Essential ZigBee for engineers

Description

A hands on course covering the entire ZigBee protocol stack. ZigBee operation, primitives and frame formats are covered in detail using software tools to test and analyse ZigBee commands and demonstrate how these affect the 802.15.4 MAC. Analysers are used to decode packet formats.

What will you learn

ZigBee training course details

Technical staff requiring grounding in ZigBee including application engineers.

RF fundamentals.

2 days

What is 802.15.4 and ZigBee? WLAN, WPAN,
Bluetooth vs. ZigBee. Markets. Applications and
architecture. ZigBee demonstration.

The 7-layer model, IEEE WPAN standards
overview, 802.15.4 & ZigBee, ZigBee alliance.

The ZigBee 5 layer model, The network (NWK)
sub layer, Application support sub layer (APS), the
ZigBee Device Object (ZDO).

Frequencies, modulation, power, DSSS,
BPSK/ O-QPSK, channels, symbols, chips and bit
rate.

PHY data transfer primitives. The PHY packet.
PHY PIB management.

The MAC layer overview, CSMA/CA, addresses,
frame types, super frames, MAC layer: Data, Data
control, Scan and join, PAN maintenance, MAC
PIB.
Hands on 802.15.4 frame analysis.

Point to point topology, star topology, cluster tree,
wired integration.
Hands on Building a ZigBee
network.

General frame format, data frames, command
frames.
Hands on Analysing ZigBee frames.

NWK data primitives: Request. Confirm.
Indication. NWK management primitives: Network
discovery, network formation. Permit joining. Start
router. Join. Direct join. Leave. Reset. Sync. NWK
database management.
Hands on NWK analysis

Address mapping, matching devices, binding
devices, binding tables.
Hands on APS analysis.

Device roles, binding requests, initiating and
responding, device discovery, service discovery,
network management. ZDO Endpoint 0.

Security issues, security modes, MAC security,
NWK security, APS security.

Writing ZigBee applications, application profiles,
End points, Endpoint addressing, clusters of
attributes, broadcasts.
Hands on Sample ZigBee
application.