What is Zigbee?

Zigbee is an industry association formed to provide standards that enable devices to communicate interoperably using wireless technology that is secure, reliable and suited to the needs of the home environment.  Zigbee is recognized and used around the world. 

Features:

• Radio Frequency Open Protocol
• 2.4 Ghz: universal frequency used world wide
• Mesh Network Radio: every powered device act as a repeater
• Self-healing: no single point of failure; if a device fails, the signal reroutes itself