ZigBee can be used in myriad products. With that unlimited flexibility, it's necessary to offer interoperable standards for specific markets. These standards, sometimes referred to by their technical name, public application profiles, make products work together to meet a specific market use. Since all products using the same standard can communicate regardless of product type or product manufacturer, consumers have more choices in finding the right product.
The ZigBee Alliance has developed a wide variety of innovative standards for our target markets:
- Commercial building management
- Consumer electronics
- Energy management
- Health care and fitness
- Residential management
- Retail management
- Telecommunications
The benefits of using ZigBee standards in products and services are compelling:
- Standardized device interoperability allows product manufacturers to focus on their product innovation vs. creating their own proprietary networking protocols
- Product manufacturers can refresh existing products and add innovative new features
- Innovative features allow new products to solve previously unsolvable problems
- ZigBee differentiates manufacturers' products from competitors' products
Products are eligible for the ZigBee Certified distinction in the marketplace.
Standards Based
The foundation of every ZigBee standard and specification is the powerful IEEE 802.15.4 physical radio standard operating in unlicensed bands worldwide at 2.4GHz (global), 915Mhz (Americas) and 868Mhz (Europe). It delivers raw data throughput rates of 250Kbs at 2.4GHz (16 channels), 40Kbs at 915Mhz (10 channels) and 20Kbs at 868Mhz (1 channel). Transmission distances are remarkable for a low-power solution, ranging from 10 to 1,600 meters, depending on power output and environmental conditions, such as other buildings, interior wall types and geographic topology.