IoT Catalog
IoT connectivity protocols
MQTT, LoRaWAN, Zigbee, Matter and the rest of the connectivity stack, specs, trade-offs and where each one fits.
- B
BACnet
Open protocol for building automation (HVAC)
- Tipo
- Wired
- Alcance
- Edificio / campus
- Consumo
- Low
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
Ultra-low energy connectivity for wearables and proximity
- Tipo
- Short-range
- Alcance
- 10-100 m según PHY
- Consumo
- Ultra-low
- C
CAN bus
Robust serial bus for automotive and industry
- Tipo
- Wired
- Alcance
- Bus (depende de la velocidad)
- Consumo
- Low
CoAP
CoAP (RFC 7252) brings GET/POST/PUT/DELETE to devices with 8 KB of RAM over UDP. How Observe and DTLS work, and when to pick it over MQTT.
- Tipo
- Request/Response
- Alcance
- —
- K
KNX
Worldwide standard for home and building automation
- Tipo
- Wired
- Alcance
- Bus de edificio
- Consumo
- Low
LoRaWAN
Open long-range, low-power LPWAN
- Tipo
- LPWAN
- Alcance
- 2-15 km urbano · hasta 30+ km rural
- Consumo
- Ultra-low
- L
LTE-M
Cellular IoT with mobility and voice
- Tipo
- Cellular
- Alcance
- Cobertura celular del operador
- Consumo
- Low
Matter
Smart home interoperability — Apple, Google, Amazon on the same boat
- Tipo
- Mesh
- Alcance
- típico WiFi/mesh hogar
- Consumo
- Low
- M
Modbus
The most widespread industrial fieldbus
- Tipo
- Wired
- Alcance
- RS-485 hasta ~1200 m · red IP (TCP)
- Consumo
- Low
MQTT
The standard pub/sub protocol of IoT
- Tipo
- Pub/Sub
- Consumo
- Low
NB-IoT
3GPP-standardized cellular LPWAN — carrier coverage
- Tipo
- Cellular
- Alcance
- MCL +20 dB sobre LTE (penetra edificios)
- Consumo
- Ultra-low
- O
OPC UA
Interoperability standard for industrial automation
- Tipo
- Request/Response
- Alcance
- LAN/WAN (sobre TCP/IP)
- Consumo
- High
- S
Sigfox
Ultra-narrowband LPWAN for tiny messages
- Tipo
- LPWAN
- Alcance
- Decenas de km (rural)
- Consumo
- Ultra-low
Thread
Thread is the IPv6 mesh protocol over 802.15.4 that underpins Matter. How OpenThread and the Border Router work, and when to choose it over Zigbee.
- Tipo
- Mesh
- Alcance
- 10–30 m por salto (mesh)
- W
Wi-Fi
Ubiquitous high-bandwidth IP connectivity
- Tipo
- Short-range
- Alcance
- Decenas de m (interior)
- Consumo
- High
- Z
Z-Wave
Sub-GHz mesh for reliable home automation
- Tipo
- Mesh
- Alcance
- ~30–100 m por salto (malla)
- Consumo
- Low
Zigbee
Veteran 2.4 GHz mesh — backbone of many smart home hubs
- Tipo
- Mesh
- Alcance
- 10-30 m por hop, escalable por mesh
- Consumo
- Ultra-low