08-19-2013, 10:18 AM
ABI research has estimated by year 2018, total annual home automation device shipments to exceed 351 million, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 78%. ZigBee is the leading protocol for IEEE 802.15.4 with the node shipments at 4.5 million, narrowly ahead of proprietary protocol offerings.
see report at
http://www.eeherald.com/section/news/onw...81805.html
see report at
http://www.eeherald.com/section/news/onw...81805.html