Throughput
Throughput in a Zigbee network can differ by a number of variables, including:
- Number of hops
- Encryption enabled/disabled
- Sleeping end devices
- Failures/route discoveries.
Our empirical testing showed the following throughput performance in a robust operating environment (low interference).
| Configuration | Data throughput |
|---|---|
|
1 hop, RR, SD |
58 kb/s |
|
1 hop, RR, SE |
34 kb/s |
|
1 hop, RE, SD |
Not yet available |
|
1 hop, RR, SE |
Not yet available |
|
1 hop, ER, SD |
Not yet available |
|
1 hop, ER, SE |
Not yet available |
|
4 hops, RR, SD |
Not yet available |
|
4 hops, RR, SE |
Not yet available |
|
RR = router to router RE = router to end device (non-sleeping) ER = end device (non-sleeping) to router SD = security disabled SE = security enabled 4 hops = 5 nodes total, 3 intermediate router nodes |
Note We set the serial interface rate to 115200 b/s for data throughput measurements, and measured the time to send 100,000 bytes from source to destination. During the test, no route discoveries or failures occurred.
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