Overview Of Rf500 Mesh Networking - Fluke Comark RF500A System Manual

RF500 Wireless Monitoring System Overview

Overview of RF500 Mesh Networking

The RF500 Wireless Monitoring System uses the IEEE 802.15.4 radio transmission standard to implement a radio mesh
network.
A mesh network is comprised of the following devices:
•
Gateway
•
Mesh Transmitter
•
Transmitter
On installation each transmitter is associated with a particular Gateway by serial number. Messages are transferred
between transmitters and the Gateway using two-way communication with acknowledgement of successful message
reception.
Transmitters which are physically close to their associated Gateway such as transmitter A in Figure 7 below, will most
likely transmit directly to it. Others such as transmitter B which are further away rely on meshing transmitters to forward
messages to and from the Gateway on their behalf.
The route taken by the message can vary depending on network load and link reliability. The ability to dynamically
reconfigure the network is termed self-healing. In the figure below the self-healing ability is shown.
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