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Zigbee and Thread are not the same thing. They use the same 802.15.4 radio. Zigbee does its own wireless mesh protocol, and then adds profiles on top. With home
by ianburrell 3y ago
Zigbee and Thread are not the same thing. They use the same 802.15.4 radio. Zigbee does its own wireless mesh protocol, and then adds profiles on top. With home automation being most common. Thread uses 6LoWPAN to run IPv6 on 802.15.4. Thread adds a mesh network. Matter is the home automation protocol on top of that.
- tjoff 3y agoFrom an systems perspective they are the same thing. Zigbee vs. Thread is just transport. The protocol on top of that is what matters and the sole purpose (from my narrow perspective) of Thread+Matter was that this would be a team effort to allow different vendors to talk to eachother. And with that in mind IPv6 feels like a decent choice. If vendors don't respect that foundation then the whole point of Matter+Thread is just gone.