Abstract
ZigBee Wireless Technology is the leading global standard for implementing low-cost, Low-data-rate, short-range wireless networks with extended battery life. The ZigBee standard provides network, security, and application support services operating on top of the IEEE 802.15.4 Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) wireless standard. It employs a suite of technologies to enable scalable, self-organizing, and self-healing networks that can manage various data traffic patterns, The low cost allows the technology to be widely deployed in wireless control and monitoring applications, the low power-usage allows longer life with smaller batteries, and the mesh networking provides high reliability and larger range. ZigBee has been developed to meet the growing demand for capable wireless networking between numerous low power devices. In this paper , we will try to give a complete picture about ZigBee technology including the structure of this technology, the layers where this technology works referred to the OSI model, how this technology works, the main components that use to create a ZigBee network, The objective of this simulation is to establish tree topology networkby; using an OPNET Modeller 14.5 program, and to investigate the performance of the network model, and see the effect on data when we change the time of transmission and finally we will investigate the performance of some network models that employ IEEE 802.15.4 protocol using different scenarios. arabic 19 English 91