Mesh Wi-Fi system enhances smart home applications and makes connectivity easy

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In today's smart homes, users often struggle with signal range and quality. Many people are troubled by problems such as being unable to connect to the Internet, read the news, contact friends, greet family, or get work done.

Mesh Wi-Fi can overcome this challenge, and Tony Testa recently shared some very practical advice on using a mesh Wi-Fi system to enhance new smart home applications.

What is a mesh Wi-Fi system and how can it help achieve better coverage in your home?

A distributed or mesh Wi-Fi system consists of a router connected to a main modem and multiple satellite router-like devices, or nodes, placed throughout the home to provide complete Wi-Fi coverage. The more nodes, the greater the range of the connection.

Today’s Mesh Networks:

• Self-configuring – Automatically incorporates new nodes into the existing infrastructure network without requiring any adjustments by the network administrator.

• Self-healing – Even if a node is blocked or the signal is lost, the network automatically searches for the fastest, most reliable path to send data.

• Faster operation – Since local data packets do not have to be transmitted back to a central server, these satellite nodes can process data independently.

• Make the network adaptable and scalable – mesh nodes can be easily installed or uninstalled depending on the size of the coverage area.

• A single service set identifier (SSID) can be set up on different frequencies, instead of having to name multiple routers on different bands separately - such as "Home Wi-Fi" vs. "Home Wi-Fi 2.4/Home Wi-Fi 5 GHz".

Today’s smart homes are filled with numerous services (e.g. security, lighting, etc.) using a variety of technologies and multiple standards. Historically (in the past), gateway devices that provided primary Internet access to the home handled the delivery of Wi-Fi, but each additional service required several central controllers. Going forward, gateway devices will be equipped with multiple embedded wireless solutions such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), Zigbee, and Thread. This will reduce the need for a single central controller, and the same wireless standards and capabilities will be added to the Wi-Fi mesh system (extenders and repeaters).

Since the Internet/cloud is accessed through the established distributed/mesh Wi-Fi system in the home, other BLE, Zigbee and Thread systems can leverage the Wi-Fi mesh network as the backhaul for carrying data. This is further facilitated by the implementation of Wi-Fi 6, which supports more than 4 times the users and connections, thus achieving about 4 times the throughput. As an added benefit, it is highly optimized to be used as a local area network system for all other additional services (security, lighting, audio distribution, environmental control, etc.).

The above is an introduction to distributed or mesh Wi-Fi systems. I will not introduce how to implement it in theory here. For more theoretical knowledge about this new solution, you can click on " Connectivity Technology Q&A: Mesh Wi-Fi System Enhances Smart Home Applications " to see for yourself. I will not do it for you, I think this solution is really good.

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alan000345

Lanbo posted on 2020-4-14 17:07 Thumbs up to the author! The articles he has been posting on RF are always of very high quality.

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jtxiot

I work in the field of smart home, and I agree with the original poster's sharing. Home gateway WiFi management will become more and more important in the future, because currently, a single family generally has 6 to 10 devices connected to the network, including several mobile phones, TV boxes, TVs, and iPads. If more smart devices are connected, the demand for the network will be higher.

Since I have just registered, I will pay more attention to the posts of the poster and learn more from him.

alan000345

jtxiot posted on 2020-11-25 17:42 I am engaged in the field of smart home, and I agree with the sharing of the OP. The management of home gateway WiFi will become more and more important in the future, because a single home...

Thank you, please share more good information.