Wireless Mesh Networks

Wireless Mesh NETWORKS


Providing industrial-strength connectivity, this technology delivers self-configuring, scalable, and self-healing networks. And it’s aimed right at distributed data acquisition and control.

Robert Poor, Ember Corp.

Wireless systems for industry have mostly used cellular-phone-style radio links, using point-to-point or point-to-multipoint transmission. But research at MIT’s Media Lab in Cambridge, MA, indicated that traditional wireless formats have liabilities in industrial applications. These include rigid structure, meticulous planning requirements, and dropped signals.