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ZigBee Wireless Networks and Transceivers | 
| Author: Shahin Farahani
Publisher: Newnes
Category: Book
List Price: $69.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 373981
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.3 x 1
ISBN: 0750683937
Dewey Decimal Number: 553
EAN: 9780750683937
ASIN: 0750683937
Publication Date: September 30, 2008
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Condition: New. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 360 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Product Description
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.brbTable of Contents/bbrChapter 1: ZigBee BasicsbrChapter 2: ZigBee / IEEE 802.15.4 Networking ExamplesbrChapter 3: ZigBee / IEEE 802.15.4 Protocol LayersbrChapter 4: Transceiver RequirementsbrChapter 5: RF Propagation, Antennas, and Regulatory RequirementsbrChapter 6: Battery Life AnalysisbrChapter 7: Location Estimating Using ZigBee brChapter 8: ZigBee CoexistencebrChapter 9: Related TechnologiesbrAppendicesbrbrKEY FEATURESbrbr* Provides a comprehensive overview of ZigBee technology and networking, from RF/physical layer considerations to application layer development. br* Discusses ZigBee security features such as encryption. br* Describes how ZigBee can be used in location detection applications. br* Explores techniques for ZigBee co-existence with other wireless technologies such as 802.11 and Bluetooth.
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Highly Recommend! December 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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. br /br /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.br /
Excellent book for ZigBee and short-range wireless networking December 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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. br /br /Here are my comments regarding this book:br /br /Pros:br /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. br /br /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. br /br /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. br /br /4. Coexistence is a challenge for us and this book answered most of my questions regarding coexistence of ZigBee with other proprietary wireless devices.br /br /br /Cons:br /br /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.br /
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