7.1 Personal Area Network (PAN) Same Channel Co-Existence

It is possible to have multiple Zigbee networks on the same channel. The following figure illustrates that it is possible to start a second Personal Area Network (PAN) in the presence of an existing PAN.

The following figure illustrates packets #19 and #20 and provides details about the beacon frame transmission by coordinator 1 with extended PAN ID 0xdeeb1 and coordinator 2 with EPID 0xdeeb7 for router sending the Beacon Request as packet #18 in the same channel.
Figure 7-1. PAN Channel Co-Existence