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Multiple Choice

Which technology among the following is listed as a long-range wireless option for IoT?

LoRa is designed for long-range, low-power IoT communications. It uses a wide-area approach that lets a single gateway hear many devices spread over several kilometers, all while keeping power usage very low so devices can run on small batteries for years. This combination makes it ideal for IoT scenarios where sensors are widely dispersed or in remote areas. Cordless phones are built for short-range voice calls inside homes or offices and aren’t intended for IoT-scale wireless coverage. Zigbee focuses on short-range, high-density networks (like within buildings), typically tens to a few hundred meters, and relies on many nearby nodes. GPS isn’t a communication method for sending IoT data over a network at all; it’s a positioning system that provides location data and depends on other networks to transmit that data. So LoRa stands out as the long-range wireless option suitable for IoT.

LoRa is designed for long-range, low-power IoT communications. It uses a wide-area approach that lets a single gateway hear many devices spread over several kilometers, all while keeping power usage very low so devices can run on small batteries for years. This combination makes it ideal for IoT scenarios where sensors are widely dispersed or in remote areas.

Cordless phones are built for short-range voice calls inside homes or offices and aren’t intended for IoT-scale wireless coverage. Zigbee focuses on short-range, high-density networks (like within buildings), typically tens to a few hundred meters, and relies on many nearby nodes. GPS isn’t a communication method for sending IoT data over a network at all; it’s a positioning system that provides location data and depends on other networks to transmit that data.

So LoRa stands out as the long-range wireless option suitable for IoT.