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ZIGBEE

 
   
Course Name: ZigBee Overview Training
   
Deployment Options: Onsite - Instructor-Led Training
   
Course Duration: 1-2 days depending on audience background and options
   
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Introduction:
 
ZigBee is a short range wireless technology targeted at telemetry, measurement, control and monitoring. It is very low power and ideally suited for this marketplace. This course examines the use of ZigBee and it's application
 
Audience:
 

People wanting a fast-track coverage of IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee) technology

  • Benefits
  • Operation
  • Applications
  • Integration
  • Both technical and non-technical

Decision makers and representatives who require an understanding of 802.15.4, and where it can best be deployed, will find this course invaluable.

 
Prerequisites:
 
Attendees should ideally have existing experience working in IT or data networking
 
Customize it:
 
This 1-2-day ZIGBEE Overview course will be customized to your needs and specifications. Eno.com will assist you in identifying those needs and specifications. A word to the wise, there are many vendors of Wireless training. They will typically have a broad and general course, one size fits all, already developed and just put your organization?s name on the title slide. This minimizes their effort and time investment. At Eno.com, every course is made to your exact and exacting specifications. We help you ensure what you are getting is what you really eed even if at the beginning you weren't too sure of what that was. We fit the class to your needs. We never fit you into our standard, one size fits all, class. Please call or e-mail to schedule a no-obligation conference call to help us understand your audience background and training objectives.
 
Objectives:
 

On completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Summarise, compare and contrast WLAN and WPAN technologies
  • List the features and benefits of 802.15.4/ZigBee.
  • Describe in overview the operation of 802.15.4/ZigBee.
  • Describe the applications for 802.15.4/ZigBee.
  • Describe the security issues and solutions for ZigBee.
 
Course Outline
 

ZigBee Evolution

  • Current 802.15.4 standards
  • Review of Wirelss standards
  • Wireless networking basics
  • WLAN vs WPAN
  • What is ZigBee/802.15.4?
  • Networking capabilities
  • Data rates, ranges
  • 802.11b vs ZigBee
  • Bluetooth vs ZigBee
  • Target markets and applications
  • ZigBee demonstrations

ZigBee Standards and technology

  • Review of the OSI 7 layer model
  • IEEE WPAN standards overview
  • IEEE 802.15.4 / ZigBee
  • Frequencies and channels
  • Power levels
  • Antenna
  • 802.15.4 PHY
  • 802.15.4 MAC layer
  • Addresses
  • CSMA/CA MAC scheme
  • Beacons
  • Scanning
  • Association
  • Data transfer

ZigBee topologies and applications

  • Point-to-point topology:

Use in toys, door bells, remote control, etc.
Star topology:
Use in home and office automation, etc.
Cluster tree:
Use in site security, tracking, etc.

  • Wired integration:

Use in PC networks, etc.
Roaming and bridging to other networks

  • Upper layer protocols

ZigBee Security

  • Wireless security issues
  • ZigBee
  • Security modes
  • ACL
  • Data encryption
 
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