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Industrial IoT Connectivity: How to Choose the Right Network for Large Device Fleets
Choosing an industrial IoT connectivity technology is rarely just a matter of selecting a radio. The network must continue to perform when a pilot installation grows from a few devices to hundreds or thousands. It must operate in an environment filled with walls, metal structures, machinery and radio interference. It may also need to support […]
Low-Power Mesh Networks: How to Balance Battery Life, Reliability and Scale
A low-power radio does not automatically create a low-power mesh network. Battery life in a wireless IoT system depends on far more than the power consumption of the transceiver itself. Devices may spend energy listening for traffic, searching for a network, forwarding packets, repeating failed transmissions, maintaining routes and downloading firmware. As a result, a […]
Mesh Network Latency in Industrial IoT: What Really Affects Response Time?
Wireless mesh networks are often selected because they can extend coverage, route around obstacles and connect large numbers of devices. But every additional node, hop and retransmission can affect response time. This makes mesh network latency an important design parameter in industrial IoT, professional lighting, building automation and distributed sensing systems. The challenge is not […]