ZigBee MAC Wireless Network Implementation using a Remote Virtual Interface

Author

Watanabe, A.T.Y. ; Nied, A. ; Leal, A.B. ; de Sousa, A.H.

Author_Institution

Univ. do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Joinville, Brazil

Volume

10

Issue

2

fYear

2012

fDate

3/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1511

Lastpage

1517

Abstract

This paper presents an implementation of IEEE 802.15.4 MAC Layer of ZigBee protocol in order to monitor and control home appliances. This standard is applied to a communication protocol with small data packets, low transmission rate, and low energy consumption. The paper shows the development of a hardware and software prototype to monitor, control and configure washing machines with a wireless network interface using a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). The results indicate the feasibility of building a household-electric network reaching the main features described above, by implementing the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol.

Keywords

Zigbee; access protocols; domestic appliances; notebook computers; packet radio networks; user interfaces; washing machines; IEEE 802.15.4 MAC protocol layer; PDA; ZigBee MAC wireless network implementation; ZigBee protocol; communication protocol; control home appliance; data packet; data transmission; energy consumption; hardware prototype; household-electric network; personal digital assistant; remote virtual interface; software prototype; washing machine; wireless network interface; IEEE 802.15 Standards; Media Access Protocol; Personal digital assistants; Software; Visualization; Wireless personal area networks; Zigbee; 15; 4 MAC protocol; IEEE 802; Wireless; ZigBee;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Latin America Transactions, IEEE (Revista IEEE America Latina)

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1548-0992

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TLA.2012.6187594

Filename

6187594