Research of New Wireless Sensor Network Protocol: ZigBee RF4CE

Currently most existing remote controls for consumer electronics use infrared remotes (IR) technology to control devices which Increases the demand for advanced functionality that cannot be supported by existing IR. RF remotes provide new levels of interactivity and convenience for today's digital home when compared to IR remotes. New network protocols: ZigBee RF4CE are helping to make this technology accessible to us. In this paper, we first introduce the architecture and primitives of the ZigBee RF4CE, then present the researches of the Application layer and Network layer respectively. Focusing on the functions of Network layer including: frequency usage service; node initialization service; transmission control service; discovery service; power saving service; pairing service and security service.