Zigbee Wireless Technology and the Ieee 802.15.4 Radio – Enabling Simple Wireless

ZigBee wireless mesh technology makes wireless sensor and control network applications practical. Cost-effective, simple-touse, capable of very long product functionality from a pair of standard alkaline cells, it is meant for developers who want either to get rid of the tether that their product must use or provide a new level of functionality to their products with wireless communications. The ZigBee Specification [1] takes advantage of the IEEE STD 802.15.4 [2] wireless protocol as the basic communications method, and expands on this with a robust mesh network, applications profiles and device descriptions as well as interoperability and compliance testing.