Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
  
• Methodology
  
• Comparison of Short-Distance Wireless Technologies
  
• IEEE 802.15.4 & ZigBee
  
  • Characteristics
    
    • Features
      
    • Operating Frequency Bands & Channels
      
    • Topology Choices & Advantages: Star, Mesh & Hybrid
      
    • Chipset Structure & Block Diagram
      
  • 802.15.4/Zigbee Advantages
    
  • 802.15.4 & Zigbee Organizations
    
  • Primary 802.15.4/ZigBee Target Markets
    
    • Residential Automation
      
    • Commercial Building Control/Automation
      
    • Automatic Meter Reading (AMR)
      
    • Industrial
      
    • Other Markets
      
  • 802.15.4/Zigbee Forecasts
    
    • Nodes/Chipsets, ASP & Revenue Forecast Conservative vs. Aggressive
      
    • Forecast by External Host MCU vs. Single Package
      
    • Forecst by Frequency Band
      
    • Forecast by Geographic Region
      
    • Forecast by Application
      
  • Companies Involved with 802.15.4/ZigBee
    
    • AMI Semiconductor
      
    • Atmel
      
    • Chipcon
      
    • Dust
      
    • Eaton
      
    • Ember
      
    • ENQ Semiconductor
      
    • Figure 8 Wireless
      
    • Helicomm
      
    • Honeywell
      
    • Invensys
      
    • Leviton Mfg. Company
      
    • Microchip
      
    • Millennial Net
      
    • Motorola SPS
      
    • Nanotron Technologies GMBH
      
    • Philips Semiconductor
      
    • Renesas Technology
      
    • Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
      
    • ZMD AG
      
    • Other ZigBee Alliance Members & Participants
      
• Competitive Outlook
  

List of Tables

• Table 1. Wireless Standard Comparisons: 802.15.4, 802.15.1, 802.15.3 & 802.11b
  
• Table 2. IEEE 802.15.4: Range vs. Power Consumption by Topology
  
• Table 3. Conservative Forecast: 802.15.4 Nodes/Chipsets, BOM ASP & Revenue
  
• Table 4. Aggressive Forecast: 802.15.4 Nodes/Chipsets, BOM ASP & Revenue
  
• Table 5. 802.15.4 Nodes/Chipsets (ZigBee OR Proprietary Network Layer) by External Host MCU vs. Single Package
  
• Table 6. 802.15.4 Nodes/Chipsets (ZigBee OR Proprietary Network Layer) by Frequency Band
  
• Table 7. 802.15.4/ZigBee Nodes/Chipsets by Geographic Region - Based on Deployments & Sales Into These Regions
  
• Table 8. 802.15.4/ZigBee Nodes/Chipsets by Application
  
• Table 9. 802.15.4/ZigBee vs. Bluetooth & UWB Forecasts (Units in Thousands)

List of Figures

• Figure 1. General Positioning of ZigBee, UWB, Bluetooth and 802.11x
  
• Figure 2. Relative Cost/Power Positioning of ZigBee, UWB, Bluetooth and 802.11x
  
• Figure 3. ZigBee Alliance, IEEE & Customer Relationship
  
• Figure 4. 802.15.4 Operating Frequency Bands
  
• Figure 5. IEEE 802.15.4: Star Topology
  
• Figure 6. IEEE 802.15.4: Peer-Peer/Mesh & Cluster Tree Topologies
  
• Figure 7. IEEE 802.15.4: Combined/Hybrid Topology
  
• Figure 8. ZigBee Example Block Diagram
  
• Figure 9. Conservative vs. Aggressive Forecast: 802.15.4 Nodes/Chipsets (Units in Thousands)