Thisbookwaswrittenusingatutorialapproachandisintendedtoappealtoabroadaudience.Thebookcoversthefundamentalsofshort-rangewirelessnetworkingusingZigBee™andIEEE802.15.4™standards.TheZigBeeandIEEE802.15.4standardsarecoveredwiththesamelevelofdetail.Inadditiontotechnicaldetails,thebookcontainshigh-leveloverviewsthatwouldbeinformativeforareaderwhoisonlyinterestedinunderstandingthegeneralconceptofZigBeewirelessnetworking.ThisbookprovidesthebigpictureofZigBeewirelessnetworking,fromtheradiofrequency(RF)andphysicallayerconsiderationsuptotheapplicationlayerdetails.Consideringthemultidisciplinarynatureofthisbook,therequiredbackgroundmaterialsarealsoprovided.
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