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	What Is ZigBee?
		The mission of the ZigBee Working Group is to bring about the existence of a broad range of interoperable consumer devices by establishing open industry specifications for unlicensed, untethered peripheral, control and entertainment devices requiring the lowest cost and lowest power consumption communications between compliant devices anywhere in and around the home.
		ZigBee was formerly known as PURLnet, RF-Lite, Firefly, and HomeRF Lite.
		ZigBee's technology is slower than 802.11b (11 Mbps) and Bluetooth (1 Mbps) but it consumes significantly less power.
	www.palowireless.com /zigbee/whatis.asp (255 words)

	ZigBee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		ZigBee is the name of a specification for a suite of high level communication protocols using small, low-power digital radios based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard for wireless personal area networks (WPANs).
		The relationship between IEEE 802.15.4-2003 and ZigBee is similar to that between IEEE 802.11 and the Wi-Fi Alliance.
		Zigbee introduction course An introduction on Zigbee in the English and Dutch language.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/ZigBee (2664 words)

	What is ZigBee? - a definition from Whatis.com
		ZigBee is based on the 802.15 specification approved by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association (IEEE-SA).
		ZigBee provides for high data throughput in applications where the duty cycle is low.
		ZigBee is compatible with most topologies including peer-to-peer, star network, and mesh networks, and can handle up to 255 devices in a single WPAN.
	searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com /sDefinition/0,290660,sid40_gci1127402,00.html (357 words)

	CIOL IT Unlimited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		ZigBee, the new wireless technology was developed to serve different applications than Bluetooth and its technology leads to "tremendous optimizations in power consumption," according to the ZigBee Alliance, a trade association formed to promote the standard.
		ZigBee is billed as a low-cost, low-power, low-data-rate wireless networking standard designed for monitoring and control applications in both industrial and home markets.
		Lopez contends that ZigBee is going to be "the next revolution in wireless technology." 2006 is not that far off, he notes, and companies wanting to stake a claim should begin laying their consumer-side strategies now, not later.
	www.ciol.com /content/search/showarticle.asp?arid=62417&way=search (407 words)

	ZigBee to keep network market buzzing \| CNET News.com
		The ZigBee Alliance, including Honeywell, Invensys, Mitsubishi Electric, Motorola and Philips Electronics, is working on a specification that targets building automation and home automation with low-cost, low-power devices that are expected to last several years on two AA alkaline batteries.
		ZigBee is the offspring of a wireless format that companies are no longer supporting, HomeRF.
		ZigBee's technology is slower than 802.11b, at 11 megabits per second, and Bluetooth, at 1mbps, but it consumes significantly less power, according to Bahl.
	news.com.com /2100-1033-984757.html (627 words)

	ZigBee (Almost) Arrives
		Thus was born the ZigBee Alliance, a consortium of well over 100 companies that looked at what the short range, low power radio frequency (RF) 802.15.4 could do, and built upon it to make something completely interoperable between multiple vendors.
		ZigBee's potential means it has to be able to scale from a few nodes in a home to potentially thousands in a commercial building.
		ZigBee is facing the same issue now that Wi-Fi has faced in the past many times (and faces again with 802.11n)—companies have already started to release chips and products in a "pre-standard" form.
	www.wi-fiplanet.com /news/article.php/3448861 (1288 words)

	Embedded.com - Home networking with Zigbee
		ZigBee was created to satisfy the market's need for a cost-effective, standards-based wireless network that supports low data rates, low power consumption, security, and reliability.
		ZigBee is the only standards-based technology that addresses the needs of most remote monitoring and control and sensory network applications.
		In a mesh topology, the ZigBee coordinator is responsible for starting the network and for choosing key network parameters, but the network may be extended through the use of ZigBee routers.
	www.embedded.com /showArticle.jhtml?articleID=18902431 (3278 words)

	SPACE.com -- The Smart Home Is Here
		ZigBee, an emerging wireless home-networking standard expected to be widely available next year, is about to open up the lines of intergadget chatter.
		Because ZigBee powers only the command and control, it offers a decade of battery life while maintaining up to 328 feet of range (or more, using one gadget to hop to the next).
		ZigBee chips that transmit information "sleep" when not in use, so a light switch that controls an overhead fixture could work for decades.
	www.space.com /businesstechnology/popsci_zigbee_0511.html (436 words)

