After the birth of wireless LAN and Bluetooth, new International short-distance wireless standard

technology of ZigBee has applied rapidly in our life and recognized as core technology to bring
Ubiquitous life in near future.

Introduction
Terminology used to describe International standard of wireless communication (sensor and
control) and short-distance wireless communication.
ZigBee is one of short-distance wireless communication standard IEE 802.15.4 used for
wireless networking range of 10~20 meters mainly by home and offices and International
wireless communication standard for Ubiquitous computing.

Origin of word
Word ZigBee was originated from word ZigZag indicating cross-shaped network cables and
Bee to indicate economical communication method.
Word ZigBee was proposed and decided by committee members in early phase of standard
committee of ZigBee.

Introduction and characteristics

ZigBee consumes low electricity supply and can be configured to large scale sensor
networks by integrating with sensor (Activity, light, temperature and humidity, etc) and
transmitter/receiver devices. This type of structure is defined as foundation technology for
sensing, monitoring and controlling.
ZigBee has recognized as next generation short-distance wireless communication standard
based on strong advantages including lowest costs, lowest energy consumption which can
be last 2 years with 2 AA type batteries, scalability of up to 65,000 nodes, simple network
configuration and reliability from immediate recovery function from data transmission errors.
Especially, ZigBee supports multi-hop function to ensure highest transmission success rates.

Applicable fields
ZigBee, unlike other wireless communication technology, consumes low electricity power
and inexpensive to implement. These advantages allow to be applied diverse Ubiquitous
environments including intelligent home networks, automated commercial devices, building
automation industry, commercial automation, environment monitoring, toy and industries and
telematics