In-Stat Reports ZigBee Emerges as the Wireless Mesh Network of Choice.SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com) believes that because of the clarity of the ZigBee standard, the organizational strength of the ZigBee Alliance and the involvement of several of the world's largest semiconductor companies, ZigBee will emerge as the dominant wireless mesh networking (1) A network that relies on all nodes to propagate signals. Although the wireless signal may start at some base station (access point) attached to a wired network, a wireless mesh network extends the transmission distance by relaying the signal from one computer to another. technology. Wireless mesh networks are a mosaic of proprietary and non-proprietary implementations. The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.15.4 Working Group was designed to create unified standards for short-range, self-configuring mesh networks A communications network in which there are at least two pathways to each node. If one of the paths fails, the other is still available. A "fully meshed" network means that every node has a direct connection to every other node, which is a very elaborate and expensive architecture. . ZigBee is a networking layer that is built on top of the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. The ZigBee Alliance is an organization that has been the keeper of the ZigBee standard and is an open community of 200 companies that is charged with the promotion of the technology and testing of equipment. "ZigBee is designed to create interoperability among silicon vendors and facilitate common software and profile platforms for end-users in specific applications," says Chris Kissel This article is about a dessert. For the car company, see Kissel Motor Car Company. Kissel (Kisiel in Polish, kiisseli in Finnish) is a popular dessert in Eastern and Northern Europe. , In-Stat analyst. "The addition of ZigBee to 802.15.4 gives an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and or other end-user the assurance of multiple sources of silicon." Recent research by In-Stat found the following: * In 2006, In-Stat estimates between 4.5 million and 10.5 million ZigBee RF components will be sold. * Commercial building control is, and will continue to be, the largest 802.15.4/ZigBee application. * In 2005, North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. represented 53% of all 802.15.4/ZigBee nodes in use. The research, "Building Up ZigBee and 802.15.4 Chipsets and Applications" (#IN0602966MI), covers the market for 802.15.4/ZigBee components. It includes analysis of how companies differentiate their products on the component level, a status update on how countries plan to regulate ZigBee, estimated Bill of Materials The list of components that make up a system. For example, a bill of materials for a house would include the cement block, lumber, shingles, doors, windows, plumbing, electric, heating and so on. of ZigBee chipsets and ZigBee modules. It also includes detailed scenarios about the challenges 802.15.4/ZigBee faces in market verticals Co Residential Automation, Commercial Applications, Medical, Industrial, and Smart Cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. . Forecast breakouts through 2010 of 802.15.4/ZigBee shipments by Region, Frequency, and Application, and in-depth vendor profiles of ZigBee silicon, systems, and software providers are provided. 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