ZigBee Basics
This chapter is an introduction to the ZigBee standard for short-range wireless networking. The goal of this chapter is to provide a brief overview of ZigBee’s fundamental properties, including its networking topologies, channel access mechanism, and the role of each protocol layer. The topics discussed in this chapter are covered in more detail in the reminder of this book.
1.1 What Is ZigBee?
ZigBee is a standard that defines a set of communication protocols for low-data-rate short-range wireless networking [1]. ZigBee-based wireless devices operate in 868 MHz, 915 MHz, and 2.4 GHz frequency bands. The maximum data rate is 250 K bits per second. ZigBee is targeted mainly for battery-powered applications where low data ...
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