Z-Wave Specification Opened to Semiconductor and Stack Suppliers
Published2019.12.23 14:20Opening Multisource Wireless Standard Specification Resolves Interoperability Issues
Silicon Labs and the Z-Wave Alliance will open the Z-Wave specification, a multisource wireless standard approved by member companies, to all semiconductor and software stack developers.
▲ Z-Wave specification corresponding to a multisource wireless standard will be opened in Q3 2020 <Image=Silicon Labs>
Through this, semiconductor and software companies will be able to participate in the future Z-Wave ecosystem, contribute to the advancement of smart home standards, and develop and supply sub-GHz Z-Wave wireless devices and software stacks.
The Z-Wave specification scheduled to be released in the second half of 2020 includes the ITU.G9959 PHY/MAC wireless specification, application layer, network layer, and communication protocols between host and client devices.
Z-Wave is changing to a multisource wireless smart home standard form where member companies of the Z-Wave Alliance working groups collectively develop the specification, rather than a single organization developing the specification alone.
Z-Wave currently has over 100 million interoperable devices deployed worldwide, over 3,200 certified products, and over 700 member companies.
A Silicon Labs representative stated, "With this measure to expand and open access to Z-Wave as a standard supported by various vendors for IoT standardization, the smart home ecosystem will experience the effect of gaining more extensive technical support and faster market adoption rates."
Alliance member companies and smart home consumers can benefit from this measure through interoperability, backward compatibility, the S2 security framework, easy installation using SmartStart, low-power characteristics guaranteeing 10 years of battery life, and long-range connectivity through sub-GHz mesh networks.
Mitch Klein, Executive Director of the Z-Wave Alliance, stated, "The Z-Wave Alliance, which is developing into a standardization organization, will help solve interoperability issues that are obstacles to smart home device adoption," and added, "Member companies will cooperate on a single sub-GHz connectivity solution to ensure backward and forward compatibility as well as interoperability, security, and robustness necessary for IoT expansion."
Meanwhile, the Z-Wave Alliance plans to expand its activities as a standard development organization for the Z-Wave specification and will continue the Z-Wave certification program for related software and hardware.
Development work on the Z-Wave specification to be released will be handled by a new working group of the Z-Wave Alliance in the third quarter of 2020, and details regarding the semiconductor and stack platform certification program will be announced in Q3 2020.
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