Imagine owning a plethora of smart devices such as Internet-of-things-enabled (IoT) fridges, microwaves, ACs, exer-cycles, security door locks, webcams, and so on. Many of us already live with some version of this. Your neighbours probably have similar smart device penetration. Many people also have some sort of wired broadband connection, as well as 4G smartphones or better.
What if those devices all talk to each other directly? This is a mesh network — a local network, where smart devices connect directly to each other. A mesh can ride on a combination of Bluetooth, conventional Wi-Fi, even 2G, landlines or fibre.
A mesh
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