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WiFi Smart Home Vs. ZigBee Smart Home
AddTime：2016-10-24 11:53:24
As the development of smart home, which kind of wireless communication technology will be more beneficial for the future development of smart home has become the biggest controversy in this industry. Currently, there are four wireless communication technologies are being applied in the smart home: WiFi, ZigBee, Bluetooth and Z-Wave.

These four technologies all have their own advantages. However, with the development of times and technology, WiFi and Zigbee have overrun Bluetooth and Z-Wave. For the safety aspect, ZigBee technology is the best among them, so far, there is no cracking history about it. But it has its own disadvantages, like high cost, low transmission, cannot really meet all customers’ needs. While WiFi technology seems to be more advantageous than ZigBee.

WiFi has a wide range cover, high speed, low radiation, we don’t know since when it has dominated the world, the means of transportation, office buildings, restaurants, entertainment places, libraries and every place in house all are covered with WiFi. According to related data, 15 billion WiFi equipments will come into use in 2016, and the signal transmitting radius of each equipment can reach 100m, the speed can be 11mbps, which perfectly meet the needs of modern society development. Meanwhile, as experts state, the radiation of WiFi is so small that it will not cause threat to human health.

In addition to the advantages stated above, WiFi still has two advantages which are very unique to other three technologies, they are flexibility and mobility. Know why the phone and PC nowadays can be equipped with WiFi? That is because these mobile devices can meet users’ needs to quick information through WiFi.

Some companies who love ZigBee technology always say that ZigBee smart home is more suitable for future development, but WiFi technology has gained more support in the industry than ZigBee technology, and the market share of WiFi smart home is also the biggest. Therefore, WiFi smart home seems to be more advantageous than ZigBee smart home.

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