What is Zig-Bee?

The technological standard created for control and sensor networks. Based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. Created by the Zig-Bee Alliance for remote control applications that require low data rate, low cost, low power consumption & highly flexible wireless technology.

WIRELESS STANDARED COMPARISION

Market Name Standard Application Focus Transmission Range Band Width Zig-Bee IEEE 802.15.4 Monitoring and Control 100m or more 250Kbps Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11b Web, email, Video 100m 11Mbps 2.4GHz 32 1-5 400 mA 20 Ma (standby mode) 1MB 250 KB Bluetooth IEEE 802.15.1 Cable Replacement 10m 1Mbps 2.4GHz 7 1-7 60 mA

Frequency Range 2.4GHz Nodes per Network Battery Life (Days) Current Consumption 64K 100 1000 (+) 25 35 mA 3 A (standby mode) 4 KB 32 KB

Protocol Stack Size

How Zig-Bee works?

Zig-Bee supports 3 Topologies:
Star Topology Cluster Tree Topology Mesh Topology

Mesh Topology

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 States of Operation
Active mode Sleep mode If there is no communication between the sensors and the control station, the device spends most of its time in a power saving mode, also known as SLEEP MODE. Sleep to active mode recovery timing is 15ms.

Zig-Bee - HIGHLY SECUR

Zig-Bee security, which is based on a 128 bit AES Algorithm. Provided security features Access control Data encryption Frame integrity Sequential freshness Available security modes Unsecured mode ACL mode Secured mode Available security suites AES CTR AES CCM AES CBC - MAC