	Dr. Dobb's \| ZigBee Wireless Sensor Networks \| September 1, 2004
		ZigBee, an emerging wireless Standard, aims to do just that by targeting wireless sensor networks where low-cost, low-power, high-reliability, and high-security are the core issues of the embedded application.
		ZigBee, however, is focused in an area not yet covered by any other standard wireless technology—low-cost, long-battery-life (months to years), and large sensor networks (up to 65,000 nodes).
		ZigBee also addresses other important considerations, such as high security to prevent wireless tampering and eavesdropping, high reliability to ensure that data packets are received, and a reasonable range for networking sensors and actuators together.
	www.ddj.com /184405887 (2527 words)

	Application Development Trends - ZigBee Alliance Opens Membership to Adopter Class
		Zigbee is a proprietary set of networking, security, and application protocols for small, low-power, digital radios.
		ZigBee is narrowband technology, which transmits tiny bits of data in the sub-200-kbps range.
		ZigBee is currently touted primarily as sensor network technology, both for consumer and industrial applications.
	www.adtmag.com /article.asp?id=10771 (621 words)

	Embedded Computing Design \| ZigBee Alliance \| A ZigBee home networking example
		With the first ZigBee wireless technology-enabled product introductions occurring at the beginning of 2005, it is a good time to review how ZigBee networking performs its magic.
		As you probably know, ZigBee networks are natively mesh-based, which means that ZigBee supports point-to-point and multiple hop connections to insure that a message can get from source to destination.
		ZigBee networks are able to form autonomous mesh-networked connections where routing devices establish multiple links with other routing devices.
	www.embedded-computing.com /departments/zigbee/win_04 (972 words)

	Report: ZigBee wireless set to swarm \| Tech News on ZDNet
		About one million devices with ZigBee will be shipped worldwide in 2005, the market research firm forecast in a report released on Tuesday.
		ZigBee is a wireless specification, also known as 802.15.4b, that is tailored to building and home automation.
		Members of the ZigBee Alliance, which includes Mitsubishi Electric and Motorola, have been working on the specification for the low-power, short-range wireless technology for a couple of years.
	news.zdnet.com /2100-9584_22-5304452.html (513 words)

	Technology Review: Emerging Technologies and their Impact
		ZigBee technology could cut installation costs dramatically by letting you install a light switch, say, or a heat or moisture sensor wherever you want in a building just by sticking it on a wall, floor, or ceiling.
		The device's embedded ZigBee chip -- which costs less than five dollars -- would then link up wirelessly with the appropriate light fixture or alarm, saving the exorbitant cost of installing cables or wires in the wall.
		Homeowners' first taste of ZigBee is likely to come in the form of adaptors into which lamps, stereos, and other appliances can be plugged.
	www.technologyreview.com /articles/05/08/issue/forward_home.asp (508 words)

	CommsDesign - ZigBee will require patience
		Of course ZigBee backers will say yes, but the reality, like with all other wireless technologies, is that industrial and security system developers will be cautious with their initial ZigBee rollouts.
		Now that the ZigBee spec has been ratified, designers in these verticals will not only have to deal with another wireless option but also pitches about mesh networking capabilities, which for most may be a long-term option but overkill today.
		ZigBee developers and backers, however, have to keep their enthusiasm in check.
	www.commsdesign.com /news/insights/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55800051 (1062 words)

	ZigBee gets ready for certification - ZDNet UK News
		ZigBee is a combination of a defunct wireless standard called HomeRF Lite and the 802.15.4 specification.
		Several ZigBee products were launched last year, with 30 companies showing off their wares at an Open House event in September 2005.
		In late 2004, Bob Metcalfe, the inventor of Ethernet, predicted that the ZigBee wireless standard would be hugely successful, although it should be noted that his company Polaris Ventures, has invested in several ZigBee companies.
	news.zdnet.co.uk /communications/networks/0,39020345,39246018,00.htm (544 words)

	Consulting-Specifying Engineer - A Fine Mesh You've Gotten Us Into, ZigBee! - 10/1/2005 - CA6271679 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		ZigBee is an open set of high-level communication protocols designed for use with low-power digital radios that are based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standard 802.15.4.
		The ZigBee Alliance is a group of more than 100 companies working to develop standardized application software on top of the IEEE 802.15.4 standard.
		ZigBee allows users to make changes and modifications to their building systems without having to "re-rewire" any of the system devices.
	www.csemag.com /article/CA6271679.html (523 words)

