https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/45516/help-with-a-mesh-architectureHi, I am trying to setup a mesh architecture, and I am not sure which path to take (Thread / Zigbee / Etc). The architecture is for the following system. There will be 30-60 nodes inside and outside of a building. Each node will have both need toen-USTelligent Community 13Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:34:33 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/179222?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:34:33 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:e5549b3e-6222-40f5-a311-221268262ae1Hung Bui<p>Hi,</p> <p>Mesh is not exactly made for low power designs. To maintain the coverage of mesh network&nbsp; requires you to have a number of backbone nodes that can relay and cache the message. Leaf nodes can be low power but they have latency due to sleeping period.&nbsp;</p> <p>All mesh technologies support this, including Bluetooth Mesh, Thread, Zigbee.&nbsp;</p> <p>Basically you would need a few nodes that need to be main powered and should have the coverage of the whole network in their RF range. Then you have low power node that connect to these nodes.&nbsp;<br /><br />If your node is not too distributed you can also think of using scattered network, in which you have several Bluetooth Low Energy star networks that connect to each other. Our current softdevice support up to 20 concurrent links.&nbsp;</p> <p>Another option is to use hybrid solution, a&nbsp; mesh network for the back bone and a BLE star network from the&nbsp;battery powered&nbsp;nodes to the mesh relay nodes.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>