Zigbee and Bluetooth :

Strengths and weakness for industrial

applications
Contents
 Term project overview

 Zigbee summary
 Bluetooth summary
 Desirable characteristics
 Properties comparison
 Applications
Project Overview
Zigbee
 Low power mesh networking
 IEEE 802.15.4 Standard, based on
Motorola’s proposal
 “Low power”, “Networked”, “Open
standard”
 Personal Operating Space (POS) of 10m
radius, or greater range
 Mesh self-healing network
Bluetooth
 Alternatives to cables
 IEEE 802.15.1 standard (2002)
 “Short range” and “Mobile products”
 POS of 10m radius, with mobility
 Ad-hoc connections between devices
Desirable Characteristics
 Range
 Data rate
 Network latency
 Power profile
 Security
 Operating frequency
 Engineering & design complexity
Desirable Characteristics (Cont’d)

 Network topology
 # of devices
 Scalability / Extendibility
 Flexibility
 Resilience / Reliability
Comparison (Zigbee vs. Bluetooth)

 Range
 10-100m vs. 10m
 Data rate
 20-250Kbps vs. 1Mbps
 Network latency
 Relatively, Slow vs. Fast
 Power profile
 Years vs. Days
Comparison (Cont’d)
 Security
 Operating frequency
 Using same 2.5Ghz ISM Band
 Complexity
 Relatively, Simple vs. Complex
 Network topology, # of devices
 Up to 7 slaves vs. 65000 network nodes
Comparison (Cont’d)
Applications
 Zigbee
 Remote sensing & control

 Bluetooth
 Machine to machine
More …
 Network structure
 Exhibition positioning
 Spectator/Audience movement