Transmission, addressing, and routing Throughput
Digi XBee® 3 Zigbee® RF Module
114
Hops Maximum encrypted payload Maximum unencrypted payload
19 85 130
20 75 120
21 65 110
22 55 100
23 45 90
24 35 80
25 25 70
Throughput
Throughput in a Zigbee network can differ by a number of variables, including:
n Number of hops
n Encryption enabled/disabled
n Sleeping end devices
n Failures/route discoveries
ZDO transmissions
Zigbee defines a Zigbee device objects layer (ZDO) that provides device and service discovery and
network management capabilities.
Cluster name
Cluster
ID Description
NetworkAddressRequest 0x0000 Request a 16-bit address of the radio with a matching 64-bit
address (required parameter).
ActiveEndpoints Request 0x0005 Request a list of endpoints from a remote device.
LQI Request 0x0031 Request data from a neighbor table of a remote device.
Routing Table Request 0x0032 Request to retrieve routing table entries from a remote
device.
NetworkAddressResponse 0x8000 Response that includes the 16-bit address of a device.
LQI Response 0x8031 Response that includes neighbor table data from a remote
device.
Routing Table Response 0x8032 Response that includes routing table entry data from a
remote device.
Refer to the Zigbee specification for a detailed description of all Zigbee device profile services.