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UNSTABLE NERWORK

In past I try to solve this problem:

https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/51249/state-chaneged-flags

Now I have new informations about this problem.

Using hardware:

Testing on hardware moduls ebyte e73-2g4m08s1c and fanstel bt-840 which contains NRF-52840.

this moduls have onboard or external antenna 

Tested using SDK:[1]

-nRF5_SDK_for_Thread_and_Zigbee_v3.2.0

-nRF5_SDK_for_Thread_and_Zigbee_v3.1.0

Project examples:[2]

-simple coap client

-simple coap server

-dfu client + iot coap

Size of network:[3]

2 - 8 nodes

verifyed through thread topology monitor

nodes are in one room, two furthest distance is 1-6 meters

Count of nodes which is unstable[4]

                    count of unstable  /  size of network

sometimes                          [2 / 2]

sometimes                          [1 / 2]

sometimes                          [1 / 3]

sometimes                          [4 / 5]

sometimes                          [2-3 / 8]

OT DEVICE ROLES:[5]

role                                                   number of role

OT_DEVICE_ROLE_DISABLED     0

OT_DEVICE_ROLE_DETACHED   1

OT_DEVICE_ROLE_CHILD            2

OT_DEVICE_ROLE_ROUTER       3

OT_DEVICE_ROLE_LEADER       4

Time to go UNSTABE[6]

sometimes 1min, sometimes 5min, sometimes more...

1-30 min

Desctiption of behaviour:

-I create THREAD network using some example[1] from SDK [2]

-nodes create THREAD mesh network [3]

-after time[6] some nodes[4] go from ROLE 2 or 3 or 4  to ROLE 1 [5]

-sometimes one of nodes in ROLE 1 go to ROLE 4 and pbobably create separate THREAD mesh network and others join 

-normally nodes which is unstable stay in ROLE 1 unless is device restarted

Other informations:

-is used DRV TIMER 2

-is used UART 2

-set Transmit Power to +8dBm

-thread CLI init is not call becouse need use these pins for my UART

- I use COAP protocol to comunicate with NCP

-NCP never have this problem

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