Exploring Thread and Zigbee for home and building automation

1 At a glance

Advances in wireless communication protocols and automation frameworks have made connected, integrated homes and commercial buildings a reality. This paper will highlight the advantages of wireless home and commercial building automation mesh technologies Zigbee and Thread.

Design considerations and wireless protocols for connected homes and buildings

Home and commercial building automation products and ecosystems have very different requirements to meet customer needs.

Exploring the differences and similarities of Zigbee® and Thread

Zigbee and Thread technologies provide a built-in mesh networking security and application infrastructure for embedded, low-power and low-cost devices.

Project CHIP

The Project Connected Home over IP (Project CHIP) is a working group within the Zigbee Alliance tasked to develop a royalty-free connectivity standard for home and building automation.

2 3 Introduction

In today’s connected world, wireless communication protocols and automation frameworks have made smart homes and commercial buildings commonplace. This paper will go over the relative advantages of the available wireless home and building automation mesh technologies.