Wireless na teknolohiya Zigbee, WiFi at 433MHz ang kanilang mga katangian

Wireless na teknolohiya Zigbee, WiFi at 433MHz ang kanilang mga katangian

Zigbee, Ang WiFi at 433MHz ay tatlong magkakaibang teknolohiya para sa maikling hanay ng wireless na komunikasyon. Ang bawat teknolohiya ay may mga kalamangan at kahinaan.

Ang Zigbee ay isang mababang kapangyarihan, mataas na maaasahan, wireless mesh networking teknolohiya. Sa pamamagitan ng paggamit ng mga router, hindi lang ang network coverage area ang madaling mapalawak at maiayos, but also the “blind spot” in wireless communication environment can be eliminated. In addition, Zigbee supports star, tree and mesh topologies. Kaya nga, Zigbee is well-suited for both simple and complex built environment. Compared to the WiFi, gayunpaman, Zigbee’s data rate is 250kbps, lower than WiFi’s 11Mbps-54Mbps. That makes Zigbee inappropriate for high data rate applications, such as internet surfing, large file downloading or uploading. For restaurant and catering industry, gayunpaman, the data exchanged between server and terminals generally are just small amount. Kaya nga, Zigbee is a quite suitable technology for ordering application.

WiFi can support high-data-rate applications. It also supports “always-on” feature, which makes the WiFi attractive for some applications. Gayunpaman, it has some drawbacks which have been noticed by the consumers, such as high power consumption, low reliability, long reconnection time, atbp.

433MHz technology has been widely used in China for restaurant ordering application. Since it uses relatively low frequency band, its wireless signal can be transmitted further than Zigbee and WiFi, which operates in 2.4GHz band. Gayunpaman, the data rate of 433MHz is only 9.6kbps, much lower than WiFi and Zigbee’s data rate. Kaya nga, 433MHz suits the application in which only small amount of data needs to be transmitted. In addition, same as WiFi, 433MHz supports star topology only, which may cause “blind spot” within the wireless network coverage area.

Different from the WiFi’s “always-on” feature, in Zigbee and 433MHz system, the wireless link is established only when there is data need to be transmitted. This mechanism can dramatically reduce the interference to other devices in the network. The power consumption of the device is also reduced. Gayunpaman, If “always-on” is requested in Zigbee or 433MHz system, a function can be designed in the application software to support this feature.
(Source: Shehzhen Seabreeze Smart Card Co.,Ltd.)