The 802.15.4 Chipset Market

Application Markets, Technological Developments, Market Players, IC Shipments, and Revenue Forecasts

This study analyzes both consumer electronics and commercial IEEE 802.15.4 markets. To date, the 802.15.4 market has grown steadily, based on proprietary point-to-point solutions and the ZigBee-based AMI infrastructure trials. 802.15.4 technology should drastically increase market growth as the RF4CE Consortium – backed by consumer electronics industry leaders – standardizes a remote control solution, and ZigBee AMI trials move towards full-scale rollouts to provide a true smart energy solution.

The report provides vital insight into the ongoing market dynamics and opportunities, and provides crucial data for 802.15.4 IC unit shipments, average selling prices, and revenue to 2013. Additionally, it highlights the leading early adopter vertical markets and forecasts 802.15.4 adoption among several different wireless sensor network verticals.

What Questions Does This Report Answer?

  • What are the key drivers for growth in this market?
  • What are the key vertical segments of the 802.15.4 wireless sensor network market?
  • What are the obstacles to this growth?
  • What is the revenue opportunity for 802.15.4 chipsets?
  • Where is the biggest 802.15.4 market opportunity: proprietary point-to-point solutions and consumer electronics or wireless sensor networks?
  • Who are the major 802.15.4 IC manufacturers?

Who Needs This Report?

  • 802.15.4 chipset vendors
  • Consultants
  • Financial analysts
  • Industry organizations
  • Venture capitalists
  • Wireless consumer electronics vendors
  • Wireless sensor network module manufacturers
  • Wireless sensor network software developers
  • Wireless sensor network systems vendors

Table of Contents

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Section 1.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1. Market Overview
1.2. Dynamics: Drivers, Obstacles, and WSN Verticals
1.3. Market Forecasts

Section 2.
MARKET ISSUES
2.1. IEEE 802.15.4
2.1.1. IEEE 802.15.4 and Proprietary offerings
2.2. IEEE 802.15.4 and CE Remote Control
2.2.1. RF4CE
2.3. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN)
2.3.1. WSN Markets
2.4. WSN Protocols
2.4.1. ZigBee
2.4.1.1. ZigBee Network Topology
2.4.1.2. ZigBee Market
2.4.2. CAP
2.4.3. IP/6LoWPAN
2.4.4. ISA100
2.4.5. Routing Over Low Power and Lossy (ROLL)
2.4.6. IP and 802.15.4 - CAP and 6loWPAN
2.4.7. WirelessHART
2.5. 802.15.4 Market Dynamics
2.5.1. Drivers
2.5.1.1. Smart Metering Industry and Energy Efficiency
2.5.1.2. RF4CE and the CE Opportunity
2.5.1.3. Green Technology Solutions
2.5.1.4. 802.15.4-Based Energy Harvesting Solutions
2.5.2. Obstacles
2.5.2.1. Current Economy: Global Recession
2.5.2.2. Competitive Solutions Not Using 802.15.4
2.5.2.3. Z-Wave
2.5.2.4. INSTEON
2.5.2.5. Proprietary Energy Harvesting Solutions
2.5.2.5.1. EnOcean
2.5.2.6. Competitive Technology
2.5.2.6.1. Bluetooth Low Energy
2.5.2.6.2. Low-Power Wi-Fi
2.5.3. WSN Market Verticals and Applications
2.5.3.1. AMI
2.5.3.2. Home Automation
2.5.3.2.1. Key Home Automation Use Cases and Applications
2.5.3.2.2. Home Area Network Market Analysis
2.5.3.2.3. Role of ZigBee in HANs
2.5.3.3. Building Automation
2.5.3.4. Industrial Automation
2.6. Industry Associations and Alliances
2.6.1. HART Communication Foundation
2.6.2. INSTEON Alliance
2.6.3. IPSO Alliance
2.6.4. ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute
2.6.5. RF4CE
2.6.6. ZigBee Alliance
2.6.7. Z-Wave Alliance

Section 3.
TECHNOLOGY
3.1. 802.15.4 Technology Specification
3.1.1. Physical Layer Specification (PHY)
3.1.2. Medium Access Control (MAC)
3.1.3. Spectrum
3.1.4. Data Rates
3.1.5. Network Configuration
3.1.6. Security
3.1.7. Network Layer
3.1.8. Standards Development
3.1.9. Semiconductor Components
3.1.9.1. System-on-Chip
3.1.9.2. Modules

Section 4.
KEY INDUSTRY PLAYERS
4.1. Atmel
4.2. Ember
4.3. Freescale
4.4. Jennic
4.5. Microchip Technology
4.6. STMicroelectronics
4.7. Texas Instruments
4.8. Uniband Electric Corporation
4.9. ZMD

Section 5.
MARKET FORECASTS
5.1. Market Forecasts Introduction
5.2. Forecast Methodology
5.3. 802.15.4 Market Forecasts
5.3.1. Unit Shipments
5.3.2. ASP
5.3.3. Revenue
5.3.4. Regions
5.3.5. Market Segmentation
5.3.5.1. Wireless Sensor Network by Application
5.3.5.2. Wireless Sensor Network by Protocol Stack

Section 6.
COMPANY DIRECTORY

Section 7.
ACRONYMS

Section 8.
SCOPE OF STUDY
SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY
NOTES
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Tables
  • 802.15.4 Chipset Shipments, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014
  • 802.15.4 Chipset ASPs, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014
  • 802.15.4 Chipset Revenue, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014
  • 802.15.4 Chipset Shipments by Region, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014
  • 802.15.4 Chipset Revenue by Region, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014
  • 802.15.4 Chipset Shipments by Market Segmentation, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014
  • 802.15.4 Chipset Revenue by Market Segmentation, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014
  • 802.15.4 Chipset Shipments by WSN Application, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014
  • 802.15.4 Chipset Revenue by WSN Application, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014
  • 802.15.4 Chipset Shipments by WSN Protocol Stack, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014
  • 802.15.4 Chipset Revenue by WSN Protocol Stack, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014

Charts
  • 802.15.4 Chipset Shipments, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014
  • 802.15.4 Chipset ASPs, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014
  • 802.15.4 Chipset Revenue, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014
  • 802.15.4 Chipset Shipments by Region, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014
  • 802.15.4 Chipset Revenue by Region, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014
  • 802.15.4 Chipset Shipments by Market Segmentation, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014
  • 802.15.4 Chipset Revenue by Market Segmentation, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014
  • 802.15.4 Chipset Shipments by WSN Application, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014
  • 802.15.4 Chipset Revenue by WSN Application, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014
  • 802.15.4 Chipset Shipments by WSN Protocol Stack, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014
  • 802.15.4 Chipset Revenue by WSN Protocol Stack, World Market, Forecast: 2007 to 2014

Figures
  • ZigBee Networking Layer