LoRa vs Zigbee | Difference between LoRa and Zigbee
This page compares LoRa vs Zigbee and mentions difference between LoRa and Zigbee. Links to Lora tutorial and Zigbee tutorial are also mentioned.
| Specifications | LoRa | Zigbee |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency Bands | 863 to 870 MHz, 902 to 928 MHz, 779 to 787 MHz | 868MHz, 915 MHz, 2450 MHz |
| Coverage distance | 2-5 Km (urban areas), 15 Km ( suburban areas ) | 10 to 100 meters |
| Power consumption | lower compare to zigbee | low |
| Modulation technique | LoRa modulation (CSS modulation) , FSK or GFSK | BPSK, OQPSK modulation. Also uses DSSS technique to convert bits to chips. |
| Data rate | 0.3 to 22 Kbps (LoRa modulation) and 100 Kbps (using GFSK) | 20 kbps (868 MHz band ) , 40Kbps (915 MHz band ) , 250 kbps (2450 MHz band) |
| Network Architecture |
 Consists of LoRa Gateway, servers and end devices. |
 Consists of coordinator, routers and end devices. |
| Frame Structure |
 
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| Protocol stack |  Consists of RF, PHY, MAC, application layers |
 Consists of RF, PHY, MAC, network and security, application layers. |
| Physical Layer | Uses modulation scheme as mentioned above and incorporates error correction capabilities, It adds preamble for synchronization purpose, It uses PHY header CRC as well as entire frame CRC. | There are two physical layers viz. 868/915 Mhz (uses BPSK, raised cosine pulse shaping) , and 2450 MHz (uses OQPSK, half sine wave pulse shaping ) |
| Applications | used as Wide Area Network | used as LR-WPAN i.e. low rate wireless personal area network |
| Advantages, disadvantages | LoRa advantages and disadvantages>> | Zigbee advantages and disadvantages>> |
| Standard/Alliance | IEEE 802.15.4g, LoRa Alliance | IEEE 802.15.4 (defines PHY and MAC), Zigbee Alliance (defines network, security and application layers) |
LoRa and Zigbee Related Links
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
The Zigbee tutorial covers following sub topics:
Zigbee tutorial
what is zigbee
Zigbee Protocol
Zigbee PHY
Zigbee frame
Zigbee MAC
Zigbee bands
RF4CE
6LoWPAN
AODV protocol
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