I have created a mesh network algorithm for embedded systems. This implementation is released be released under MIT License.
The design is developed by me. Bratislav Markovic has been involved in discussions regarding the architectural design.
Me and a friend have started an Internet Of Things project and we wanted to have a radio module to our microcontroller for communication. The radio module we choose was the NRF24L01+.
One question might arise: Why not use the NRF24Mesh[1] solution that’s already been developed? I’ve looked at the design and noticed that it could be improved which are mentioned in the features, and I also wanted to create it by myself, because I can 🙂
In this post I will discuss about the architectural design of the Mesh Network.
Features of this implementation:
Address range: ~2^18 addresses (262144).
Decentralized network topology: a master is needed, all grouping and addressing will be decentralized, which means that the closest “parent” is responsible to address it’s children’s.
Mesh with multiple routes: All the nodes in the network has always a “default” route to master. Nodes can also pair to other nodes in the network that is physically close. If node A and node B needs to communicate with each other they don’t need to send the packet via the master node, if there is an opportunity to send the packet to a physically near node, and the number of hops is less than via the master, the packet will be sent to that neighbour, which will route it onwards.
