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IoT and Edge Computing for Architects

You're reading from   IoT and Edge Computing for Architects Implementing edge and IoT systems from sensors to clouds with communication systems, analytics, and security

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839214806
Length 632 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Perry Lea Perry Lea
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Preface 1. IoT and Edge Computing Definition and Use Cases 2. IoT Architecture and Core IoT Modules FREE CHAPTER 3. Sensors, Endpoints, and Power Systems 4. Communications and Information Theory 5. Non-IP Based WPAN 6. IP-Based WPAN and WLAN 7. Long-Range Communication Systems and Protocols (WAN) 8. Edge Computing 9. Edge Routing and Networking 10. Edge to Cloud Protocols 11. Cloud and Fog Topologies 12. Data Analytics and Machine Learning in the Cloud and Edge 13. IoT and Edge Security 14. Consortiums and Communities 15. Other Books You May Enjoy
16. Index

Zigbee

Zigbee is a WPAN protocol based on the IEEE 802.15.4 foundation targeted for commercial and residential IoT networking that is constrained by cost, power, and space. This section details the Zigbee protocol from a hardware and software point of view. Zigbee got its name from the concept of a bee flying. As a bee flies back and forth between flowers gathering pollen, it resembles a packet flowing through a mesh network – device to device.

Zigbee history

The concept of low-power wireless mesh networking became standard in the 1990s, and the Zigbee Alliance was formed to address this charter in 2002. The Zigbee protocol was conceived after the ratification of IEEE 802.15.4 in 2004. That became the IEEE 802.15.4.-2003 standard on December 14, 2004. Specification 1.0, also known as the Zigbee 2004 Specification, was brought public on June 13, 2005. The history can be profiled as follows:

  • 2005: Zigbee 2004 released
  • 2006: Zigbee 2006 released...
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