According to the latest release from ZigBee® Alliance, a new initiative has been launched to extend Zigbee capability to Zigbee to mobile phone users. This would allow services to secure mobile payment, information delivery, health care monitoring, peer-to-peer small data sharing and other location based services and features.
ZigBee mobile devices will either have embedded ZigBee technology or will be using a ZigBee SIM card. These devices act as a mobile terminal and/or as a sensor control device anywhere there is a ZigBee network or ZigBee access point. Potential applications currently in development include:
Secure Mobile Payments: Mobile users pay for goods and services by waving handset in front of scanner and entering a pin number
Information Delivery: Users receive news, downloads (messages, ring tones, images, etc.), advertisements from network operators or localized information such as weather, traffic updates and movie show times based on their current location or neighborhood
Health Care Monitoring: Continuously monitored health data is recorded on a handset and transmitted to the patient's doctor. In an emergency situation, such as the absence of patient response or alarming vital signs, the mobile device can be programmed to immediately alert emergency services
Peer-to-Peer Small Data Sharing: Small files such as ring tones, images, address book contacts and other information provided by telecom operators is shared easily between two ZigBee-enabled mobile devices
Location Based Services: Discounted rates for calls from a ZigBee mobile phone users in a certain zone offers savings to users.
2 comments:
i am very impressed about zigbee uses and its technology but my question is how zigbee will provide security for data while transmitting the data ?
what ever the services provided by zigbee is also providing by bluetooth technology in what aspects it is better than that?
Zigbee is faster than bluetooth by technology. the typical bluetooth pairing will take 3 secs, whereas Zigbee would pairup in milli secs. Zigbee is primarily for low data exchange. so in future u can operate a vending machine from ur mobile device. a bluetooth mobile typically takes long time to access permission from bank to the vending machine, whereas a zigbee mobile will do remarkably quicker.
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