Mesh Gateway deployment guidelines
Carefully plan the location of Mesh Gateway to ensure a reliable Silvanet Mesh Network in the forest.
Mesh Gateways provide a Silvanet Mesh Network to be established in a forest. The Mesh Network allows communication from distant sensors in a forest to be received by a Border Gateway deployed at the edge of a forest.
For details about Mesh Gateways, see Silvanet Mesh Gateways in Explore Silvanet.
Guidelines
Ensure you first take time to scout out locations in the forest for the Mesh Gateways.
Each Mesh Gateway should have connectivity to at least one, or ideally two, other Mesh Gateways to build up a Silvanet Mesh Network in the forest.
Each Mesh Gateway can be up to 3 km or even further from other gateways, depending on the topology and height at which the device has been deployed on a tree.
Build up Mesh Networks
To build up a Mesh Network, allow for the following conditions:
Range to Border Gateway: Maximum 2 km to 3 km between the Border Gateway and the first Mesh Gateway.
Range to nearest Mesh Gateway: Place second Mesh Gateway within range of the first Mesh Gateway.
Ensure connectivity: Second Mesh Gateway should be able to connect with the first Mesh Gateway to ensure connectivity
In the following example, note the paths a message can take through the Mesh Network. A message has several routes to the Border Gateway, except one isolated Mesh Gateway. This ensures reliability in the network.
Connectivity from Sensors to Border Gateway
After deploying the Gateways and ensuring connectivity between gateways, the sensors can be deployed. This ensures each sensor has connectivity via the Mesh Network to the Border Gateway.
Ensure the correct ratio of sensors per Mesh Gateway and ensure they are deployed within range of other Gateways.
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