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1. Introduction to the IEEE 802.15.4 standard
The IEEE 802.15.4 standard provides a physical layer and a data link layer adapted to low-speed applications where energy autonomy is a major constraint. In this first chapter, we present the main features, the original standard and its evolutions.
1.1 Initial standard (IEEE 802.15.4-2003)
At the end of the 1990s, as several short-range wireless telecommunications technologies were being standardized and used worldwide – including WiFi (IEEE 802.11) and Bluetooth (IEEE 802.15.1) – the scientific community highlighted a number of weaknesses. These mainly concern energy autonomy and the ability to scale up to an infrastructure-free network, while Bluetooth's scatternet option, which enables a network to be extended beyond seven entities, is still not available...
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Introduction to the IEEE 802.15.4 standard
Protocols based on 802.15.4
Bibliography
Websites
ISA100.11a Release 1 Status, Oct. 2007 http://www.isa.org/source/ISA100.11a_Release1_Status.ppt
Hart Communication Foundation, Feb. 2008 http://www.hartcomm2.org/hart_protocol/wireless_hart/wireless_hart_main.html
...Standards and norms
- LAN/MAN Standards Committee of the IEEE Computer Society – IEEE Standard for Information technology – Telecommunications and information exchange between systems – Local and metropolitan area networks – Specific requirements – Part 15.4: Wireless Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications for Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (LR-WPANs) - IEEE 802.15.4-2003 -
- LAN/MAN Standards Committee...
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