Bluetooth mesh networking?

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CCoffie picture CCoffie · Jan 3, 2013 · Viewed 23.5k times · Source

I had an Idea and I was wondering if it was possible. I've googled it and can't seem to find any existing solutions. I was thinking of having a Bluetooth mesh network. The layout I was hoping to achieve is to have one central station (PC with bluetooth dongle) and then a bunch of bluetooth modules (preferably these) that would all form a mesh network with the modules around them. Not all of them would be in range of the "central station" but would need to communicate with it through the other nodes. The bluetooth modules would be hooked up to ATtiny85 chips if it makes any difference. If you have any questions just ask.

  1. Is this possible?
  2. Is it possible with the above bluetooth module?
  3. Would they all have to be set up individually or could there be some sort of neighbor discovery?
  4. Would there be security risks?
  5. What would the limitations on the size of the network be?
  6. Where should I start?

Answer

Alberto picture Alberto · Mar 25, 2014

CSR has delivered a BLE mesh network solution

http://www.csr.com/news/pr/2014/csr-mesh

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