Zig Bee A very low cost low power

Zig. Bee A very low cost, low power consumption two-way, wireless communications standard for automation, toys, & PC peripherals

Wireless Connectivity Industry Outlook 2000 Cellular technologies Range Meters GSM GPRS 10, 000 Ricochet 1, 000 WLAN technologies Home. RF Open. Air 100 802. 11 b RF-Lite Bluetooth PAN technologies 10 10 100 1, 000 10, 000 Bandwidth kbps 100, 000

Wireless Connectivity Industry Outlook 2000 2001 -2 Range Meters GPRS GSM EDGE 10, 000 Ricochet 1, 000 Open. Air 100 Home. RF 802. 11 b RF-Lite Hiper LAN/1 Bluetooth Bandwidth kbps 10 10 100 1, 000 100, 000

Wireless Connectivity Industry Outlook 2000 2001 -2 2003 -4 Range Meters GSM GPRS EDGE 3 G 10, 000 Ricochet 1, 000 Home. RF RF-Lite 100 Open. Air Bluetooth 2. 0 Bluetooth 100 Hiper LAN/2 Bandwidth kbps 10 10 802. 11 a 1, 000 100, 000

Industry Outlook Zig. Bee ratified (802. 15. 4) RF-Lite (Zig. Bee) SIG created 802. 11 b standard ratified BT special interest group becomes public, and BT 1. 0 initial specs released First 802. 11 a products on the market 1 st BT devices on market, BT 1. 1 standard rolled out Hiper. LAN 2 standard ratified in 2000 802. 11 a standard ratified 2002/03 BT 2. 0 standard rolled out Hiper. LAN 2 will premier Hiper. LAN 1 products on the market Hiper. LAN 1 ratified in 1996 1999 Zig. Bee Products on the market 2000 2001 2002 2003

Network Clusters will grow in the Home Pre 2001 Model SATELLITE AV Net CABLE OWN CONTENT MODEM TERRESTRIAL PC Net x. DSL PHONE Tel Net H. Auto Net TV VCR Audio System STB Camcorder. . . PC Printer Scanner. . . Phone Fax. . . Environmental Security Medical Domestic app…

Network Clusters will Interconnect/inter-operate in Home and Away 2001 Model and beyond Entertainment SATELLITE CABLE x. DSL PHONE BB Wireless GATEWAY TERRESTRIAL Productivity H. Auto Net TV VCR Audio System STB Camcorder. . . PC Printer Scanner. . . Phone Fax Environmental Security Medical Domestic app…

BOM/Node Price Development based on Dataquest, Instat and BMA Communications $ New technologies will lead to a sharp demand decrease in cost for the different applications Sharp demand decrease leads on the other hand to step increase in customer demand For 2000/1, <300 kps; BOM < $6. 00 <22 Mbps; BOM < $20 -30 >22 Mbps; BOM < $60 -70 For 2003/4, <300 kps; BOM < $2. 50 <22 Mbps; BOM < $8 -18 >22 Mbps; BOM < $20 -35

Zig. Bee

Example Market Sectors · · · TV VCR DVD CD Remote … · · · Consumer Electronics Personal Healthcare · · · PC Peripherals Monitors Diagnostics Sensors … Toys & Games · Mouse Keyboard Joystick Gamepad … Low-End Radio Devices · · PETs Gameboys Educational … · · · Security HVAC Lighting Closures … Home Automation

Market Size – Low Data Rate (No BT) Source: ABI, Dataquest, Internal

Market Segmentation 2000 - 2004 • Industrial Applications will drive initial market • Home Environment will become Important • Over time, there will be varied Applications (Other)

Target Applications 1 z Desktop PCs and Home Entertainment Systems (Home Theatre TV) y Computer peripherals; y HID devices z Video conference equipment y Remote control z Video gaming equipment y Multi-player PC & video games y Playing a PC DVD game in front of a TV monitor z Remote controls for audio and video equipment z PC Enhanced & stand alone toys y In-room coverage y Home+yard coverage

Target Applications 2 z Home appliances/general consumer electronic devices y Existing home security systems, electrical & heating systems y Wireless door and opening monitoring, system control y Wireless Keypads y Smoke and flame detectors y Lighting and remote control of appliances in the home; x. Blinds/Shades x. Pool/Spa equipment x. Garage door openers y Voice Control z New device categories that have not yet been developed, such as news tablets, and keyboards with built-in displays

Success Factors z Low cost z Data type support z Ease of installation z Reliable data transfer z Short range operation z Reasonable battery life z Unlicensed band z Unrestricted geographical use z Global implementation z Governmental regulations

Protocol Features z Master/slave topology z Automatic network configuration z Dynamic slave device addressing z Virtual peer-to-peer links (pairing) z Full handshaking for packet transfers z Power management features z Up to 254 (+ master) network nodes

Protocol Features Cont. . . z CSMA-CA channel access mechanism z 15 ms frame structure z TDMA slots can be allocated z 28 kbps & 250 kbps data throughput z Service discovery z Low impact internet capability

Frequency Bands 2400. 0 z 2. 4 GHz ISM band y Channel spacing: 4 MHz y F = 2404 + 4 k MHz with k = 0, 1, …, 25 y Common band: x. USA, Europe including France and Spain x 2446. 5 – 2475. 0 MHZ xk = 15, …, 22; equals 8 channels z 915 MHz ISM band USA only z 868 MHz Europe 2446. 5 USA Europe Spain* France* Japan* Common * Harmonization with FCC in progress 2475. 0 2483. 5

Raw Bit Rates z 250 kbps z 28 kbps low bit rate option: y Trade data rate for extra range via coding y Over air bit rate remains 250 kbps y Longer preamble and SOP xreliable synchronisation at low SNR

Range Estimation (meters) Approx. x 2 Using Firefly TRD/RSI propagation model

Summary Solution that effectively addresses the needs of the target market place with: z. Low data rate (<250 Kbps) z. Low cost (~ BT/2) z. Very low power (6 months - 2 years on 2 AA batteries. ) z. Network Solution