This illustration uses a graph format to show the characteristics of selected wireless network standards. The x-axis represents coverage area; from left to right, it includes: Indoor, 10-30m; Outdoor, 50-200m; Mid range outdoor, 200m-4Km; and Long range outdoor, 5Km-20Km. The y-axis represents link rate; from bottom to top it includes: 384 Kbps, 1 Mbps, 4 Mbps, 5-11 Mbps, 54 Mbps, 450 Mbps, and 1300 Mbps.

At "Indoor" on the x-axis, we see the following networks: none at 384 Kbps, 802.15.1 at 1 Mbps, none at 4 Mbps, 802.11b at 5-11 Mbps, 802.11a,g at 54 Mbps, 802.11n at 450 Mbps, and 802.11ac at 1300 Mbps.

4G: LTE stretches from 5-11 Mbps to 450 Mbps on the y-axis and from Outdoor to Long range outdoor on the x-axis. 802.11a,g point-to-point stretches from 5-11 Mbps to 54 Mbps on the y-axis and from Outdoor to Long range outdoor on the x-axis. Enhanced 3G: HSPA stretches from 4 Mbps to 5-11 Mbps on the y-axis and from Outdoor to Long range outdoor on the x-axis. 3G: UMTS/WCDMA, CDMA2000 is at 384 Kbps on the y-axis and stretches from Outdoor to the middle of Long range outdoor on the x-axis. 2G: IS-95, CDMA, GSM sits below 384 Kbps on the y-axis and stretches from Outdoor to Long range outdoor on the x-axis.