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I work on mesh networks for the smart utilities (think smart metering in India). Our deployments are in the hundreds of thousands and individual meshes of up t
by TickleSteve 6y ago
I work on mesh networks for the smart utilities (think smart metering in India).
Our deployments are in the hundreds of thousands and individual meshes of up to 1000 nodes. We use similar technologies to described in the article (802.15.4, RPL, IPv6, CoAP, 6LoWPAN, DTLS, etc).
Topology-wise, our meshes don't tend to exceed 10 hops (chains like described here aren't great, tho can function).
- snickmy 6y agoIntresting. What's the best real world solution to having those meters in basements or behind high density walls?
- aerostable_slug 6y agoI also worked in the space, though from the utility side. Multi-dwelling units are a problem, though not from the networking side. In my experience the commercial stacks had no issue with that kind of density. Also, we found that 900mHz signals can reach a lot further than one would think, at least intermittently (e.g. across the SF bay).
- snickmy 6y agoWhere can I learn more about why multi dwelling units are a problem?