Chapter 3

ZigBee and IEEE 802.15.4 Protocol Layers

Chapter 1 reviewed the basics of ZigBee and IEEE 802.15.4 wireless networking. This chapter provides further insights into the structure and services provided by each layer of the ZigBee and IEEE 802.15.4 standards. The protocol layers cooperate with each other to perform various tasks, such as joining a network or routing messages. The concept of service primitives, a convenient way of describing protocol services, is reviewed in this chapter. Although the chapter offers details on subjects such as frame formats, the emphasis is always on the functional descriptions of services provided by each protocol layer.

3.1 Zigbee and IEEE 802.15.4 Networking Layers

ZigBee wireless networking protocol ...

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