ZigBee® is a low-rate wireless personal area network (LRWPAN) standard that is used in a wide range of applications such as sensor networks, home automation, industrial automation, health monitoring, and the Internet of Things (IoT). ZigBee uses the IEEE® 802.15.4 PHY and MAC specification. Other LRWPAN standards such as 6LoWPAN, WirelessHART and MiWi also use the IEEE 802.15.4 PHY and MAC.
The Communications Toolbox™ Library for the ZigBee Protocol provides end-to-end simulation of the entire communications stack (PHY, MAC, NET, APP). With this library, you can simulate the following:
PHY layer examples:
Waveform generation and decoding for the original IEEE 802.15.4 specification and IEEE 802.15.4b/c/d
Practical signal recovery for IEEE 802.15.4 OQPSK signals at 2.4 GHz
MAC layer examples:
Generate and decode IEEE 802.15.4 MAC frames
Simulate the asynchronous CSMA IEEE 802.15.4 MAC
NET layer examples:
Generate and decode data frames of the ZigBee NET layer
APP layer examples:
Generate and decode frames of the Application Support Sublayer
Generate and decode the header of ZigBee Cluster Library (ZCL) frames
Generate and decode frames for the ZigBee Home Automation, Light Link, and Smart Energy application profiles