Thread
Thread is a mesh networking specification for IoT devices, with impressive company backing. The Thread Group, which works on the definition of the protocol, consists of companies such as NEST (Google/Alphabet), Apple, and Samsung.
Similar to ZigBee, Thread is a wireless radio protocol that can be used to form mesh networks. Some key features of the Thread protocol are energy efficiency and security and the fact that it is based on IPv6, which makes it easier to address specific nodes, independent of the technology used to reach them (Wi-Fi/radio), both inside and outside the network. In comparison to ZigBee, creating node meshes is also easier with Thread, because you don't have to care about which node is a router and which is an ...
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