ZigBee Smart Energy version 2.0 will be IP-based and offer a variety of new features. Given the important role ZigBee Smart Energy plays in the Smart Grid, the ZigBee Alliance is taking unprecedented steps for an open organization engaged in standards development. It has made three documents that guide development available for public review: Market Requirements Document, draft Technical Requirements Document and the draft 0.7 Specification.
The Alliance develops its standards as an open and participation-based organization using well defined consensus processes that gather numerous contributions from industry and technical experts. The Alliance has already entered into a number of liaison relationships with key stakeholder groups to engage directly in the cooperative development process for the HAN and the Smart Grid. Those groups include NIST, HomePlug Powerline Alliance, Wi-Fi Alliance, ESMIG, DLMS, IETF and IPSO.
After successfully completing development milestones, the next draft to be posted will be the 0.9 specification.
Market Requirements Document
The ZigBee+HomePlug Smart Energy Marketing Requirements Document details the next generation of functionality envisioned for the Smart Grid with accompanying consumer control. It includes insight to a variety of use cases including plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) charging, installation, configuration, firmware download for HAN devices, prepay services, user information and messaging, load control, demand response, and common information and application profile interfaces for wired and wireless HANs. This document guides the technical development of ZigBee Smart Energy 2.0.
Technical Requirements Draft Document
As of May 8, the public comment period ended; therefore, the Alliance is no longer accepting comments. However, you may review Technical Requirements Document the draft document for ZigBee Smart Energy 2.0. A revised Technical Requirements Document will be shared publicly after all comments submitted are processed.
Draft 0.7 Specification Document
As of June 5, the public comment period ended; therefore, the Alliance is no longer accepting comments. However, you may review the Draft 0.7 Document of ZigBee Smart Energy 2.0. The next draft to be shared publicly will be the 0.9 document of ZigBee Smart Energy 2.0 and it will be posted once the specification has passed development milestones.
Public Comment Opportunities
The Alliance will publicly announce all public comment opportunities. To be notified of these opportunities, please join the ZigBee Interest Group.
Disclaimer
Posted ZigBee Smart Energy 2.0 documents are only in draft form, and neither the Alliance nor any of its members make any representations, warranties or claims as to any intellectual property rights that may be embedded in or a part of the draft documents. Any member contributed intellectual property that is included in a final adopted standard is done so under the reasonable and non-discriminatory terms of the Alliance's Intellectual Property Rights policy. Since the documents posted are in draft form, no assurance can be made that the standard finally approved will be identical to the draft documents, and there is no assurance that public comments will become a part of, or incorporated into, the draft documents. The Alliance strongly recommends that no products be manufactured based on draft documents.