	RF Cafe - ZigBee Manufacturers & Services
		Up until fairly recently ZigBee and WLAN together were believed by pundits to be a low data rate and high data rate, respectively, replacement for Bluetooth.
		One big advantage ZigBee has over Bluetooth is a sleep mode that keeps battery drain to a minimum and allows some applications to go for years between battery changes.
		According to the ZigBee Alliance, it derives its name from the zigzag path of bees that serves to signal a new food source to other members of the colony.
	www.rfcafe.com /references/electrical/zigbee.htm (557 words)

	Engadget
		Ah, Zigbee, that funnily-named wireless mesh network that has investors excited with thoughts of people controlling all sorts of things from all sorts of locations with Bluetooth-like two-way communication.
		AMX is looking to put a little more ZigBee into your life (and, really, couldn't we all use a little?), announcing a pair of new remotes and some other ZigBee wireless gear at the just-concluded CEDIA Expo in Denver.
		We've been accused of belittling ZigBee in the past, mainly because, well, it's pretty easy to mock a networking standard with a name that sounds like it should be a Disney character.
	www.engadget.com /search/?q=zigbee (1179 words)

	Move Over, Bluetooth; ZigBee is here - 3/15/2004 - Design News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The ZigBee protocol promises to provide longer battery life (months or even years on a single battery charge) and to be a lower-cost alternative to Bluetooth for wireless sensing and control applications.
		ZigBee proponents believe mesh networking is the key to unattended wireless systems in the home, business, or industry.
		With the industry experts working to develop the ZigBee network layer and protocol stack and the lessons learned from Bluetooth as their experience factor, Alliance members believe that the risk involved in initiating a design based on the 802.15.4 standard is minimal, even though the ZigBee protocol is not finalized and approved.
	www.designnews.com /article/CA387448.html (2398 words)

	Zigbee (802.15.4) \| Standards & Protocols (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The ZigBee Alliance is an association of companies working together to create a very low-cost, very low power consumption, two-way, global wireless communications standard for use in sensor and control applications in the residential, commercial and industrial markets.
		ZigBee was created to address a market need for a global industry standard to support these applications, as opposed to proprietary solutions.
		It announced ratification of the ZigBee standard in December 2004 and released it to the public in June of 2005.
	www.caba.org /standard/zigbee.html (1083 words)

	ZigBee, a wireless mesh network (hasse.nl)
		Zigbee is a wireless networking standard that is aimed at remote control and sensor applications which is suitable for operation in harsh radio environments and in isolated locations.
		ZigBee's packets have a maximum size of 128 bytes including protocol overhead.
		ZigBee is known because of it's mesh network architecture but it does also support a star topology or cluster tree or hybrid architecture.
	zigbee.hasse.nl (1086 words)

	InterOperability Laboratory: Services: Testing: Zigbee
		ZigBee is a technology also known as IEEE 802.15.4.
		The Zigbee specifications, products, and software from both an interoperability and conformance perspective are under consideration.
		If you or your company are interested in Zigbee technology development and testing, please contact Jeremy Kent at +1-603-862-1694 or via email at jtkent@iol.unh.edu.
	www.iol.unh.edu /services/testing/zigbee (122 words)

	Zigbee Ready \| RF Design - ZigBee-ready IEEE 802.15.4-compliant transceiver, zigbee ready
		The IEEE 802.15.4 standard and Zigbee wireless technology are designed to satisfy the market's need for a low-cost, standard-based and flexible wireless network technology, which offers low power consumption, reliability, interop-erability and security for control and monitoring applications with low to moderate data rates.
		The various layers of the IEEE 802.15.4/Zigbee technology together with the interaction between the IEEE standard, the Zigbee Alliance and end-user providers are shown in Figure 1.
		ZigBee and the underlying IEEE 802.15.4 standard promise a low-cost, low-power and reliable wireless network technology for a wide range of control and monitoring applications within the private sphere and industrial environment.
	rfdesign.com /mag/radio_designing_zigbeeready_ieee (2858 words)

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