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February 2005, Issue 175

Zeroing in on ZigBee (Part 1)
Introduction to the Standard


by Pete Cross

SOURCES AND PDF

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Pete Cross lives in Hamilton, New Zealand, where he helps design on-line sensors that use a range of optical, electronic, and assay-based techniques for measuring biological components in fluids. You can reach him at pete.cross@clear.net.nz.


REFERENCES

[1]  G. Lu, et al., “Performance Evaluation of the IEEE 802.15.4 MAC for Low-Rate Low-Power Wireless Networks,” Workshop on Energy-Efficient Wireless Communications and Networks, April 2004.

[2]  C. Langton, “All About Modulation Part I,” www.complextoreal.com, 2002.


RESOURCES

J. Adams, “Meet the ZigBee Standard,” Sensors, June 2003.

D. Benson and M. Gold, “Survey of Selected 802.xx Wireless Standards,” SRI Consulting Business Intelligence, August 2003.

IEEE 802.15 WPAN Task Group 4 website, www.ieee802.org/15/pub/ TG4.html. 

IEEE Standards Association, IEEE 802.15.4-2003, http://standards.ieee.org/ getieee802/802.15.html.

ZigBee overview, The ZigBee Alliance, www.zigbee.org.