Analytics for the Internet of Things (IoT)

ZigBee

ZigBee is a little different animal than what we have talked about so far. It covers multiple layers of the protocol stack. It is the network protocol, the transport layer, and an application framework that is the underpinnings of a customer developed application layer.

 

It has security builtin as a requirement and works using small, low power digital radios. It is a self-organizing wireless mesh-style network. The name comes from the waggle dance honey bees often do on returning to the hive.

The range is short, up to 100 meters line of sight, but it can travel long distances by passing data through a mesh network of other ZigBee devices. ...