ZigBee Overview

by
Jay Hendrix - Commercial Building Automation Marketing Group
ZigBee Alliance
&
Jim Kohl - Commercial Building Automation Member ZigBee
Alliance

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Agenda
Introduction

Wireless Benefits
What is ZigBee?
ZigBee
g
Alliance
Target Markets

Certification Programs
Technology
BACnet / ZigBee
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Introduction

ZigBee Alliance | Wireless Control That Simply Works

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Why Go Wireless?
Common Building
g
Challenges

Construction delays and

overruns

Unexpected
use

Difficult
materials

Space
reconfiguration

because wireless is an excellent solution!

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What is ZigBee?
Technology & Standard (global wireless sensing and control network)
Focus Relatively Simple Devices
Low cost (open standard, multi-vendor availability)
Low data rate
Low power (years on a AA battery / batteryless)

Robust, reliable, simple deployment and maintenance

(mesh,, self-organizing,
g
g, self-healing)
g)
Interoperability
Sense and Control
True Wireless Networks that Scale (not simply wireless links)

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Purpose of ZigBee
Create a Much Needed Global Wireless sensing
g and
control network
ZigBee gives a voice to the myriad of everyday devices
that surround us as we go about our daily lives.
lives
These devices are overlooked in an IT centric world:

Light switches, thermostats, electricity meters

More complex sensor devices found abundantly in the
commercial building and industrial automation worlds

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ZigBee Alliance
Alliance Overview
300 + Members - Americas, EMEA, and Asia/Pacific
Independent, vendor-neutral, non-profit corporation
Anyone can join and participate

Robust, Diverse Value and Supply Chain

Silicon Platforms Modules Tools Products

Mission
Define the Network, Security and Application software
layers
Provide Interoperability and Conformance testing
specifications
Promote the ZigBee brand globally
Manage the evolution of the technology
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ZigBee Application Profiles

Profiles complete

Profiles under development

Certified p
products available

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Application Profiles
Two Types
yp of Application
pp
Profiles:
1. Public Application Profiles
Interoperable application specification developed by the
Alliance for a specific domain.
domain Can be used by all
Alliance members in products and allows device
interoperability regardless of device manufacturer

2 Manufacturer
2.
M
f t
Specific
S
ifi Profiles
P fil
Private application profile developed by a company to
operate a ZigBee device

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Certification Programs
1. ZigBee
g
Certified Platform
2. ZigBee Certified Products
3. Designed for ZigBee

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ZigBee Certified Platform

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ZigBee Certified Platform

1. ZigBee Certified Platform
Platform = the basic hardware/software (e.g. chip
and stack) combination needed to create any
Zi B d
ZigBee
device
i
No ZigBee logo use but may state ZCP is ZigBee
C
Compliant
li

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ZigBee Certified Product

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ZigBee Certified Product

2. ZigBee Certified Products
Product is based on an approved and unchanged
ZigBee
g
Certified Platform
A product for use
By an end
end-user
user
Or to be implemented (module) by a manufacturer

Testing for simple pre

pre-qualified
qualified end
end-products,
products,
typically takes one day or less of test lab time

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ZigBee Certified Product (cont.)

Either based on a public or private application profile
ZigBee Certified Product Logo use

Public

Private

Logo used No logo

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ZigBee: Certified Programs

3. Designed for ZigBee
Products that have agreed to seek ZigBee
Certified Product status may
y use this temporary
p
y
description
No logo usage allowed

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Technology
gy Overview

ZigBee Alliance | Wireless Control That Simply Works

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ZigBee Operates Within IEEE

802 Wireless Standards Family
WWAN

IEEE 802
802.22
22

Range
e

IEEE 802.20
WMAN

WiMax
IEEE 802.16

ZigBee
802.15.4
Bluetooth
15.4c
15 4c
802.15.1

WPAN
0.01

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0.1

Wi-Fi
802.11

1
10
Data Rate (Mbps)
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802.15.3
802 15 3c
802.15.3c
100

1000

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Wireless Communication
Standards

