802.15.4 Network and Protocol Analysis
IEEE 802.15.4 is a leading MAC/PHY standard for smart energy
networks, home automation, sensor networks, and many other exciting
applications. With a variety of upper layers protocols such as
ZigBee,
ZigBee RF4CE,
6loWPAN,
JenNet, X-Mesh and many other standard or proprietary ones.
The variety of players in this evolving arena and numerous of upper layers
protocols and applications - combined with the assortment of features and
options proposed by the standard - can turn the development, debugging, and
rollout of 802.15.4 based solutions under demanding time-to-market constraints,
into a big challenge.
Overcoming this challenge, Perytons protocol analyzers (sometimes referred in the
market also as sniffer) are an indispensable tool for development, integration,
installation, monitoring, and troubleshooting systems and products based on
these protocols. Perytons analyzers combine full coverage of the 2.4Ghz band
with a rich and user-friendly analysis toolbox. Ours are the only analyzers in
the market today that support multi-antenna operation.
In addition for the basic 802.15.4 sniffing, the Perytons analyzers product line
supports the ZigBee and 6LoWPAN protocols. It also allows easy customization by
the user or by the Perytons team, adding proprietary protocol and application
layers into the analyzer environment and making it the best end-to-end tool for
Multi-channel networks analysis. |
| While the free licensed 2.4GHz
band is gaining use by more and more applications and protocols, there is an
increasing demand of using multi-channel protocols. Along with that a
sophisticated tool that allows simultaneous analysis of the channels plays an
important role when trying to develop, deploy and optimize such networks. The
802.15.4 PHY defines 16 possible communication channels in the 2.4Ghz ISM band.
Perytons analyzers capture multiple channels simultaneously, enabling the
analysis of dynamic processes such as “active scan” multiple networks operating
in the same environment, or rogue devices which transmit on the wrong channel.tocols, there is an
increasing demand of using multi-channel protocols. Along with that a
sophisticated tool that allows simultaneous analysis of the channels plays an
important role when trying to develop, deploy and optimize such networks. The
802.15.4 PHY defines 16 possible communication channels in the 2.4Ghz ISM band.
Perytons analyzers capture multiple channels simultaneously, enabling the
analysis of dynamic processes such as “active scan” multiple networks operating
in the same environment, or rogue devices which transmit on the wrong channel.[read
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