ZigBee is one of the latest technologies developed by the ZigBee Alliance to enable Wireless Personal Area works. ZigBee technology has better characteristics when compared with other wireless standards such as WI-FI, Bluetooth and WiMAX, and so on. Though the transmission range in ZigBee ranges up to a few meters, the network has several layers, designed to enable interpersonal communication within the network, appropriate routing technique can lead the data to be reached to a longer distance, leading to an increase in the transmission range. Present research emphases on the maximization of the transmission range in the ZigBee network. For the analysis, the Simulink based software called TRUETIME 2.0 in MATLAB tool is used. Energy Efficient ZigBee based AODV routing protocol with incorporated CSMA-CA MAC channel access (EE-ZAODVCSMA) is proposed for maximizing the transmission range in the ZigBee network. To maximize the transmission range, various soft computing techniques such as Fuzzy Logic, Artificial Neural Network, Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System, and one more technique which is an integration of ANN and Genetic Algorithm are applied to the network. A small ZigBee network is implemented with four nodes on LPC 2148 to show the data communication based on the proposed algorithm.

ZigBee是ZigBee联盟开发的最新技术之一，可实现无线个人区域工作。与其他无线标准（例如WI-FI，蓝牙和WiMAX等）相比，ZigBee技术具有更好的特性。尽管ZigBee的传输范围可达几米，但网络具有多层结构，旨在实现网络内的人际通信，但是适当的路由技术可以使数据到达更长的距离，从而导致传输量增加范围。目前的研究重点在于ZigBee网络中传输范围的最大化。为了进行分析，使用了基于MATLAB的Simulink软件TRUETIME 2.0。为了最大化ZigBee网络中的传输范围，提出了基于节能ZigBee的AODV路由协议，并结合了CSMA-CA MAC信道访问（EE-ZAODVCSMA）。为了最大化传输范围，将各种软计算技术（例如模糊逻辑，人工神经网络，自适应神经模糊推理系统）以及将人工神经网络和遗传算法集成在一起的另一种技术应用于网络。一个小的ZigBee网络在LPC 2148上实现了四个节点，以显示基于所提出算法的数据通信。并将人工神经网络和遗传算法相结合的另一种技术应用于网络。一个小的ZigBee网络在LPC 2148上实现了四个节点，以显示基于所提出算法的数据通信。并将人工神经网络和遗传算法相结合的另一种技术应用于网络。一个小的ZigBee网络在LPC 2148上实现了四个节点，以显示基于所提出算法的数据通信。