User's Manual

Doc No: 890-03084 Date: 2017-03-24 Rev 9
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13. IEEE 802.15.4 Overview
IEEE 802.15.4 is a low power wireless network optimized for battery driven devices. On the world-
wide approved 2.4GHz spectrum, it supports 16 channels with 250kbps per channel where each
channel has a bandwidth of 2MHz.
A comparison with WiFi, IEEE 802.11b, can be seen on the below picture. IEEE 802.11b uses 11
channels in US and 13 channels in Europe with a bandwidth of 22MHz per channel.
Yanzi Gateways automatically select channels for IEEE 802.15.4 that sensors attach to.
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