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A single device may be low bandwidth, but what about when you have thousands of such devices in a single apartment building?
by icebraining 7y ago
A single device may be low bandwidth, but what about when you have thousands of such devices in a single apartment building?
- Retric 7y ago100 bits per hour * 10,000 devices = 278 bits per second. That’s significantly less than the equivalent of a single cellphone per apartment building.
- magduf 7y agoYou're assuming they all spread out their communications evenly. What if they all want to send out a status update message on the hour?
- Retric 7y agoThat one of the reasons for the random delays are for in most network protocols. However, 10,000 devices sending 100 bits over say 10 seconds is still only 100kbps.