Fast access for ZigBee-enabled IoT devices using raspberry Pi

Abstract

With the development of Internet of Things (IoT) technology, the application of IoT is more and more importantly widespread. Meanwhile, how to achieve fast access for various IoT devices, especially for a large-scale of IoT devices, also has been a significant challenge in the development of IoT systems. To address this issue, a fast access protocol for ZigBee-enabled IoT devices is proposed in this paper, in which, the ZigBee module embedded in a registering IoT device could automatically obtain a Personal Area Network (PAN) address and instantly access the target ZigBee wireless network through the signaling interactions among the involved protocol entities. After that, the operation and control of the accessed IoT devices are conducted based on the ZigBee communications. To evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of this protocol, a prototype system is developed. The experiment and analysis results also have been shown to demonstrate the performance by comparing with the existing access methods.