Why Does DASH7 Use 433 MHz?

J P Norair
Why Does DASH7 Use 433 MHz?
Co-chair, DASH7 Technology Working Group
18 September 2009
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Ultra-low Energy
What is
Wireless Data Technology
Based on the ISO 18000-7
standard
What is
DASH7?
standard
Mandated by U.S. Department of
Defense, allied militaries
Typical range: 250 m (up to 5 km)
433 MHz
DASH7 i t ISO 18000 7 28 kbps
Extendable to 2-hop (ad hoc),
sensor, security, and other
DASH7 is to ISO 18000-7
what WiFi is to IEEE
sensor, security, and other
features
802.11
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Why does DASH7
use 433 MHz ?
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THERE ARE
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~1 MHz AM Radio
~100 MHz FMRadio
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FREQUENCIES
~100 MHz FM Radio
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Each frequency band has its own
strengths and weaknesses Low
2 GHz US 3G Cellular
2.45 GHz WiFi, Bluetooth
strengths and weaknesses. Low-
power, two-way communication
typically can only be done in one of
the bands to the left the bands to the left.
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433 MHz DASH7
900MHz 2G/3G Cellular 900 MHz 2G/3G Cellular
2.45 GHz WiFi, Bluetooth
Of these bands, there are only three can be used in most countries
without paying the local government for a license.
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433 MHz DASH7
2.45 GHz WiFi, Bluetooth
And only two that can be used internationally
without a license
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1 GHz 2 GHz 3 GHz
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Applications
Radio US
3G
Bluetoot
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WiFi
DAS
H7
GSM
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ZigBee
HDTV HDTV
Long Range High Data Rate
Attributes
Low Noise
Non-Line-of-Sight
Many Channels
High Interference
WHICH FREQUENCY IS BEST?
Each frequency has basic advantages and disadvantages. Higher
frequencies sacrifice most attributes in order to deliver larger bandwidths
and higher data rates.
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HOW DOES
DASH7 DASH7
STACK UP?
Different technologies utilize their
frequency bands in different ways
(the basic attributes still apply). ( y)
Communications engineers can turn
weaknesses into strengths, at the
cost of added complexity or other
tradeoffs.
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2.45 GHz
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433 MHz
High Data Rate
Multiple Channels
Streaming Video
High Power
Short Range
Easily Interfered
2.45 GHz
Medium Data Rate
Frequency
Hopping
Very Short Range
Poor Coverage
Medium Power
Long Range
Penetrates Concrete
(Great Coverage)
Ultra Low Power
2.45 GHz
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Streaming Audio
LowPower Easily Interfered
U a o o e
Low Interference
Low Data Rata
Some Antenna
Low Power Easily Interfered
Poor Coverage
Short Range
Limitations
A technology should be used in applications that maximize its strengths.
Technologies without strengths will struggle even if they have no weaknesses.