Alibaba, Xiaomi, and others join new Bluetooth SIG Smart Home Subgroup established to advance mesh networking for the smart home market LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In response to increased adoption of ...

Many of the world leaders in both Bluetooth products and smart home solutions are behind the new subgroup. Some of the key names include Alibaba, GCT Semiconductor, Lierda, Midea Group IoT Company, ...

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the group that oversees development of the widespread Bluetooth standard, has today unveiled the details about its new mesh networking standard. This ...

Chip maker NXP Semiconductors announced last week that it is adding mesh capabilities to its portfolio of products compliant with the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) wireless standard. The company’s goal ...

BLE Mesh expands Bluetooth into a wide range of new applications, but it involves design tradeoffs in both hardware and software. Bluetooth is a ubiquitous communications protocol with countless ...

The increasing ubiquity of the Internet of Things has led to a greater integration of Bluetooth mesh networks with wireless sensor technologies. Bluetooth mesh leverages the fundamental Bluetooth Low ...

Current mesh models target control applications such as lighting control and sensor networks. These applications typically involve smaller packets, so the 1 Mbit/s speed should prove to be more than ...

Xiaomi has released the Smart Home Hub 2 in some European markets. The Xiaomi Smart Home Hub 2 supports Bluetooth, Bluetooth Mesh, and ZigBee protocols. It is also more powerful than its predecessor, ...