ZigBee
Introduction
ZigBee is the Global Wireless Language
connecting Dramatically Different Devices
to Work Together and Enhance Everyday
Life.
What is ZigBee?
■ A Standard Global Protocol Developed
and Supported by 250+ Companies Around
the World
■ ZigBee Meets Key Market Needs
► No new wires
► Easy to install and maintain (mesh,
self-organizing)
► Reliability (self-healing)
► Ability to scale to thousands of devices
(nodes)
► Long battery life (years on a AA
battery)
► Low cost (open standard, multi-vendor
availability)
■ Solutions Available Today From Thriving
Ecosystem
► Robust, Diverse Value and Supply
Chain
 Silicon  Platforms  Modules 
Tools Products
Purpose of ZigBee
■ Create a Much Needed Global Wireless
Language
► ZigBee gives a voice to the myriad of
everyday devices that surround us as we go
about our daily lives.
► These devices are overlooked in an IT
centric world:
 Light switches, thermostats,
electricity meters
 More complex sensor devices found
abundantly in the commercial
building and industrial automation worlds
ZIGBEE APPLICATIONS :

Technology Overview

ZigBee Operates Within IEEE 802 Wireless Standards Family

Technology Overview
 ZigBee: A High Level Communication
Protocol
 Uses small, ultra low-power digital
radios based on the IEEE 802.15.4
standard for wireless networks
 Targeted at RF Applications Requiring:
 Low data rate
 Long battery life
 Secure networking
 IEEE 802.15.4
 Serves as the standard upon which
ZigBee is built

ZigBee & Other Wireless Standards

Comparing ZigBee and Bluetooth:
ZigBee was developed to serve very different applications than Bluetooth
and leads to tremendous optimizations in power consumption. Some of the
key differentiators are:
ZigBee
►Very low duty cycle, very long primary
battery life
►Static and dynamic star and mesh
networks, >65,000 nodes, with low latency
available
►Ability to remain quiescent for long
periods without communications
►Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum allows
devices to sleep without the requirement for
close synchronization
Telecom Applications (TA)
■ Scope & Purpose
The profile will be applied in
telecom value-added services and
supplementary services to enhance and
fulfill the telecom network functions, and it
also includes some applications integrated
with some mobile terminals and plug-in
modules.
Bluetooth
►Moderate duty cycle, secondary battery
lasts same as master
►Very high QoS and very low, guaranteed
latency
►Quasi-static star network up to seven
clients with ability to participate in more than
one network
►Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum is
extremely difficult to create extended
networks without large synchronization cost
■ ZigBee Mobile Terminal
ZigBee Mobile Terminal will
integrate functions of a general mobile
device and functions of a ZigBee device into
one single device. Note a general mobile
device could be a cellular phone, a PDA, a
Wi-Fi phone or a WiMax phone in the
future.
■ ZigBee SIM Card
ZigBee SIM Card is a Subscriber
Identity Module (SIM) card providing
ZigBee functionalities such as wireless
short-range connection, secure data transfer
and profile functions (deriving from TA
Profile or other ZigBee profiles).
Information Delivery:
■ ZigBee Point-of-Sales
ZigBee Point of Sales (ZigBee POS)
is a device that can be used for payments
services (e.g. mobile payments). It can
communicate to ZigBee TA profile devices
like ZigBee Mobile Terminal and ZigBee
SIM card in order to operate payment
transactions or deliver an electronic product
code to complete required payment
operations.
Wireless Sensor Applications
■ Scope & Purpose
This profile is designed to
enable wireless sensor network (WSN)
applications. Three distinct applications
are defined that can be categorized as
WSN applications:
 Environmental Monitoring of
either indoor or outdoor areas
 Asset Tracking of mobile tagged-
things or persons
 Structural or Machine
Monitoring
Installation scenarios
include areas with little or
infrastructure such as networks that are
deployed outdoors, or as temporary
installations. In such situations, the
assumption of a powered backbone is no
longer tenable. The nodes themselves
should be capable of battery powered
routing or forwarding of their neighbors’
data to one or more centralized
collection points. Note that with sensor
data, the key assumption is that the data
must be collected and pulled out of the
network
Sample Applications
• Agricultural sensing
• Structural monitoring
• Asset tracking
Example Devices
■ Acoustic/Ultrasonic Output Device
This device shall have the ability
to produce an audible signal for alarming
or acoustic ranging applications. An
acoustic output device could satisfy the
need for a simple user interface or
provide output during an actuation
may process. The intent is to only incorporate
no an
acoustic output device on select nodes in
the network.
■ Binary Output Device
This generates an output state of
either 1 or 0. It may be latching or
pulsed. The binary output device could
satisfy the need for a simple user
interface or provide output during an
actuation process. The intent is to only
incorporate the binary output device on
select nodes in the network.
■ Sensors
Sensors measure one of several
parameters, and either report the
measurement to other devices either
periodically, or when they are queried.
There are a wide range of sensor types,
some of which are already available in
the ZCL.
Conclusion :
This paper has combined the
characteristics of the IEEE 802.15.4
standard with the maturing ZigBee
specification in defining the wireless
profiles for low data rate monitoring and
control applications. The capabilities of
both will result in the availability of a
technology tailored specifically for the
low power, low cost, and low
complexity applications in the industrial,
residential, and home today and in the
future.