Node Descriptor

Name

Size (bits)

Description

Logical Type

3

Indicates the logical device type:

000 – Coordinator
001 – Router
010 – End device

Complex Descriptor
Available

1
  1. Complex descriptor not supported
  2. Complex descriptor supported

User Descriptor
Available

1
  1. User descriptor not supported
  2. User descriptor supported

Reserved

3


APS flags

3

Not supported. Set to 0.

Frequency Band

5

bit0 – 868 MHz

bit1 – Reserved

bit2 – 900 MHz

bit3 – 2.4 GHz
bit4 – Reserved

MAC capability flags

8

Bit0 – Alternate PAN coordinator

Bit1 – Device Type
Bit2 – Power source
Bit3 – Receiver on when idle

Bit4-5 – Reserved
Bit6 – Security capability
Bit7 – Allocate address

Manufacturer Code

16

Indicates the manufacturer's code assigned by the Zigbee Alliance.

Maximum Buffer Size

8

Maximum size in bytes, of a data transmission (including APS bytes).

Maximum incoming
transfer size

16

Maximum number of bytes that can be received by the node.

Server mask

16


Maximum outgoingtransfer size

16

Maximum number of bytes that can be transmitted by this device, including fragmentation.

Descriptor capability field

8

Bit0 – Extended active endpoint list available

Bit1 – Extended simple descriptor list available