1. 1Ember Corporation Copyright © 2008 — All Rights Reserved Zigbee Network Formation

2. 2Ember Corporation Copyright © 2008 — All Rights Reserved Agenda Who can form network –Introducing Zigbee Coordinator What do you need to form network? 2 ways for forming a Network

3. 3Ember Corporation Copyright © 2008 — All Rights Reserved Who can form Zigbee Network Zigbee Coordinator

4. 4Ember Corporation Copyright © 2008 — All Rights Reserved What do you need to form network? RF Channel PAN ID Extended PAN ID

5. 5Ember Corporation Copyright © 2008 — All Rights Reserved 2 ways to from a network 1.By using a predefined channel & PAN 2.By scanning for a clean channel & PAN

6. 6Ember Corporation Copyright © 2008 — All Rights Reserved 1. Use predefined channel & PAN The coordinator can form the network with a set of network info predefined at compiled time. The advantage of this is simple for coding and network management since the application will always use the same channel and PAD ID. The disadvantage is inflexibility and there is a possibility of channel interference or PAN conflict.

7. 7Ember Corporation Copyright © 2008 — All Rights Reserved Prevent Interference with WiFi 802.11x 802.15.4

8. 8Ember Corporation Copyright © 2008 — All Rights Reserved 2. Scan for channel & PAN Another option of forming a network is to let coordinator scan for the best channel & PAN during network formation. The advantage of this is flexibility; it can scan for a clean channel to form network The disadvantage is it introduce complexity for other nodes to join; the new node will need to choose the right network to join