Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks

This updated edition provides detailed information on the amendments to the standard including IEEE 802.15.4a, IEEE 802.15.4c, IEEE 802.15.4d, IEEE 802.15.4e, IEEE 802.15.4f, and IEEE 802.15.4g, as well as an update on the ZigBee Alliance. This book extends the previous editions by adding a new section centered on providing a complete presentation of the WirelessHART protocol.

Divided into four parts, the first part of the book presents an overview of the low-rate wireless personal area technology and IEEE 802.15.4. Not only a technical introduction, this part of the book is valuable to marketing and business professionals. It can help them understand the technology and vision behind the standards’ conception so they can more effectively plan marketing and business strategies. The second part of the text concentrates on the technical features and components of the standard, while the third part focuses on implementation and system design considerations. WirelessHART is covered in the fourth part providing details that demonstrate how a high performance and reliable industrial standard can be built on the IEEE 802.15.4 technology.

Foreword xi

Foreword to the Third Edition xiii

Introduction and Update for the Third Edition xxiii

IEEE Std 802.15.4 Evolution xxiv

Revision IEEE Std 802.15.4 - 2006 (IEEE Std 802.15.4b) xxv

Amendment 1 - IEEE Std 802.15.4a xxv

Amendment 2 - IEEE Std 802.15.4c xxv

Amendment 3 - IEEE Std 802.15.4d xxvi

Amendment 4 - IEEE Std 802.15.4e xxvi

Amendment 5 - IEEE Std 802.15.4f xxvi

Amendment 6 - IEEE Std 802.15.4g xxvi

ZigBee and More xxvii

Book Organization xxvii

Acronyms and Abbreviations xxix

Part I 1

Chapter 1 IEEE Standard 802.15.4 3

Chapter 2 Low-Rate Wireless PAN Applications 15

Part II 27

Chapter 3 IEEE Std 802.15.4 Technical Overview 29

Chapter 4 Physical Layer 43

Chapter 5 Medium Access Control Sublayer 79

Chapter 6 Network Functionality 119

Part III 139

Chapter 7 System Design Considerations 141

Chapter 8 Real-World Issues 157

Part IV 163

Chapter 9 Introduction to WirelessHART 165

Chapter 10 The WirelessHART Network 189

Chapter 11 The WirelessHART Physical Layer and Data Link Layer 207

Chapter 12 WirelessHART Security 219

Chapter 13 Concluding Remarks 225

References 227

Glossary 231

Index 239

Jose A. Gutierrez and Ludwig Winkel are the authors of Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks: Enabling Wireless Sensors With IEEE 802.15.4, 3rd Edition, published by Wiley.