- New GreenPeak White Paper "Bluetooth and ZigBee: a new Standards War?"
- Battling between Home Network Standards is a Big Obstacle for the Smart Home
GreenPeak Technologies, the industry leading Smart Home semi-conductor/systems company, today posted a new white paper regarding the oncoming war between ZigBee and the new version of Bluetooth Bluetooth Mesh. The white paper explores the confusion and damage created by previous battles between home networking standards and how this damage can and should be avoided in the near future.
"A decade ago, WiFi and Bluetooth battled but ended up sharing the home networking space and successfully growing the market to where both technologies are now found everywhere," explains Cees Links, CEO of GreenPeak Technologies. "The battle is brewing again as Bluetooth Mesh is now attempting to move from the sensor wearable space into the ultra-low power sensor networking space, today successfully served by ZigBee. However, it will take a lot of work to evolve Bluetooth Mesh to the position where it can provide the functions and capabilities that ZigBee already provides today. So why confuse and divide the market?"
We expect the industry to respond the same way as it did in the previous decade realizing that Bluetooth is the perfect solution for peripheral devices and wearables, whereas ZigBee is the optimal networking solution for connecting the hundreds of sentrollers (sensors, controllers and actuators) that will be functioning in our homes within the next few years.
The new GreenPeak white paper "Bluetooth and ZigBee: a new standards war?"is available for free download at www.greenpeak.com/technology/whitepapers.html
About GreenPeak Technologies
GreenPeak Technologies is an award winning fabless semiconductor/system company and the world recognized leader in the IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee market with a rich offering of semiconductor products and software technologies for Smart Home data communications and the Internet of Things.
The GreenPeak founders have significantly contributed to the invention of WiFi and made it into a commercial success, used by several billion people today.
GreenPeak is recognized as a leader in developing new wireless technologies for consumer electronics and Smart Home applications, demonstrating rapid growth and adoption by major customers.
GreenPeak is privately funded. It is headquartered in Utrecht, The Netherlands and has offices in Belgium, China, France, USA, Japan and Korea.
For more information, please visit www.greenpeak.com.
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