ZigBees.com, zigbee information
ZigBee is a low-cost, low-power, wireless mesh networking standard. The low cost allows the technology to be widely deployed in wireless control and monitoring applications,
the low power-usage allows longer life with smaller batteries, and the mesh networking provides high reliability and larger range.
The ZigBee Alliance, the standards body which defines ZigBee,[1] also publishes application profiles that allow multiple OEM vendors to create interoperable products.
The current list of application profiles either published or in the works are:
- Home Automation
- ZigBee Smart Energy
- Telecommunication Applications
- Personal Home and Hospital Care (a.k.a. medical)