2. What is ZigBee?
Technological Standard Created for
Control and Sensor Networks
Based on the IEEE 802.15.4
Standard
Created by the ZigBee Alliance
3. ZigBee and Other Wireless
Technologies
Source: http://www.zigbee.org/en/about/faq.asp
4. ZigBee Aims Low
Low data rate
Low power consumption
Small packet devices
5. ZigBee Frequencies
Operates in Unlicensed Bands
ISM 2.4 GHz Global Band at 250kbps
868 MHz European Band at 20kbps
915 MHz North American Band at
40kbps
6. What Does ZigBee Do?
Designed for wireless controls and
sensors
Operates in Personal Area Networks
(PAN’s) and device-to-device
networks
Connectivity between small packet
devices
Control of lights, switches,
thermostats, appliances, etc.
7. How ZigBee Works
Topology
– Star
– Mesh
Network coordinator, routers, end
devices
8. How ZigBee Works
States of operation
– Active
– Sleep
Devices
– Full Function Devices (FFD’s)
– Reduced Function Devices (RFD’s)
Modes of operation
– Beacon
– Non-beacon
9. Slide Courtesy of
ZigBee Mesh Networking
Source: http://www.zigbee.org/en/resources/#SlidePresentations
10. Slide Courtesy of
ZigBee Mesh Networking
Source: http://www.zigbee.org/en/resources/#SlidePresentations
11. Slide Courtesy of
ZigBee Mesh Networking
Source: http://www.zigbee.org/en/resources/#SlidePresentations
12. Slide Courtesy of
ZigBee Mesh Networking
Source: http://www.zigbee.org/en/resources/#SlidePresentations
13. Slide Courtesy of
ZigBee Mesh Networking
Source: http://www.zigbee.org/en/resources/#SlidePresentations
15. Current ZigBee Uses
Environmental Monitoring
Agricultural Monitoring
Home Automation Still on Horizon
16. The ZigBee Name
Named for erratic, zig-zagging
patterns of bees between flowers
Symbolizes communication between
nodes in a mesh network
Network components analogous to
queen bee, drones, worker bees