PISCATAWAY,
N.J., USA, 16 January 2007 The IEEE updated its standard on low-rate, wireless
personal area networks (WPAN), IEEE 802.15.4(TM), in 2006. This has led it to
publish a second edition of the book, “Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks:
Enabling Wireless Sensors with IEEE 802.15.4”, which was written to complement
the standard and to help those implementing the standard for sensors and actuators.
The
new edition, authored by José Gutiérrez, Edgar Callaway and Raymond
Barrett, expands the book to include changes made in the revised standard and
the new opportunities it presents. The changes made include two additional physical
layers that allow higher data rates at lower frequency bands (at 868 and 915 MHz),
an updated security mechanism, and alterations to the MAC sub-layer.
IEEE
802.15.4 addresses applications for sensors and actuators in industrial, agricultural,
vehicular, residential, medical and other fields that need relaxed throughput
and latency requirements and low-cost, low-power designs. The updated book reviews
the standard, the applications that motivate it, and the rationale for design
options made in its creation.
The book is a companion to the standard for
those interested in "simple" wireless connectivity who want to understand
the inner workings of IEEE 802.15.4. It has three parts:
· Part I
looks at low-rate WPAN technology, why the standard was created, and likely application
scenarios. This section is a technical introduction to the standard and provides
marketing, business, and other professionals with background on the technology
and the vision behind it. · Part II concentrates on the technical elements
of the standard. It also goes beyond the standard by including material on network
layer functionality for possible applications and gives the rationale behind several
components of the standard. · Part III focuses on implementation and
system design, including an analysis of system-level, real-world issues.
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