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802.15.4

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What is 802.15.4?

IEEE 802.15.4 is a technical standard which defines the physical layer and media access control for low-rate wireless personal area networks (LR-WPANs). It is the basis for technologies like Zigbee, WirelessHART, and ISA100.11a, often used for applications requiring low power consumption, low data rates, and short-range communication, such as home automation, industrial control, and sensor networks.

What other technologies are related to 802.15.4?

802.15.4 Competitor Technologies

Zigbee is a competing protocol built on top of 802.15.4.
mentioned alongside 802.15.4 in 3% (268) of relevant job posts
Thread is a competing networking protocol for IoT devices, often compared to Zigbee and using 802.15.4.
mentioned alongside 802.15.4 in 6% (122) of relevant job posts
BLE is a competing protocol.
mentioned alongside 802.15.4 in 2% (224) of relevant job posts
802.11 (Wi-Fi) competes with 802.15.4 in some IoT applications, although with different trade-offs in power consumption and range.
mentioned alongside 802.15.4 in 2% (152) of relevant job posts
Bluetooth Low Energy competes with 802.15.4 in the low-power wireless communication space.
mentioned alongside 802.15.4 in 4% (75) of relevant job posts
NFC has some overlap for applications that require short distance, very low power communications.
mentioned alongside 802.15.4 in 2% (138) of relevant job posts
Bluetooth is a competing protocol.
mentioned alongside 802.15.4 in 1% (274) of relevant job posts
WiFi is a competing protocol.
mentioned alongside 802.15.4 in 1% (214) of relevant job posts

802.15.4 Complementary Technologies

Matter is an application layer protocol that can run on top of 802.15.4 based protocols like Thread and Zigbee, therefore it is complementary.
mentioned alongside 802.15.4 in 6% (62) of relevant job posts

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