Zigbee vs. Matter over Thread:Understanding IoT Protocol Performance in Practice
The paper compares Zigbee and Matter over Thread, two leading low‑power wireless protocols for smart‑home IoT deployments. Experimental results show Zigbee offers lower baseline overhead and quicker route recovery in small, static networks, while Matter over Thread provides better scalability and robustness in multi‑hop scenarios. The authors conclude that each protocol presents distinct trade‑offs between agility, efficiency, and scalability.
- ▪Zigbee is a mature, non‑IP mesh networking solution, whereas Matter over Thread uses an IP‑based architecture to enhance device interoperability.
- ▪The study conducts empirical performance tests on commercially available hardware, focusing on scalability, responsiveness, and fault tolerance.
- ▪Zigbee demonstrates lower baseline overhead and faster route recovery, making it more responsive in static small‑scale deployments.
- ▪Matter over Thread maintains stable throughput and predictable latency across multi‑hop scenarios, indicating superior scalability and robustness.
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| Publication time | Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:10:37 +0000 |
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Computer Science > Networking and Internet Architecture arXiv:2603.04221 (cs) [Submitted on 4 Mar 2026] Title:Zigbee vs. Matter over Thread: Understanding IoT Protocol Performance in Practice Authors:Massimo Nobile, Fabio Palmese, Antonio Boiano, Alessandro E. C. Redondi, Matteo Cesana View a PDF of the paper titled Zigbee vs. Matter over Thread: Understanding IoT Protocol Performance in Practice, by Massimo Nobile and 4 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:The widespread adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) has positioned smart homes as paradigmatic examples of distributed automation systems, where reliability, efficiency, and interoperability depend critically on the underlying communication protocol.
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