Zigbee network
installations require network coordinator, which often packaged into a
device that can connect both Zigbee and other important networks like
Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Cellular.
. These devices are typically called “hubs”, since all
networking communications through them.4.
One the primary benefits Thread that it’s based the Internet
Protocol (IP). technology the reason the Internet powerful, and
Thread extends that low-power devices. Similar how your internet provider’s modem connects
your home network the internet, Thread Border Router connects your
Thread Mesh your home network.1. Any Border Router can used to
route the networking messages for application layers like HomeKit with
Thread, Matter with Thread, manufacturer-specific protocols, and future apps
still invented. This
means that the same home business, you might see multiple, different
Zigbee networks that all require their own respective hubs, despite that they
should interoperable. Network Layer vs. the other hand, for shared Thread Mesh, there
can multiple Border Routers that all provide the same routing capabilities
redundantly. One drawback the Zigbee
approach that the networking layer (how messages are sent) tied very
closely with the application layer (what messages mean). technology provides the
networking layer for Thread mesh, which makes standardizing Border
Router possible where wasn’t before. one device fails, the others provide seamless, unbroken
connectivity the mesh. This means variety of
different apps can share Thread mesh, the same way they share Wi-Fi
networks and commercial networks today. Application Layer
Thread successor Zigbee, closely-related technology. technology, Thread primarily
concerned with the networking layer, which means that any IP-based
application layer can used with Thread mesh.
Another important difference Border Routers compared hubs the
concept redundancy. This makes very
hard standardize hub way that easily shared between vendors. hub, definition, single node through which
all communications flow
