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ALLIANCE UPDATE Empowered to Control Your World By Tobin J.M. Richardson, Chairman & CEO • ZigBee Alliance Entering its second decade, the ZigBee Alliance is well-positioned to continue leading the industry to its next phase of growth. Our mantra of Control Your World came to life in our first decade, with ZigBee firmly established as the only standard based on low power, low cost technology for monitoring and control of the widest range of devices impacting our daily lives. Today, with hundreds of devices certified, and many more being added every day, the market is proving the worth of this technology, and bringing that value to consumers. This technology was conceived from the ground up to deliver wireless sensor and control networks. ZigBee stands alone in combining technology attributes such as reliability, scalability, security and co-existence together with the strength of a robust ecosystem made up of multiple vendors offering silicon, software, services and end products, which is the hallmark of a true technology standard. ZigBee – Advancing the Smart Grid In the coming years, hundreds of millions of devices will be connected spanning home automation, building automation, smart metering, home area networks (HANs), lighting, security, consumer electronics, retail, industrial, healthcare and other verticals. The capability to seamlessly connect such a broad spectrum of devices and enable sharing of information to greatly enhance their individual capabilities and value is at the core of the vision of the ZigBee Alliance, enabling control for end users and commercial systems alike. Towards that end, the ZigBee Alliance took significant steps forward with the completion of the ZigBee IP specification and Smart Energy Profile 2 (SEP 2) standard. ZigBee IP is the first open standard for an IPv6-based fully wireless mesh networking solution providing seamless internet connections to control a variety of devices. The SEP 2 standard provides IP-based information and control for energy management in HANs for both wired and wireless networks which will not only ensure a more stable, reliable and efficient energy supply in the 21st century smart grid but empower consumers to take control of their energy consumption like never before. This also will support new capabilities such as control of plug in hybrid electric vehicle charging, support for multiple energy interfaces into a single premises and deployment of HANs in multi dwelling units such as apartment buildings. The completion of ZigBee IP and SEP 2 paves the way for a wave of ZigBee certified products based on these standards later in the year and into 2014, with growing demand in the US market, Japan, China, South East Asia, Australia and other regions. ZigBee - Enabling the Connected Home We are also seeing a major transformation in home networks as the number of communicating devices in the home increase dramatically and low power technologies like ZigBee connect them in ways that provide unprecedented control and deliver unmatched comfort, convenience, safety and energy management ZigBee Resource Guide • 2013 Edition capabilities to consumers. Over the years, ZigBee has already been deployed in many homes for controlling media, climate and lighting. Now, we are experiencing large scale deployments of security systems and energy management systems using ZigBee technology by some of the largest broadband service providers and telcos in the world. ZigBee is the preferred standard because it continues to be the one standard capable of robust, reliable and securely networking ever increasing number of connected devices like electrical switches, lights, thermostats, door locks, set top boxes and appliances onto a single network. The ZigBee Home Automation Standard was recently updated to incorporate new extensions for including even more devices and easing commissioning as well as other updating capability. ZigBee – A Complete Portfolio The Internet of Things will pervade our lives, in homes, businesses and our environment. The technical requirements and unique attributes of the different devices for sensing and communicating in the environments they exist will vary but they will also be a part of the larger world of connected devices. The ZigBee Alliance has developed three specifications and 10 application standards that deliver advanced sensing and control capabilities with required product interoperability over secure and scalable mesh networks. The ZigBee PRO, ZigBee IP and ZigBee RF4CE serve as the base networking systems to facilitate interoperable, global market standards. ZigBee Building Automation, ZigBee Remote Control, ZigBee Smart Energy, ZigBee Health Care, ZigBee Home Automation, ZigBee Input Devices, ZigBee Light Link, ZigBee Retail Services, ZigBee Telecom Services and Smart Energy Profile 2 are standards created by world leading industry experts to meet the specific needs of businesses and users. Also, enhanced capabilities such as the new, eco-friendly Green Power Feature for ZigBee PRO, a new choice for wirelessly networking energy harvesting devices, further allow consumers and businesses to network devices even in locations where power is unavailable or disallowed. ZigBee – Leading the Path ZigBee continues to grow and influence the industry in the direction of a shared vision. ZigBee now boasts more than 400 members globally, over 700 certified products, innovative and proven networking specifications and application standards and a dynamic, competitive group of vendors in every part of the ecosystem. The ZigBee Alliance has forged relationships with many other industry associations, groups and initiatives around the world to support our members’ goals and deliver consumer value. ZigBee is extending this approach in rapidly expanding markets such as Asia and Latin America. As we enter the next phase, the Alliance is committed to lead the path in realizing the vision our members articulated in its genesis more than a decade ago – it is going to be an exciting time, and I hope this guide shows you just some of the great reasons using Zigbee technology can help bring your consumers greater value. 3 

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