Google Wi-Fi seems to be using 802.11s "mesh networking" protocol, but I think that's still mainly targeted at in-home/in-building mesh networking. The mesh net

Google Wi-Fi seems to be using 802.11s "mesh networking" protocol, but I think that's still mainly targeted at in-home/in-building mesh networking. The mesh networking era we'll all expecting could be enabled by the upcoming 802.11ah, which works in the 900Mhz spectrum, and should offer higher ranges. Although I think the target is only 2x of 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi N right now, which seems a little disappointing to me. I was expecting something along of 1KM range (I don't think Wi-Fi N actually reaches 500m in the real world). It may be because the Wi-Fi Alliance is trying to make this an "IoT"-enabling technology as well, rather than allow us to connect to each other's smartphones and notebooks at good speeds and longer ranges. Anandtech says there's quite a big push for 802.11ah from Wi-Fi silicon vendors. http://www.anandtech.com/show/9915/wifi-halow-longrange-lowpower-wifi-for-internetofthings-devices http://www.anandtech.com/show/9915/wifi-halow-longrange-lowp... http://www.anandtech.com/show/8253/thread-group-moots-new-ip-wireless-networking-protocol-for-iot http://www.anandtech.com/show/8253/thread-group-moots-new-ip...