Designing for Multiple Networks on a Single Zigbee Chip#

NOTE: This section replaces AN724: Designing for Multiple Networks on a Single Zigbee Chip. Further updates to this application note will be provided here.

This application note discusses the design considerations involved in integrating a feature that allows a node with one Zigbee radio to operate on multiple Zigbee networks.

Prior to EmberZNet PRO 6.8.0, the multi-network implementation limited the number of always-on roles that a device could serve on the participating networks. Starting with EmberZNet PRO 6.8.0, the multi-network feature and a new multi-PAN feature allow the device to operate as a coordinator on both Zigbee networks in a host-NCP configuration.

Key Points#

• Multi-network vs Multi-PAN

• Design considerations

• Network context and stack APIs

• Application framework support

• Tokens

• Multi-network timing considerations