COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING ZIGBEE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20090262665A1
• Filed: 04/22/2008
• Published: 10/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: KIM, Hyo-dae, Park, Jong-wook
• Granted Patent: US 7,826,395 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/254
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play

Abstract

Provided are a communication system using ZigBee to coordinate communication terminals, to transmit and receive data via a coordinator, and to perform a binding operation of setting channels and personal area network (PAN) identifications (IDs) of the communication terminals using only a remote controller when forming a ZigBee communication network between a home appliance and a remote controller, and a method of controlling the same. The communication system which forms a communication network between communication terminals, includes: a ZigBee coordinator disposed at one of the communication terminals, coordinating the communication terminals, and transmitting and receiving data; and a ZigBee device disposed at another one of the plurality of communication terminals and forming a ZigBee communication network through communication with the ZigBee coordinator, wherein an inputting unit for setting channels and PAN IDs of the ZigBee coordinator is provided at the communication terminal in which the ZigBee device is disposed.

Claims

1. A communication system which forms a communication network between a plurality of communication terminals, the system comprising:

a ZigBee coordinator which is disposed at a first communication terminal of the plurality of communication terminals, coordinates the plurality of communication terminals, and transmits and receives data; and

a ZigBee device which is disposed at a second communication terminal of the plurality of communication terminals and forms a ZigBee communication network through communication with the ZigBee coordinator,

wherein an inputting unit which sets channels and personal area network (PAN) identifications (IDs) of the ZigBee coordinator is provided at the second communication terminal.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first communication terminal is a home appliance.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the second communication terminal is a remote controller.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein an installation module processing IEEE 802.15.4 data having a different format from a ZigBee format is provided at the second communication terminal.

5. A method of controlling a communication system which forms a communication network between a plurality of communication terminals, the method comprising:

requesting an IEEE address in a ZigBee format or in a format different from the ZigBee format through an installation module disposed at a first communication terminal of the plurality of communication terminals;

setting an IEEE address of a ZigBee coordinator disposed at a second communication terminal of the plurality of communication terminals in response to the IEEE address request;

transmitting a channel and personal area network (PAN) identification (ID) set message through the set IEEE address; and

setting a channel and a PAN ID of a ZigBee device in response to the transmitted channel and PAN ID set message.

6. A computer readable recording medium in which a program for executing the method of claim 5 is recorded.