ZigBee-to-Internet Interconnection Architectures

This paper deals with sensor networking based on ZigBee and Internet using IEEE 1451 smart transducer interface architecture. The contribution begins with introduction to the IEEE 1451 smart transducer - network interface for sensors and actuators as an emerging, standard-based networking framework. Next part of the paper reviews some concepts of ZigBee architecture aimed at connecting wireless sensors and actuators through ZigBee to Intranets or Internet. The kernel of the paper deals with design of a software architecture stemming from technical standards or standard proposals. This paper focuses namely on design of software architectures of communication interconnecting devices in between ZigBee and Internet.