Z-Wave has two range modes. The typical mode is designed to match the range of Wi-Fi to prevent urban areas from turning into a see of unusable noise because ev

Z-Wave has two range modes. The typical mode is designed to match the range of Wi-Fi to prevent urban areas from turning into a see of unusable noise because every suburban house and apartment is emitting kilometers of interference. "Long Range" Z-Wave devices are for the HaLOW IoT use case. 802.11ah does differ in that it has provisions to operate more as almost an actual bandwidth carrier than just an IoT network, though non-bridge type devices rarely implement the higher data rate provisions.