ZigBee Wireless Networks and Transceivers [Paperback]

Shahin Farahani PhD (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0750683937 | ISBN-13: 978-0750683937 | Publication Date: September 30, 2008

ZigBee is a short-range wireless networking standard backed by such industry leaders as Motorola, Texas Instruments, Philips, Samsung, Siemens, Freescale, etc. It supports mesh networking, each node can transmit and receive data, offers high security and robustness, and is being rapidly adopted in industrial, control/monitoring, and medical applications. This book will explain the ZigBee protocol, discuss the design of ZigBee hardware, and describe how to design and implement ZigBee networks. The book has a dedicated website for the latest technical updates, ZigBee networking calculators, and additional materials. Dr. Farahani is a ZigBee system engineer for Freescale semiconductors Inc. The book comes with a dedicated website that contains additional resources and calculators: http://www.learnZigBee.com


Table of Contents
Chapter 1: ZigBeeT Basics
Chapter 2: ZigBeeT / IEEE 802.15.4 Networking Examples
Chapter 3: ZigBeeT / IEEE 802.15.4 Protocol Layers
Chapter 4: Transceiver Requirements
Chapter 5: RF Propagation, Antennas, and Regulatory Requirements
Chapter 6: Battery Life Analysis
Chapter 7: Location Estimating Using ZigBeeT
Chapter 8: ZigBeeT Coexistence
Chapter 9: Related Technologies
Appendices

KEY FEATURES

* Provides a comprehensive overview of ZigBee technology and networking, from RF/physical layer considerations to application layer development.
* Discusses ZigBee security features such as encryption.
* Describes how ZigBee can be used in location detection applications.
* Explores techniques for ZigBee co-existence with other wireless technologies such as 802.11 and Bluetooth.
* The book comes with a dedicated website that contains additional resources and calculators: http://www.learnZigBee.com

Editorial Reviews

Review

From the Foreword: "I recommend this book to system designers, technical managers, wireless engineers, and researchers who are interested in gaining a comprehensive understanding of the principals and applications of ZigBee for low-power, low-data-rate wireless networking." - Dr. Robert F. Heile, Chairman of IEEE 802.15 and ZigBee Alliance

"This book provides a one stop reference for the 802.15.4 PHY and MAC Layers and the ZigBee Networking Layer including the practical challenges in the deployment of these wireless networks." - Clinton Powell, Freescale Wireless Connectivity Operations Global Platform Systems Chief Architect, Chair of IEEE 802.15.4 Task Group C and Secretary of ZigBee Alliance ZigBee Qualification Group.

"ZigBee Wireless Networks and Transceivers provides a handy reference for developers of ZigBee and 802.15.4 based networks." - Phil Beecher, Software Team Leader, Integration UK Ltd, Chair of IEEE 802.15.4 Task Group D and Vice Chair/Secretary of IEEE 802.15.4 Task Group E.

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Newnes (September 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750683937
• ISBN-13: 978-0750683937
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #631,997 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Shahin Farahani is a Product Manager for Qualcomm Inc. Prior to Qualcomm, he was with Freescale semiconductor (Motorola SPS) for 6 years acted as the RF/Analog system engineer of System-on-Chip transceivers for short-range wireless networking (IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee). He was selected as the Engineer of the Year by IEEE in 2008 and classified as an Outstanding Researcher by the United State Government in 2007. Dr. Farahani's main hobby is flying single engine airplanes.

The companion website for the book: LearnZigBee.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for ZigBee and short-range wireless networking, December 4, 2008

By 

Brent Cutler (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ZigBee Wireless Networks and Transceivers (Paperback)

This book is excellent for learning ZigBee/IEEE802.15.4 and short-range wireless networking. I found this book very useful and it has answered many of my questions. I am impressed with its content and this book should be the definitive starting purchase for any ZigBee or IEEE 802.15.4 developer. I manage a small team of application engineers building proprietary wireless devices. We bought all three ZigBee books currently available on the market and we like this book the most.

Here are my comments regarding this book:

Pros:
1. Excellent introduction to ZigBee and IEEE 802.15.4. This book is well written and started us on the right track. The book goes beyond the basics.

2. This book contains a great introduction to the field of short-range wireless networking. Many of the materials discussed in this book (e.g., range calculations, battery life calculations, antenna selection, etc.) are useful and relevant, even if the short-range wireless networking standard is not ZigBee.

3. I liked the fact that the book comes with a website (http://www.LearnZigBee.com). We have used the calculators posted on the website to estimate battery life and various range extension calculations.

4. Coexistence is a challenge for us and this book answered most of my questions regarding coexistence of ZigBee with other proprietary wireless devices.


Cons:

1. The last chapter is a review of other wireless networking standards (e.g., WirelessHART), but it does not go beyond the basics of these alternative standards. We wished to see more information about these standards.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommend!, December 12, 2008

By 

Karthic Krishna (Sunnyvale, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ZigBee Wireless Networks and Transceivers (Paperback)

I like this book because it has a lot to offer. It is an excellent book for understanding not only the fundamentals, but also many of the practical trade-offs in low-power short-range wireless networking. This is the only book I found that has done a superb job summarizing the entire IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee standards (more than 1000 pages) into a single chapter. In many occasions, I have used this book as a reference instead of the actual standard documents because this book has almost all of the most frequently used tables and diagrams of these two standards.

The book is well organized, has a lot of diagrams, and is very easy to read. I graduated from college couple of years ago and I believe this book has enough materials to satisfy the thirst of students in academy, while stays very practical and useful for engineers in the field. As someone who is dealing with short-range wireless networking on regular basis, this is the book I like to keep on my desk.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 802.15.4 Ref book, April 5, 2009

By 

Bruce A. Vicknair (The Woodlands,TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ZigBee Wireless Networks and Transceivers (Paperback)

If you are working on zigbee and 802.15.4 this is one of the must have books. A good overview written in an engineering context. So far it is the only book I have found that was really helpful. If you do Google searches for pdf white papers, use the TI,Microchip,Zigbee and Motorola vendor sites and combine with this book a very good picture of the state of the art is found...