Power

Line-Powered,, higher
g
data-rate devices

Ethernet/Internet, Voice, Video

PDA, Mouse, Keyboard

Low power and battery-powered, low

cost low data-rate
cost,
data rate devices

Controllers/Sensors

bps

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Kbps

Mbps

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Data Rate

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Protocol Stack Features

8-bit
8
bit microcontroller (e.g.
(e g
80c51)
Compact protocol stack
Supports simple battery and
mains powered devices

APPLICATION/PROFILES

ZigBee or OEM

APPLICATION FRAMEWORK
NETWORK/SECURTIY
LAYERS

ZigBee
Alliance
Platform

MAC LAYER
PHY LAYER

IEEE

Application
ZigBee Platform Stack
Sili
Silicon

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Topology Models

Mesh

Star

PAN coordinator
Full Function Device

Cluster Tree

Reduced Function Device

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Nodes on a Mesh Network

1
1.

Powered Routers

2.

Network Coordinator

Always on
Communicate with multiple
nodes
Route message traffic for self
and neighbors

Sleepy End Devices (Sensors)

Sleep most of the time

Only route their own traffic
O l communicate
Only
i t with
ith one
line-powered node at a time

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Point-to-point versus Mesh

Point-to-point
Point
to point
communications can
be blocked

Obstruction

Mesh networks
self-form and selfheal to route
around
obstructions

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Building Automation
CONTROL
Integrate and centralize management of lighting,
heating, cooling and security
Automate control of multiple systems to improve
conservation, flexibility and security

CONSERVATION
Reduce energy expenses through optimized
HVAC management
Allocate utility costs equitably based on actual
consumption

FLEXIBILITY
Reconfigure lighting systems quickly to create
adaptable workspaces
Extend and upgrade building infrastructure with
minimal effort

SAFETY
Network and integrate data from multiple access
control points
Deploy
D l wireless
i l
monitoring
it i networks
t
k tto enhance
h
perimeter protection
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Examples of ZigBee in Building

Automation
Wireless controller to controller
communications
E.g. terminal equipment

Sensing
E.g. space sensing for terminal equipment
Battery operated

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Mesh Networks Self Configuring

Networks automatically
y establish robust network
No RF engineering
ac routing
out g node
ode is
sa
Each
an
intelligent Sender,
Receiver and Router.

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Mesh Networks Self Healing

Multiple redundant paths of communication.
If a pathway is blocked, network automatically reroutes.

Obstruction

Messages hop to their destination.

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Network automatically adjusts to obstructions

to ensure message gets through.

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Wireless BACnet Standard

Two separate tracks to the standardization of BACnet tunneled over
ZigBee :
1. ZigBee in the ASHRAE BACnet committees (SSPC-135)
2. BACnet in the ZigBee Alliance
(Commercial Building Automation group)

Approved
St d d
Standard
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1. ASHRAE BACnet Committee

ZigBee as another BACnet Data Link layer
Defined in addendum q of BACnet spec
Similar to BACnet/IP & BACnet/MSTP
ASHRAE Board of Directors to formally approve in Jan 09

Remaining Items
Testing/certification procedures for the new data link
Test Houses

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2. CBA Profile Task Group

Specification text approved for a BACnet
Protocol Tunnel to add wireless to BACnet.
BACnet
Next step:
Interoperability test event

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Coexistence
White Paper
p Demonstrates ZigBee
g
Performs in
Harsh Environments

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Conclusion

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ZigBee Benefits
ZigBee
g
Benefits
Mature/proven technology
Standards-based
Reduced cost
Interoperability
Reduced development time
ZigBee brand recognition

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Resources for Companies

Key
y Links www.zigbee.org
g
g
Technology Downloads

htt // i b
http://zigbee.org/en/spec_download/zigbee_downloads.asp
/ /
d
l d/ i b
d
l d

How To Join

http://zigbee.org/en/join/

White Papers

http://zigbee.org/en/markets/whitepapers1.asp

News

http://zigbee.org/en/press/

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