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Correct. Source: I do low-energy mesh networks. There are loads of tradeoffs, and a lot of it just has to do with the physical medium. Sure, you could go with
by ryukoposting 2y ago
Correct. Source: I do low-energy mesh networks. There are loads of tradeoffs, and a lot of it just has to do with the physical medium.
Sure, you could go with an off-the-shelf solution, but those aren't always a good fit for whatever product you're developing. If you can squeeze your bandwidth requirements to an absolute minimum, say, tens of kilobits, you can accomplish absolutely nutty stuff with a cheap LoRa radio and a well-designed antenna. Sure, it's tens of kilobits, but it's tens of kilobits sent and received over a mile between devices with batteries the size of your pinky.
- leafmeal 2y agoThis is fascinating! How can I learn more about this tech if I wanted to try an build something myself?
- larodi 2y agoTens of kb worked charm for me in the 90s. For iOt is more than enough. I’m more concerned whether the mesh works when devices move around yet still keep within vicinity of each other.
- ryukoposting 2y agoYou nailed it. The overwhelming majority of research around mesh networks assumes that nodes are stationary, and connection lifetimes are long-lived and consistent (if not perfectly reliable). My job is extra cool because none of those assumptions apply.