Being an integral part of the IP-enabled world would start by being IP-enabled, which Zigbee is not.
Zigbee brought two good things: promotion of the low-power IEEE802.15.4 radio and definition of application-layer device profiles through the cluster library, just like prior wired standards bodies had done (LonMark, BACNet, Modbus, etc.).
The stubborn refusal to use the open IP protocols as its networking paradigm, especially now that there are extremely resource-optimal ways of doing so using the 6LoWPAN (IETF RFC4944) specification, continues to confine Zigbee as a narrow, single-link, difficult to manage and operationally costly paradigm for most sensor networking and remote monitoring or control applications.
There are better ways, based on IP, that save us the wasteful reinvention of the wheel for all aspects of managing networked devices. The other key benefit of IP is that it enables end-to-end applications between IEEE802.15.4 radio enabled devices and other devices that may be connected via WiFi or Ethernet or Power Line Communication or Cellular technology, to name a few. Now THAT would represent being an integral part of the IP-enabled world!
Roland Acra
Arch Rock Corporation
http://www.archrock.com
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