
LoRa vs NB IoT vs SigFox
INSTEON vs Zigbee
INSTEON vs X10
INSTEON vs HomePlug
INSTEON vs Z-wave
RF Transceiver related links
RF Transceiver basics, READ MORE
RF component vendors, READ MORE
Manufacturer of RF Transceiver, READ MORE
What is Difference between
difference between FDM and OFDM Difference between SC-FDMA and OFDM Difference between SISO and MIMO Difference between TDD and FDD Difference between 802.11 standards viz.11-a,11-b,11-g and 11-n OFDM vs OFDMA CDMA vs GSM
IoT Wireless Technologies
➤WLAN ➤THREAD ➤EnOcean ➤LoRa ➤SIGFOX ➤WHDI ➤Zigbee ➤6LoWPAN ➤Zigbee RF4CE ➤Z-Wave ➤NFC ➤RFID ➤Lonworks ➤CEBus ➤UPB