SWAY034 April   2021 CC1312R7 , CC1352P , CC1352P7 , CC1352R , CC2642R , CC2642R-Q1 , CC2652P , CC2652P7 , CC2652PSIP , CC2652R , CC2652R7 , CC2652RB , CC2652RSIP

 

  1. 1 At a glance
  2. 2 2
  3. 3 Introduction
  4. 4 Design considerations
  5. 5 Wireless protocols
  6. 6 Zigbee
  7. 7 Thread
  8. 8 Similarities Between Zigbee and Thread
  9. 9 Differences Between Zigbee and Thread
  10. 10 Project CHIP
  11. 11Conclusion
  12. 12References
  13. 13Important Notice

4 Design considerations

Home and commercial building automation products and ecosystems have very different requirements to meet customer needs. For example, a homeowner may accept occasional instability of a product, a commercial building operator could require a support contract with on-site support. Where a building operator may be willing to build a custom aggregator service, this is out of reach for even a dedicated hobbyist homeowner.

The similarities between home and commercial building automation customers should not be overlooked. Both need to operate within the regulatory restrictions of their geographic regions. Traffic profiles and network topologies will be of concern to enable all nodes are reachable. And protocol-level interoperability is essential. These customers will be interested in existing technologies such as Zigbee®, Thread®, Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® Low Energy.