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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bluetooth-enabled mesh networks: Optimizing efficiency in healthcare IoT Over the past several years, the implementation of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning ...

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OnMicro, an innovator in RF semiconductors, today unveiled its new family of multi-protocol Bluetooth SoCs. These devices are designed to deliver high performance for smart ...

Smart lighting has been a topic of conversation for quite some time. There are a number of different strategies available today, but with choice comes confusion. Without a single standard or approach ...

The use of Bluetooth technology continues to grow beyond mobile into rapidly expanding IoT and automotive applications. Consumers have grown to expect hands-free calling via Bluetooth, however, as the ...

Thread is a mesh networking protocol that connects low-power smart home gadgets, and it’s one of Matter’s underlying ...