1. ZigBee Wireless Communications EE 418/518 Chris Diamond Michael Gordon Priya Joshi Gideon Wamae

2. Presentation Outline  Gideon – What ZigBee is – What ZigBee does  Chris – How ZigBee works – The hype cycle  Priya – Academic research  Michael: –Products –Future

3. What is ZigBee?  Technological Standard Created for Control and Sensor Networks  Based on the IEEE 802.15.4 Standard  Created by the ZigBee Alliance

4. –“the software” –Network, Security & Application layers –Brand management IEEE 802.15.4 –“the hardware” –Physical & Media Access Control layers IEEE 802.15.4 & ZigBee In Context PHY 868MHz / 915MHz / 2.4GHz MAC Network Star / Mesh / Cluster-Tree Security 32- / 64- / 128-bit encryption Application API ZigBee Alliance IEEE 802.15.4 Customer Silicon Stack App Source: http://www.zigbee.org/resources/documents/IWAS_presentation_Mar04_Designing_with_802154_and_zigbee.ppt

5. The 802 Wireless Space Source: http://www.zigbee.org/en/resources/

6. ZigBee and Other Wireless Technologies Source: http://www.zigbee.org/en/about/faq.asp

7. ZigBee Aims Low  Low data rate  Low power consumption  Small packet devices

8. ZigBee Frequencies  Operates in Unlicensed Bands  ISM 2.4 GHz Global Band at 250kbps  868 MHz European Band at 20kbps  915 MHz North American Band at 40kbps

9. What Does ZigBee Do?  Designed for wireless controls and sensors  Operates in Personal Area Networks (PAN’s) and device-to-device networks  Connectivity between small packet devices  Control of lights, switches, thermostats, appliances, etc.

10. Lights and Switches Source: ZigBee Specification Document

11. How ZigBee Works  Topology –Star –Cluster Tree –Mesh  Network coordinator, routers, end devices

12. How ZigBee Works  States of operation –Active –Sleep  Devices –Full Function Devices (FFD’s) –Reduced Function Devices (RFD’s)  Modes of operation –Beacon –Non-beacon

13. Slide Courtesy of ZigBee Mesh Networking Source: http://www.zigbee.org/en/resources/#SlidePresentations

14. Slide Courtesy of ZigBee Mesh Networking Source: http://www.zigbee.org/en/resources/#SlidePresentations

15. Slide Courtesy of ZigBee Mesh Networking Source: http://www.zigbee.org/en/resources/#SlidePresentations

16. Slide Courtesy of ZigBee Mesh Networking Source: http://www.zigbee.org/en/resources/#SlidePresentations

17. Slide Courtesy of ZigBee Mesh Networking Source: http://www.zigbee.org/en/resources/#SlidePresentations

18. ZigBee and the Hype Cycle Source: http://computing.arizona.edu/networkmasterplan/tech_hpe_0703.pdf

19. ZigBee and the Hype Cycle Source: http://www.santafe.cc.fl.us/~faeds/presentations/2004%20Educational%20Tech%20Landscape.ppt#11

20. ZigBee and the Hype Cycle Source: http://danielneamu.rdscv.ro/cutenews/images/gartner_hype_cycle_4.jpg

21. Research in ZigBee  Introduction  Research  Research Papers

22. Introduction  The IEEE 802.15.4 standard was completed in May 2003.  The ZigBee specifications were ratified on 14 December 2004.  The ZigBee Alliance announced public availability of Specification 1.0 on 13 June 2005.  Much research is still going on with ZigBee.

23. Academic Research Research in ZigBee is being conducted in different fields:  Wireless and sensor networks  Wireless communications  Neuroengineering

24. Research Papers  Time Synchronization for ZigBee Networks  ZigBee: “Wireless Control That Simply Works”  Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation  Development of Ubiquitous Sensor Network  Wireless Technologies for Data Acquisition Systems

25. ZigBee and the Market  The next big thing  Expected to hit the market full force in 2006  Companies have already invested millions

26. ZigBee Products  Development Kits  Sensors  Transceivers  Modules

27. Current ZigBee Uses  Environmental Monitoring  Agricultural Monitoring  Home Automation Still on Horizon

28. Product Applications  Road map products-tracking  Consumer electronics  PC  Personal and healthcare  Commercial and residential control

29. ZigBee’s Future Source: http://www.zigbee.org/imwp/idms/popups/pop_download.asp?ContentID=7092

30. The End

31. References  http://www.zigbee.org/en/about/faq.asp  http://www.zigbee.org/en/resources/#SlidePresentations  http://computing.arizona.edu/networkmasterplan/tech_hpe_0703.pdf  http://www.santafe.cc.fl.us/~faeds/presentations/2004%20Educational%20Tech%20Landscape.pp t#11  http://danielneamu.rdscv.ro/cutenews/images/gartner_hype_cycle_4.jpg  http://www.embedded.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=52600868  http://www.embedded.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=52600868  http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/08/wo_brown081904.asp  http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is- zigbee.htm?referrer=adwords_campaign=zigbee_ad=013761&_content_kw=what%20is%20zigbee  http://www.emba.uvm.edu/~jfrolik/papers/chris_prop.pdf  http://bmc.ub.uni-potsdam.de/1743-0003-2-6/1743-0003-2-6.pdf  http://www.oki.com/en/otr/200/downloads/otr-200-R08.pdf  http://www.ece.uah.edu/~milenka/docs/dc_ssst05_synch.pdf  http://www.merl.com/reports/docs/TR2005-029.pdf  http://www.zigbee.org/resources/documents/IWAS_presentation_Mar04_Designing_with_802154_ and_zigbee.ppt  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZigBee  http://www.zigbee.org/imwp/idms/popups/pop_download.asp?ContentID=7092  http://www.zigbee.org/en/spec_download/download_request.asp

32. Competing Technologies  Z-Wave mesh networks  Smarthomes Insteon  Proprietary mesh protocols

33. The ZigBee Name  Named for erratic, zig-zagging patterns of bees between flowers  Symbolizes communication between nodes in a mesh network  Network components analogous to queen bee, drones, worker bees

34. ZigBee Product Companies  Helicomm  MaxStream  Luxoft Labs  Crossbow Technology  Innovative Wireless Technologies

35. ZigBee Network Configuration Source: http://www.embedded.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=52600868