ALSO CALLED: 802.15 DEFINITION: 802.15 is a communications specification that was approved in early 2002 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association (IEEE-SA) for wireless personal area networks (WPANs). The initial version, 802.15.1, was adapted from the Bluetooth
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ZIGBEE DEFINITION (continued): … specification and is fully compatible with Bluetooth 1.1.
Bluetooth is a well-known and widely used specification that defines parameters for wireless communications among portable digital devices including notebook computers, peripherals, cellular telephones, beepers, and consumer electronic devices. The specification also allows for connection to the Internet.
The IEEE 802.15 Working Group proposes two general categories of 802.15, called TG4 (low rate) and TG3 (high rate). The TG4 version … ZigBee definition sponsored by SearchMobileComputing.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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