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ABSTRACT
After the arrival on the market of wireless local networks WiFi and Bluetooth, the ZigBee network also appears to have a promising future. This new Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) is adapted to general public applications such as the ones destined to domotics and also to domains directed towards communication in the industrial environment. The ZigBee network has numerous strong assets, notably easiness of implementation and low energy consumption modes. Furthermore, the protocol stack offered by this technology can be declined in several versions, adaptable according to the needs and desired topology. This article presents the basic knowledge enabling the advantages and limitations of a wireless personal network such as ZigBee to be assessed.
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Thierry VAL: University Professor. - University of Toulouse ; UTM ; LATTIS IUT de Blagnac
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Eric CAMPO: University of Toulouse ; UTM ; LATTIS IUT de Blagnac
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Adrien VAN DEN BOSSCHE: Post-doctoral fellow. - University of Toulouse ; UTM ; LATTIS IUT de Blagnac
INTRODUCTION
After the arrival on the market of WiFi and Bluetooth wireless local area networks a few years ago, a new technology also looks set for a bright commercial future, both for consumer applications such as home automation, and for areas more closely linked to wireless communications in industrial environments: the ZigBee network. This Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) stands out from its two main competitors by its ease of implementation and low energy consumption. ZigBee technology, associated with the IEEE 802.15.4 standard, offers a lightweight protocol stack that can be adapted in several versions according to requirements and the desired topology, for low data transfer rates and low media utilization rates.
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