ZIGBEE: A Wireless Technology
Dr. Vaibhav Jain
Physics Department, DAV (PG) College, Bulandshahr, UP, India.
The IEEE 802.15.4 standard offers a new wireless technology aimed at lower power consumption, low cost, low latency and short range communication. “Zigbee” is termed as the commercial name for this standard. This paper presents a review of IEEE802.15.4 standard with a discussion of the MAC layer. Different network topologies have been presented and a comparison of Zigbee with Bluetooth has been given in detail.
Keywords: Zigbee, LR-WPAN, network topologies.