Communication system using zigbee and method of controlling the same

• US 7,826,395 B2
• Filed: 04/22/2008
• Issued: 11/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Hyo-dae, Park, Jong-wook
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu; Thong H
• Application Number:
  US12/107,194
• Publication Number:
  US 20090262665A1
• Time in Patent Office: 924 Days
• Field of Search: 370/328, 370/503, 370/230, 370/338, 455/7, 455/41.2
• 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, and

wherein the ZigBee device transmits a channel and a PAN ID set message through a set IEEE address of the ZigBee coordinator.

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. The system of claim 1, wherein the ZigBee device transmits an IEEE address request message.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the ZigBee device determines whether the ZigBee coordinator has transmitted an IEEE address response message.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein if the ZigBee device determines that the ZigBee coordinator has not transmitted the IEEE address response message, the ZigBee device continuously transmits the IEEE address request message while changing a channel of the ZigBee coordinator.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein if the ZigBee device determines that the ZigBee coordinator has transmitted the IEEE address response message, a channel of the ZigBee coordinator is set as the channel and the IEEE address of the ZigBee coordinator included in the IEEE address response message is set as the IEEE address.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the ZigBee coordinator transmits a PAN ID set response message to the ZigBee device after setting the PAN ID.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the ZigBee device receives the PAN ID set response message and set its own PAN ID according to the PAD ID included in the PAN ID set response message.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the ZigBee coordinator transmits the channel set response message through a previous channel and changes its own channel.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the ZigBee coordinator receives the channel set message, changes the channel and transmits a channel set response message to the ZigBee device.

13. 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.

14. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium in which a program for executing the method of claim 13 is recorded.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the ZigBee device receives the PAN ID set response message and set its own PAN ID according to the PAD ID included in the PAN ID set response message.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the ZigBee coordinator transmits a PAN ID set response message to the ZigBee device after setting the PAN ID.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the ZigBee coordinator receives the channel set message, changes the channel and transmits a channel set response message to the ZigBee device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the ZigBee coordinator transmits the channel set response message through a previous channel and changes its own channel.