Timing Comparison For Data Transfer By Product

Timing comparison

Timing measurements are made with the radio modems in their default configuration. The measurements are made on a pair of modems performing a loop-back test. Modem A is connected to the PC Com port and Modem B has a loop-back connector.

Time Ttot is measured from the beginning of data shifted in to Modem A to the end of loop-back data shifting out of Modem A. Time Tlat is measured from the beginning of data shifted in to Modem A to the beginning of data shifted out of Modem B. The testing was performed using both 32 byte and 1 byte packets as the test data.

XCite XC09-009 SC / FH XCite XC09-038 SC / FH XStream X09-009 XStream X09-019 XTend XT09 (obsolete) 115 / 9.6 2.4 XBee/XBee Pro 802.15.4 (S1) 115 / 9.6
Data throughput (bps) 9600 38400 9600 19200 115.2k / 9600 250 k
TX Power (mW) 5 5 100 100 1000 1/100
RX Sensitivity (dBm) -108 -104 -110 -107 -100 / -110 -92 / -100
Test interface rate (Kbps) 9.6 / 9.6 38.4 / 38.4 9.6 9.6 115.2 / 9.6 115.2 / 9.6
Tlat (ms) w/ 1 byte 15 / 48 4.2 / 13 48 42 8.5 / 71 3.9 / 7.8
Ttot (ms) w/ 1 byte 32 / 99 9 / 25 99 90 20 / 182 7.5 / 15.3
Tlat (ms) w/ 32 bytes 44 / 73 10 / 18 73 55 13 / 129 8.0 / 41.3
Ttot (ms) w/ 32 bytes 129 / 184 33 / 47 184 131 30 / 264 15.9 / 82.9

SC = Single Channel function set FH = Frequency hopping function set Timing equations

  • XC09-009, X09-009
    • Tlat = 46.3 + (0.7 * B) ms, (0 < B ⇐ 39), B = number of bytes
    • Tlat = 74.8 ms, (B > 39)
  • X09-019
    • Tlat = 41.6 + (0.4 * B) ms, (0 < B ⇐ 63), B = number of bytes
    • Tlat = 66.8 ms, (B > 63)
  • XT09 equations have not yet been calculated.

Note: XC09 and X09 timings are accurate to within +/- 3 ms.

XBee 900 HP 200 K XBee 900 HP 200 K XBee 900 HP 200 K XLR Ethernet
Data throughput 200 Kbps 200 Kbps 200 Kbps 1 Mbs
TX Power 1 mW 1 mW 1 mW 1 mW
RX Sensitivity -101 dBm -101 dBm -101 dBm -98 dBm
Test interface rate 9600 bps 19200 bps 115.5 Kbps 10/100 Base T
Tlat (ms) w/ 1 byte 18 ms 16 ms 15 ms 8 ms
Ttot (ms) w/ 1 byte 40 ms 35 ms 32 ms
Tlat (ms) w/ 32 bytes 53 ms 35 ms 20 ms 20 ms*
Ttot (ms) w/ 32 bytes 72 ms 52 ms 37 ms

* This was done with a 128 byte packet At the time this article was updated, the timing specifications for Ttot on the XLR PRO had not been performed.

S2C 802.15.4 9.6k/115.2kbps S2C Digi Mesh 2.4 9.6k/115.2kbps S2C Zigbee 9.6k/115.2kbps XBee SX/XBee PRO SX 9.6k/115.2kbps XBee PRO XTC 9.6k/115.2kbps
Data throughput 250kbps 250kbps 250kbps 250kbps 120kbps
TX power 3.1/6.3 mW 63mW PRO 6.3mW / 63mW PRO 6.3mW / 63mW PRO 20dBm - 30dBm 20dBm - 30 dBm
RX Sensitivity -102dBm Boost mode -100 dBm Normal -101dBm PRO -102dBm -102dBm boost mode -100 dBm Normal -101dBm PRO -113dBm Low data rate -106dBm Middle data rate -103dBm High data rate -110dBm (10kbps) -100dBm (125kbps)
Test interface rate (BD) 9.6kbps / 115.2kbps 9.6kbps / 115.2kbps 9.6kbps / 115.2kbps 9.6kbps / 115.2kbps 9.6kbps / 115.2kbps
Tlat (ms) w/ 1 byte 8.4ms/5.8ms 8.44ms/6.02ms 10.9/7.2ms 23.7ms/19.7ms 11.64/10.44ms
Ttot (ms) w/ 1 byte 16.8ms/12ms 22.5ms/19.4ms 22ms/17ms 49.2ms/39.6ms 43.2ms/36.3ms
Tlat (ms) w/ 32 bytes 55ms/9.5ms 42.6ms/9.44ms 10.9/10.16ms 24.6ms/20.7ms 8.4ms/9.2ms
Ttot (ms) w/ 32 bytes 85.2ms/19.9ms 84.4ms/20ms 88.4ms/29ms 115.6ms/47.2ms 92.4ms/48.6ms